"David Harper" wrote in message
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I am interested in getting involved with ATV, and have been having
some trouble finding good info on the equipment needed.

from what I can understand, there needs to be 4 (or 5?) things between
the video signal source (i.e. camera) and the receiving TV: the
downconverter, (the pre-amp?), the transmitter, the receiver, and
another downconverter... correct?

I don't remember the names of the companies, but I have seen at least two
companies advertising ready to go ATV systems in QST I believe. Or just do
a Google search for ATV, or ham television, etc.


Also, from what I can tell, you're only supposed to transmit on
specific bands. Is it possible to select a band where there might be
less ATV traffic? What all would be involved in that?

Most Amateur ATV systems operate on either the 430 band or the 1.2 ghz.
Some ever higher I am sure. You see a TV signal is very wide and requires a
large bandwidth. So it can only be used in the higher UHF ranges. The
higher in frequency you go, the less activity. Go get a 10GHZ gunplexer
for the RF end of things. That is basically line of site stuff there.

The ham equipment today consists of stand alone convertors and transmitters.
So you really just need that box and a TV set to plug into. Antenna of
course and a ham license of Technician or higher.

Hope this helps. If you would let us know more of what your needs are
perhaps a more specific approach could be discussed.

Dan/W4NTI




Thanks in advance for any info!
Dave