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Related wiki pages: [[Slow-Scan Television (SSTV)]], [[Modes]] | Related wiki pages: [[Slow-Scan Television (SSTV)]], [[Modes]] | ||
Fast-Scan Television, often known simply as Amateur Television and abbreviated '''ATV''', allows amateur operators to send and receive live-action TV images | Fast-Scan Television, often known simply as Amateur Television and abbreviated '''ATV''' and '''HAM TV''', allows amateur operators to send and receive live-action TV images identical to analog broadcast TV. | ||
Because ATV requires substantial bandwidth, it is only permitted at [[UHF]] and higher frequencies. This means that ATV is strictly a local communications medium, and | Because ATV requires substantial bandwidth, it is only permitted at [[UHF]] and higher frequencies. This means that ATV is strictly a local communications medium, and DX is not common. (However, the record is Hawaii to California.) Amateurs wishing to exchange images with operators thousands of miles away should investigate [[Slow-Scan Television (SSTV)]]. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_television ATV] Wikipedia entry | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_television ATV] Wikipedia entry | ||
* [http://www.batc.tv British Amateur Television Club] | |||
* [http://www.hamtv.com/ PC Electronics] Supplier of ATV equipment | |||
* [http://www.arrl.org/atv-fast-scan-amateur-television ATV page] from ARRL | |||
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Latest revision as of 10:38, 8 November 2010
Related wiki pages: Slow-Scan Television (SSTV), Modes
Fast-Scan Television, often known simply as Amateur Television and abbreviated ATV and HAM TV, allows amateur operators to send and receive live-action TV images identical to analog broadcast TV.
Because ATV requires substantial bandwidth, it is only permitted at UHF and higher frequencies. This means that ATV is strictly a local communications medium, and DX is not common. (However, the record is Hawaii to California.) Amateurs wishing to exchange images with operators thousands of miles away should investigate Slow-Scan Television (SSTV).
External links
- ATV Wikipedia entry
- British Amateur Television Club
- PC Electronics Supplier of ATV equipment
- ATV page from ARRL
| Modes of operation | |
| Modes | CW * AM * FM * SSB * Digital * Echolink * Emission Classification * IRLP * Optical communications |
| Packet | APRS * D-Star |
| SSTV and ATV | SSTV frequencies * SSTV Modes |