During the recent Orange County races drill, datv tests were
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| _________________________________________ Digital-ATV ________________________________________________ Big D-ATV News News from Ken, W6HHC: During the recent Orange County RACES Drill, DATV tests were performed with the DVB-S format transmitter and receiver. The frequency used was 1.290 GHz. Signals were sent to the City Of Orange Police Department Orange, California from a remote location. Picture Quality - was perfect P5. Signal Level - was 3/4 scale on STB. Signal Quality -was full scale on STB. Oct 3, 2009. ...from Robbie KB6CJZ Robbie-KB6CJZ and I then teamed up to publish another DATV article for the local OCARC (W6ZE) newsletter to report RACES emergency drill testing results of this station. ^ The title of the article is: "TechTalk #78 – DATV Testing Report – Part 2” The full article can be found at: www.W6ZE.org/DATV I hope that some of your readers may find this article useful. 73....de Ken W6HHC Orange County Amateur Radio Club City of Orange Amateur Radio (COAR) RACES W6HHC@ARRL.net ^ The Microwave Engineering Project (www.delmarnorth.com/microwave) is currently working on adding NEON support to the open-source software package Fastest Fourier Transform in the West. Read about NEON here: http://www.arm.com/products/multimedia/ neon/index.html And check out FFTW here: http://www.fftw.org/ This effort will help improve signal processing on the Beagleboard, a low-cost development board with the TI OMAP processor, which includes NEON. Read more about the beagleboard here: http://www.beagleboard.org MEP uses beagleboards as our development platform. ************************************************************ Send me your D-ATV News.. atv-newsletter@hotmail.com _______________________________________________ Buy-Sell-Trade _______________________________________________ ^ hard to find item? Got some ATV Equipment you don't use and you want it to have a good home? Send your advertisement to the ATV Newsletter and I will put it in the next issue. *************************************** Anyone looking to buy, sell or trade ATV Equipment are welcomed to send your ad(s) for publication to: atv-newsletter@hotmail.com _______________________________________________________ ^ Scheduled Program Guide for ATV Monday: 7:00 PM PDST Oregon Amateur Television Association "OATVA" Net Net held every Monday starting at 7:00 PM www.batc.tv listed under "repeater streaming" using it's repeater's call W7AMQ 11:00 PM PDST DB0HEX, Mount Brocken/ATV in Germany Round Table at (0700 UTC Tuesday) http://www.afu-ag.de/db0hex/db0hex.m3u SCART Net (GB3IV) http://g7jtt.camstreams.com Tuesday: 12:00 Noon PDST Torbay Amateur Television & Microwave Group Group Activity Night Every Tuesday at 2000 to 2200 UTC www.batc.tv under GB3TB Repeater 6:00 PM PDST ATCO ATV Net Every Tuesday (0200 UTC Wednesday) www.batc.tv under repeater streams WR8ATV & http://wb8lga.camstreams.com 8:30 PM PDST WB9KMO Net Night Santa Barbara, CA Every Tuesday at (0430 UTC Wednesday) www.batc.tv the goto members streams and look for WB9KMO 8:00 PM PDST W7TED Repeaters Net Night Every Tuesday (0400 UTC Wednesday) http://w7ted.camstreams.com 11:00 PM PDST DB0HEX, Mount Brocken/ATV in Germany Round Table (0700 UTC Wednesday) http://www.afu-ag.de/db0hex/db0hex.m3u Wednesday: 11:00 AM PDST Chat Night, GB3ZZ Every Wednesday at 1900 to 2100 UTC BATC.TV streaming video www.batc.tv then go to member streams as well as www.camsecure.co.uk 6:00 PM PDST C.A.T.S. Net Net held every Wed. 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM EST (0200 UTC Thursday) http://kb3lnn.camstreams.com 8:30 PM PDST Silicon Valley ATV Group Net held every Wed. K6BEN RPT Not currently Streaming Anyone in the area is welcomed to check-in on 145.51 MHz simplex Talk-in freq. 11:00 PM PDST DB0HEX, Mount Brocken/ATV in Germany Round Table (0700 UTC Thursday) http://www.afu-ag.de/db0hex/db0hex.m3u Thursday: 12:00 Noon PDST Torbay Amateur Television & Microwave Group Group Activity Night Every Thursday at 2000 to 2200 UTC www.batc.tv under GB3TB Repeater 6:00 PM PDST B.R.A.T.S. Net Net held every Thurs. 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM EST (0200 UTC Firday) http://kb3lnn.camstreams.com 7:00 PM PDST San Bernardino Microwave Society Meeting Next meeting October 1st Meeting are held on the first Thursday of the month. October- Dick K6HIJ- Miss match errors in noise figure measurement. November- Rein W6SZ- Using WSPR and JT modes on microwaves: results. December- Doug K6JEY- visit from a manufacturer and program on USB Power Sensors Meeting start @: ^ You can watch the SBMS Meeting on the The METS ATV Repeaters as well as or the ATN-CA Repeaters in Southern California or www.batc.tv them go to ATV Repeaters and click on W6ATN or try www.ac6rb.com then click on option #1 or #2 11:00 PM PDST DB0HEX, Mount Brocken/ATV in Germany Round Table (0700 UTC Friday) http://www.afu-ag.de/db0hex/db0hex.m3u Friday: 1:00 PM PDST GB3GG, Grimsby Amateur Television Group Net Every Friday at 2100 ZULU www.batc.tv 11:00 PM PDST ^ Round Table (0700 UTC Saturday) http://www.afu-ag.de/db0hex/db0hex.m3u Saturday: 11:00 AM PDST Oregon Amateur Television Association "OATVA Net" Every Saturday starting at 11:00 AM www.batc.tv listed under "repeater streaming" using it's repeater's call W7AMQ 12:00 Noon PDST Spanish/English Net ^ Held every Saturday AC6RB and Friends, everyone is welcomed www.batc.tv and found under the W6ATN Repeater stream 6:00 PM PDST M.A.T.S. Net Held every Saturday 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDST (0200 UTC Sunday) http://kb3lnn.camstreams.com Sunday: 1:30 AM PDST DB0HEX, Mount Brocken/ATV in Germany Round Table at (0930 UTC) http://www.afu-ag.de/db0hex/db0hex.m3u 11:00 AM PDST GB3ZZ Chat Night Every Sunday at 1900 to 2100 UTC www.batc.tv Streaming video go to members stream and look for GB3ZZ and www.camsecure.co.uk as well 12:00 Noon PDST Torbay Amateur Television & Microwave Group Group Activity Night Every Sunday at 2000 to 2200 UTC www.batc.tv under GB3TB Repeater ********************************* ^ on the BATC.TV Streaming Video http://www.batc.tv/ ? ********************************* ATV DXing KA9UVY http://ka9uvy.camstreams.com KA9UVY, Bob is active mostly morning during weekdays And all hours weekends. Hepburn tropo forecast page: http://www.dxinfocenter.com/tropo.html ATV DXers post their CQ's and Reports to the ATV logger page: http://dxworld.com/atvlog.html Hawaiian Beacons for the West Coast provided by. "KH6HME" 144.170 MHz 432.075 MHz 1296.34 MHz ********************************* Other Streaming ATV Videos Washington State RACES Station http://w7emd.camstreams.com/ W7EMD Ustream.TV http://www.ustream.tv/channel/w7emd-tv KD6ILO Mobile Camstream http://remotev.camstreams.com KD6ILO ReMoTeV IP via Ustream Used as a second feed if his Camstream is being used for something else. http://ustream.tv/channel/kd6ilo-remotev 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 http://wb8lga.camstreams.com Severnside Television Group http://www.camsecure.co.uk/Camsecure_Radio_Amateurs.html and www.batc.tv N6GKB's Tower Cam in Yucca Valley, CA . And Back-up for the AC6RB Camstream http://ustream.tv/channel/n6gkb The ATV Newsletter can not be held responsible for the content of any website, web stream or link listed in the publication. If you have a scheduled Net or Event on your Streaming Video that you would like listed in the "ATV Guide" please send your information to: atv-newsletter@hotmail.com ___________________________________ ^ __________________________________ Acres Electronics, ZL4TAO ATV Gear www.acreselectronics.co.nz ATV Google Map Help Page. http://home.roadrunner.com/~cbeener/Help/Help.htm My home page http://home.roadrunner.com/~cbeener/index.html The Fastscan ATV Google map http://home.roadrunner.com/~cbeener/GMapATVQ.html Amateur Radio Victoria www.users.amateurradio.com.au Amateur Radio Victoria/VK3FCE www.amateurradio.com.au/vk3fce Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach, Inc. Club Station located on "Queen Mary" W6RO http://www.aralb.org ATCO Newsletter www.atco.tv Amateur Television Quarterly http://ATVQuarterly.com ATV Mobile Website http://home.comcast.net/~k8jwt ^ http://www.qsl.net/g3zhi/atvnews.htm Baltimore Radio Amateur Television Society (BRATS) http://www.bratsatv.org British Amateur Television Club Forums http://www.batc.org.uk/forum ^ CQ-TV Magazine, View Back Issues and the Place to Subscribe http://www.batc.org.uk Cameras on Mountain Tops http://www.AirCommServices.com and http://www.AirSites2000.com Chesapeake Amateur Television Society (CATS) http://mysite.verizon/vzev3ql6/id.html CQ-TV Magazine, view back issues and the place to subscribe http://www.batc.org.uk DATV/Digital Amateur Television Primer, G7LWT ^ www.g7lwt.com Dutch Digital Amateur Television Site http://d-atv.com G3ZHI Many Ham Radio Links http://www.qsl.net/g3zhi GB3BH http://gb3bh.com GB3KM http://myspace.freeserve.com GW6BWX's Amateur Television Electronics Projects ATV/DATV http://www.atv-projects.com/index.html Hamoholics, 2E0GYZ www.2e0gyz.ning.com Historical TV & Radio Website www.pharis-video.com Intuitive Circuits, LLC ^ http://www.icircuits.com/prod_atv_main.html On-Screen ID Overlay and home page http://www.icircuits.com Italian ATV, IK1HGI Web Site for the first Italian ATV contact to the Spanish/English Net http://xoomer.virgilio.it/atv/ac6rb.htm K6BEN-ATV http://www.batnet.com/~mfwright.mfwright/k6ben.html ^ http://www.lvrac.org and www.hxo.com Microwave Experimenters Television System (METS) http://www.qsl.net/kc6ccc/ Mini-kits Hi-Tech RF Kits and Components http://www.minikits.com.au MNFAT Minnesota Group/KB0OZN www.Mnfat.net N6HOG's Weather Web http://n6hog.com Oregon Amateur Television Association-Portland "OATVA" www.oregonatv.org P.C. Electronics www.hamtv.com Salem Amateur Television Associations-Salem www.qsl.net/k7atv/ San Bernardino Microwave Society (SBMS) http://www.ham-radio.com/sbms Severnside Television Group Website www.stvg.co.uk http://www.batc.tv streaming website Southgate Amateur Radio Club www.southgatearc.org WA6NUT's page HF with FFT-TV http://www.hamsdr.com/personaldirectory.aspx?did=1139 WWATS, Western Washington Amateur Television Society www.qsl.net/ww7ats If you have an ATV Streaming Video or ATV website that you would like to have listed in the ATV Guide please send your info to: atv-newsletter@hotmail.com The ATV Newsletter can not be held responsible for the content of any website, web stream or link listed in the publication. ___________________________________________ Oat Mtn. News ___________________________________________ ^ From what I hear, Santiago had a power failure last week and when it came back on Oat Mtn. could no longer be received on Santiago. Then I heard that Norm KD6OMV went to the repeater on Santiago and serviced the receiver. And he might have switched the input port to the old Santa Barbara input. But the fix didn't last and the link is down again. Allan W6IST the custodian of Oat Mtn. checked into the net early via 2 meters and didn't know about the problem so I guess the powers to be believe that the problem is on Santiago Peak and not Oat. Like I said, this is what I have heard and it could be true or a bunch of Bologna. Bottom line, somethings broke. Oat does work fine as a local repeater and we can see Santiago Peak fine. ___________________________________________ ^ Got a joke? send it to atv-newsletter@hotmail.com _______________________________________ _______________________________________ ^ ____________________________________ Snow Peak: The link into Santiago Peak has been turned off because there is something keying the network on and off. It was turned on during the Net and Keith, N6GKB checked in with his best picture so far as well as audio. Blueridge: I heard Mike W6MAF talking about getting to the repeater and working out the link to the High Potosi repeater in Las Vegas before winter seals off access until spring. Mike said this little bet of cold weather is a wake up call that time is running out. N6AZV: I saw Bob N6AZV check-in to the Net late this week. And there was no problem with your audio. Good to see you Bob. W6WYN: We all saw Al W6WYN check-in to the Net this week and there was no problem hearing his audio here on Oat Mtn.. Good to see you as well Al. ____________________________________________________ ^ ____________________________________ ______________________________________ Repairs Needed for the ATN-CA Repeaters ________________________________________ 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 repeaters ID's (late spring early summer 08 when 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. 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