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Welcome to the British Amateur Television Club Wiki - the place to find information on on all Amateur Television related equipment and projects.

For details on how to join the BATC, the member's shop and CQ-TV archive and download visit the BATC website https://batc.org.uk/

This is your site, developed by the BATC for use by the worldwide ATV community - any information which you feel is of use to others can be put on the Wiki but please observe any copyright restrictions on your material you use. However, before you can add or edit content you will need to register for an account.

This is a reference library - please use the BATC forum for discussion on these or any other items.

New to Amateur TV?

Glossary and index of terms and TLAs used in Amateur Television Glossary of terms
Get the basics in our collection of Getting Started guides

BATC Information and services

The new BATC website
Joining the BATC
Renewing your membership
The BATC Privacy statement and data protection policy
The original BATC.TV video streaming service - pre May 2018
The BATC video archive
The BATC forum
The BATC shop
The WordPress Streaming Parameters

CQ-TV Magazine

BATC Event Streaming Equipment

Equipment Description

BATC Conventions

CAT 19 South (Didcot) Presentations from the 2019 regional convention at Didcot.
CAT 19 Finningley Presentations from the 2019 regional convention at Finningley.
CAT 19 Bristol Presentations from the 2019 regional convention at Bristol.
CAT 18 Coventry Presentations and links to the videos from the 2018 convention.
CAT 17 Finningley| Antenna test range results, presentations and links to the videos from the 2017 convention.
CAT 16 Cosford Presentations and links to the videos from the 2016 convention.
Video Recordings from previous ATV Conventions can be found on the BATC YouTube Channel.

International Events

HAM RADIO 2018 ATV Presentations from HAM RADIO 2018 at Friedrichsafen.

HAM RADIO 2019 ATV Presentations from HAM RADIO 2019 at Friedrichsafen.

Getting on the air with ATV

The ATV bands

The different ATV modes

Reduced bandwidth TV (RB-TV)

Equipment Options

DATV transmitting Equipment

Advanced encoding options

Operating

ATV standards - a list of standards used by ATV operators including FM bandwidths, DATV PIDs, symbol rates and FEC
Directory of portable sites suitable for ATV and microwave operation
Google map showing possible portable operating sites
Mapping tools including finding the QRA locator of a site, UK postcode to Lat and Long conversion and a topographic overlay for Google maps
Propagation tools
UK ATV DX Records - a list of Known DX Records for the UK
Christmas 2018 BATC Repeater Activity Contest
IARU ATV contest - How to enter the annual international TV contest
IARU ATV contest 2019 International Results - International Results for the June 2019 IARU Contest
IARU ATV contest 2018 Results - UK Results for the June 2018 IARU and BATC Contests
IARU ATV contest 2018 International Results - International Results for the June 2018 IARU Contest
September 2019 BATC Low Band Contest

ATV repeaters

Technical topics for ATV repeater builders

Es'hail-2

Getting started, LNBs and aligning a dish

Es'hail-2 BATC WebSDR & DATV Spectrum Monitor

Es'hail-2 DATV Bandplan

Es'hail-2_LNBs

Es'hail-2 Transmitters

Es'hail-2 Antennaes

Es'hail-2 conference transmissions

ATV construction projects

The Portsdown Transmitter - the BATC's Raspberry Pi-based DATV Transmitter
MiniTioune - the DATV USB receiver project
Receiver upconverters - Details of upconverters to receive 146 and 437 MHz on STB and MiniTioune
Jetson Nano - Third generation computer-based DATV Transmitter
Digilite - The original home build DATV construction project
DigiThin - plug in QPSK modulator module for Rpi
DTX1 TS - interface board to take in TS streams to the DTX1
RpiDATV - software for the Rpi
RBTVMOD - variable rate RB-TV mdulator for the Rpi
DATVExpress - SDR hardware based DATV transmitter covering 70 - 2450 MHz
RPi Test Card - Raspberry Pi based Animated Test Card Generator
PE4302 - PE4302 variable attenuator project
ADF435x PIC - PIC controllers for Chinese ADF4350/4351 boards
DigiTwist - an experimental 2 axis satellite tracker
G4WIM PA controller - an advanced PA controller design by G4WIM published in CQ-TV 265

Deutschsprachiges Wiki

Portsdown DATV Projekt - Deutschsprachiges Wiki
Minitioune(r) - Deutschsprachiges Wiki

Useful Circuits and notes

Antenna changeover relays - Notes on suitable antenna change over relays for ATV use.
Filters - Collection of links and designs for that most critical but over looked component!
Pre-amps - Notes, suppliers and circuits of pre-amplifiers suitable for ATV
Power amplifiers - Notes, suppliers and circuits of power amplifiers suitable for ATV
Video circuits - Notes and circuits for video processing
Satellite receiver tuning offsets - Note on how to set up a satellite receiver to directly receive L band signals.
Using ex-satellite dishes - Notes on how to find the feed point of a dish and designs for feeds to use

ATV Equipment manuals and schematics

Bob Platts G8OZP Circuits and documentation for the Bob Platts range of equipment
Comtech module - 23cms and 13cms ATV Tx and Rx circuits and guides
Solent ATV units - Tx and Rx circuits and information
Wood & Douglas FM TV equipment - Circuits, pcb layouts and information
LMW Electronics - Circuits, pcb layouts and information
Glencom - VC-510 VHF to L band up converter circuit diagram and modifications
Global communications - Hand drawn circuit of tuneable 70 / 140 MHz to L band block up converter
Jaybeam - Details of many Jaybeam aerials

Ex commercial broadcast equipment manuals

Test equipment manuals

For HP and Agilent equipment see the Yahoo group

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