Digital-ATV
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Update From G8ADM
Hi
Updated 4 January 2010
The following are known to be active on 70cm with Digital ATV.
Thanks to those who have sent me updated information.
If you have any more information then please let me know.
Several contacts have taken place due to the last email.
U.K Frequency = 436.0 MHz, Symbol Rate = 2 MS/s
Talkback: 144.750 MHz, FM.
France Frequency = 437 MHz, symbol rates 1024 or 1255
Talkback on 144.750 FM or 144.170 SSB
RF Bandwidth 2 MHz or less.
There are many more stations that are active with DATV
on other bands.
This data is for the 70cm band only.
I hope that this is of interest.
73's, Dave. G8adm
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From North to South.
U.K.
Callsign Name Location
Rx 70cm Tx
M0DTS Rob Yarm, Co. Durham
Yes Yes
G3SMU Brian Winter Hill, Lancs.
Yes No
G7LWT Darren Whitfield, Manchester
Yes Yes
G4EKD Pat Alfreton, Derbyshire. Soon Soon
GW3JGA John Prestatyn, N. Wales
Soon
G4IMO Nick Wisbech, Cambs. Soon Soon
G3KKD Ian Stow Cum Quy,Cambs. Yes Soon
G8XTW Phil Leigton B. Bedfordshire
Soon
G4CPE Arthur Upr. Sundon, Beds. Yes Yes
G6MNJ Paul Pimlico, Herts.
Yes Yes
G8ASI Mike Laverstock Green, Herts.
Yes
M0SAT Dave Watford, Herts.
Yes Yes
G7RZF Russell Watford, Herts. Yes Soon
G8ADM Dave Harrow, N.W. London.
Yes Yes
G4BID Bill Yately, Hants.
Yes No
G8GTZ Noel Basingstoke, Hants. Yes Yes
G8LES Mike Alton, Hants. Yes Yes
G6GHP Ron Margate, Kent. Yes Yes
G3PYB Peter Portsmouth, Hants. Yes Yes
G4KLB Colin Bournmouth, Hants.
Soon
France, Belgium, Netherlans, Germany etc.
F1AHH Remy Saintes
F1CIAChristianLe Mans YesYes
F1NAS 20km N Le Havre
YesYes
F1RJJean Bois d'Arcy(nr Paris) yesYes
F1PRYEmmanuel 60km N Paris
F1DBZJacques Le HavreYes
F1PDX J-françois Maurepas (nr Paris) Yes
F3LPGeorgeLe Havre
F3YX Marc 30km S-W Paris
YesYes
F4BNF David270km W Paris
F4CRT Michel nr Orange
F5AGO Jean-Michel Poitiers
F6ANOMichel 45km E Paris
F6CMB Camille Strasbourg
F6IQGJacques Near Alençon
F8BXAPierre nr Bourg en Bresse
F9ZGRolf265km W Paris
There are more stations active or on way to becoming active
in Eastern France.These use the 70cm DVB-C repeater
(Strasbourg and around), in Grenoble and Lyon area,
in south east France (Marseille, Nice, Avignon, Orange)
some others in south France (Montpellier, Nîmes),
in south-west France (Toulouse, Bordeaux) and finally
in center france (Clermont-ferrand, Issoire, Vichy and
around with 70cm repeater. Around 10 to 15 stations
only qrv RX DATV)
ATV Repeaters with 70cm digital inputs: GB3BH, GB3TV
Useful Links.
BATC Forum, useful for ATV repeater info:
BATC Video streaming:
Find out where the Grid Square is:
70cm Band Plan:
bandplan_2009.htm
AGAF Germany:
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Dutch Digital ATV:
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Scheduled Program Guide for ATV
Monday:
7:00 PM PST
Oregon Amateur Television Association
"OATVA" Net
Net held every Monday starting at 7:00 PM
listed under "repeater streaming"
using it's repeater's call W7AMQ
11:00 PM PST
DB0HEX, Mount Brocken/ATV in Germany
Round Table at (0700 UTC Tuesday)
SCART Net (GB3IV)
Tuesday:
12:00Noon PST
Torbay Amateur Television & Microwave Group
Group Activity Night
Every Tuesday at 2000 to 2200 UTC
under GB3TB Repeater
6:00 PM PST
ATCO ATV Net
Every Tuesday (0200 UTC Wednesday)
under repeater streams WR8ATV &
8:30 PM PST
WB9KMO Net Night Santa Barbara, CA
Every Tuesday at (0430 UTC Wednesday)
the goto members streams and look
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W7TED Repeaters Net Night
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DB0HEX, Mount Brocken/ATV in Germany
Round Table (0700 UTC Wednesday)
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Chat Night, GB3ZZ
Every Wednesday at 1900 to2100 UTC
BATC.TV streaming video then go to
member streams as well as
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C.A.T.S. Net
Net held every Wed.
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8:30 PM PST
Silicon Valley ATV Group
Net held every Wed. K6BEN RPT
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Anyone in the area is welcomed to check-in
on 145.51 MHz simplex Talk-in freq.
11:00 PM PST
DB0HEX, Mount Brocken/ATV in Germany
Round Table (0700 UTC Thursday)
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Torbay Amateur Television & Microwave Group
Group Activity Night
Every Thursday at 2000 to 2200 UTC
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B.R.A.T.S. Net
Net held every Thurs.
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7:00 PM PST
San Bernardino Microwave Society Meeting
Next meetingDecember 3rd
Meeting are held on the first Thursday of the month.
Meeting start @:
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You can watch the SBMS Meeting on the
The METS ATV Repeaters as well as or the
ATN-CA Repeaters in Southern California or
them go toATV Repeatersand
click onW6ATN or try
then click on option #1 or #2
8:00 PM PST"New Listing"
MDARC ATV Repeater Net
Net held every Thursday starting at 8:00 PM
11:00 PM PST
DB0HEX, Mount Brocken/ATV in Germany
Round Table (0700 UTC Friday)
Friday:
1:00 PM PST
GB3GG, Grimsby Amateur Television Group Net
Every Friday at 2100 ZULU
11:00 PM PST
DB0HEX, Mount Brocken/ATV in Germany
Round Table (0700 UTCSaturday)
Saturday:
11:00 AM PST
Oregon Amateur Television Association
"OATVA Net"
Every Saturday starting at 11:00 AM
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12:00 NoonPST
Spanish/English Net
Argentina/CAATV Net
Held every Saturday
AC6RB and Friends,everyone iswelcomed
and found under the W6ATN
Repeater stream
6:00 PM PST
M.A.T.S. Net
Held every Saturday
9:00 PM to 10:00 PM EST (0200UTC Sunday)
Sunday:
1:30AM PST
DB0HEX, Mount Brocken/ATV in Germany
Round Table at (0930 UTC)
9:30 AM PST "New Listing"
MDARC, "Bathrobe" Net
Held every Sunday @ 9:30 AM
11:00AM PST
GB3ZZ Chat Night
Every Sunday at 1900 to 2100 UTC
Streaming video go to members stream
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Torbay Amateur Television & Microwave Group
Group Activity Night
Every Sunday at 2000 to 2200 UTC
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7:00 PST9:00 pm CST
MinnesotaFastscanAmateur TV
MNFAT Club Net
Every Sunday at 0300UTC
Go to "Members Stream" and
look forKB0ozn
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ATV DXing
KA9UVY
KA9UVY, Bob is active mostly morning during weekdays
And all hours weekends.
Hepburn tropo forecast page:
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Hawaiian Beacons for the West Coast provided by. "KH6HME"
144.170 MHz
432.075 MHz
1296.34 MHz
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Washington State RACES Station
W7EMD Ustream.TV
KD6ILO Mobile Camstream
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Used as a second feed if his Camstream
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K8DMR's Camstream
not in operation at this time
WB8LGA's Camstream
Links to other camstreams and Google ATV Maps
And location to view the ATCO ATV Net
Severnside Television Group
and
N6GKB's Tower Cam in Yucca Valley, CA .
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Santiago Peak 2.4 GHz Update
This is from what I have seen and heard on the repeater:
Late lastSaturday afternoon Mike, WA6SVT went to
Santiago to service the repeater.
He found that the 2.4 GHz input problem seems to be
in the transmission line at the top of the tower some where
between the hard-line/preamp/jumper to the antenna.
It was announced that there is a connector that has corroded
because of water migration over the past 15 years and
needs to be replaced.
It seems that it will require two workers on the tower and
one person on the ground to accomplish the job so it
will take some time to coordinate the personal for a
"Tower Party" to make the necessary repairs.
About two or three years ago a new 2.4 GHz antenna
was purchased for Santiago to replace the old one
which was falling apart from the years and weather.
The new antennawas a special antenna with down-tilt
that was expected to improve the 2.4 GHz input.
When it was installed I didn't see anything that would
be considered an improvement.In fact that is when I
noticed that Don's (KE6BXT) signal go weak and just
in the last few months he brought his picture back to
a P5.
The one good thing that might come out of the final
breakdown of the 2.4 GHz input is that we may see
a dramatic improvement of the 2.4 GHz input when the
repairs are made.
While Mike was at the repeater he also installed a new
5 GHz transmitter. But the new transmitter had a problem
with transmitting audio. And was explained by one of
the control operators that he, "Jury Rigged", the audio
from the old transmitter for the time being. Mike had problems
with this new transmitter when he first installed it back in March
of 2009 and pulled it back out and put the old one back
in operation.
Also Mike had someone turn there antenna toward the Snow
Peak repeater and key-up the 2.4 GHz input. Snow Peak
has had a problem with it's audio being received on Santiago
Peak. The problem was still there and worse than ever but
the picture wasn't bad at all.
On Thursday Mike went to the Santiago Peak repeater again
with Don, KE6BXT and another person. I am not sure but I think
his call was W6TBS or W6TBX. Mike was the only one to
climb the tower and the other two were his ground crew.
Mike made the repairs to the transmission lineand restored
the 2.4 GHz input at 2:40 PM.
I watched Mike do his thing on the tower via the "Tower Cam"
as well as on the web site. The web
site covers many of the mountain tops so you might want to
check it out.
After Mike was finished and left the repeater site one of the
ATVers on Santiago was tuning up his transmitter and
commented that his picture was much darker than before
the problem accrued.
I noticed that thepicture from the San Bernardino Microwave
Society Meetinglater thatevening and it was very dark. And later
AC6RB, George came on and his picture was much darker.
And around 10:15 PMI saw Don, KE6BXTagain but this time
from his QTH station, and hesaid that his picture was very dark
on his receive and asked a control operator for a signal report.
Thecontrol operatorreportedhe was very dark but Mike had told
him that he needs to adjusthis video deviation to improve his signal
so Don might have to do the same. I heard Mike talking
later and he told the control operator that he needs the
adjust the video deviation on his camera and the "darkness"
on Santiago isn't from the work he did on the 2.4 GHz receive.
I sure hope that everyone doesn't have to adjust their cameras.
Amiga May Go Away
I overheard Mike talking about getting rid of the old "Amiga"
computer on the Santiago Peak repeater that is used to
display screens for the I.D.s.
The computer is very old andMike is considering one of the
photo units that are usedfor slide shows to display pictures
you take with your digital cameras to replace the "Amiga".
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ATN-CA Repeater Report
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Repairs Needed for the ATN-CA Repeaters
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Blueridge:
1.Establish link from Mt. Potosi
Mt. Wilson:
Oat Mtn.:
1. Replace plastic wire ties with appropriate fasteners.
2. Tune 2.4 GHz link dipole for better SWR. It would be a
good idea to sweep the 1200 MHz antenna at the same
time as well.
Santiago Peak:
1. Remove KC6UQH's call and Palomar from the W6ATN
repeatersID's (late spring early summer08when the new controller is installed)
2. Look into weak signal getting into one of the inputs.
3. Find intermittent receive problem for link from Oat Mtn..(1/24/09)
4. Resolve problems with WiFi getting into receiver for Snow Peak
& Point Loma (April 28, 2009)
5. Install new 5 GHz transmitter once it is repaired(3/10/09)
Snow Peak:
1. 2.4 Ghz input is operational but has audio problems due to
receiver problems on the network hub.. July 23, 2009
2. The 1200 MHz output does work and you can watch.
Point Loma, W6RDF: No Repairs Needed/Fully Operational
Trustee Robert Swain, KA4JSR
1. Off the air do to AC problems at the shack.
Mount Potosi:
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