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Revision as of 14:34, 20 February 2026
Welcome to the British Amateur Television Club Wiki - the place to find information 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 editing accounts are only available to trusted members. Please get in touch with any member of the BATC Committee if you have something of interest to post. Please do not request an account before contacting a member of the BATC Committee; requests without pre-approval are ignored.
- New to Amateur TV - Get the basics on our Getting Started page
- For details on the Portsdown DATV transmit and receive system go to the Portsdown pages
- For information on the MiniTiouner USB DATV receiver go to MiniTiouner
- For the DATV equipment capability list go to https://wiki.batc.org.uk/DATV_equipment_capability
Contents
- Registering on the BATC wiki
New to Amateur TV?
- Get the basics on our Getting Started page
BATC Information and services
- The BATC forum
- The BATC shop
- The BATC streamer
- The BATC archive Collection of photos and documents from BATC's past
- The BATC website
BATC projects
- The Portsdown Transmitter - the BATC's Raspberry Pi-based DATV Transmitter
- MiniTioune - the DATV DVB-S / S2 receiver project
- Ryde Receiver - Dedicated DATV set top box project
- Knucker - Variable bandwidth DVB-T project
- Advanced receiver hardware - Details of the BATC advanced receiver hardware.
- WinterHill Receiver Project - Multi-channel DVB-S / S2 project
- BATC Video Source - The Raspberry Pi-based composite video source described in CQ-TV 270
- BATC HDMI Source - The Raspberry Pi-based HDMI video source to be described in CQ-TV 280
- Digilite - The original home build DATV construction project
- Repeater Controller - The BATC ATV Repeater Controller using a Raspberry Pi 4
- ARISS Digital Communication System
- PicoTuner - A USB tuner for DATV using the RpiPico as the USB interface
CQ-TV Magazine
- Index of articles
- Archive editions download
- BATC_Software_Library for project downloads
BATC Event Streaming Equipment
BATC Conventions
Presentations from previous conventions can be found on this page BATC Conventions
National and International Events
- HAM RADIO 2018 ATV Presentations from HAM RADIO 2018 at Friedrichhsafen.
- HAM RADIO 2019 ATV Presentations from HAM RADIO 2019 at Friedrichshafen.
- HAM RADIO 2022 ATV Presentations from HAM RADIO 2022 at Friedrichshafen.
- RSGB Convention 2022 ATV Presentation at the 2022 RSGB Convention 2022
- HAM RADIO 2023 ATV Presentations from HAM RADIO 2023 at Friedrichshafen.
- EMFcamp 2024 BATC / AMSAT-UK / UKuG demonstration village at EMFcamp 2024.
- HAM RADIO 2024 ATV Presentations from HAM RADIO 2024 at Friedrichshafen.
- HAM RADIO 2025 ATV Presentations from HAM RADIO 2025 at Friedrichshafen.
HAMTV on the ISS
Getting on the air with ATV
The ATV bands
- 29 MHz
- 51 MHz
- 71 MHz
- 146 MHz RB-TV
- 70cms Analogue TV
- 70cm DATV
- 23cms ATV
- 13cms
- 3.4 GHz DATV
- 5.6 GHz
- 10 GHz
- April 2018 Presentation to MMRT about ATV on 5.6 10 and 24 GHz
The different ATV modes
Equipment Options
Advanced encoding / input options
Details of advanced transmission configurations, primarily for H265,and video production software.
- Vmix output in to Portsdown IPTS input
- OBS output in to Portsdown IPTS input
- Using GTX10xx Graphics card encoder with OBS
- Using the Pluto for DATV
- Using the Jetson Nano with Portsdown
Operating
- DATV equipment capability - Wiki page documenting the capabilities of common DATV transmit and receive equipment.
- ATV standards - a list of standards used by ATV operators including FM bandwidths, DATV PIDs, symbol rates and FEC
- EMF Compliance - information about EMF compliance for ATV and Microwave Operation
- 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
- 2026 Activity Weekends
- Christmas 2025 repeater Contest & Activity Ladder
- 2026 Activity Ladders
- IARU ATV contest - How to enter the annual international TV contest
- IARU ATV contest 2025 International Results - International Results for the June 2025 IARU Contest
ATV repeaters
Es'hail-2
ATV projects
- Adalm Pluto - Collection of information on using the Adalm Pluto for DATV
- The MacGuffin Project - Collection of tools used to create an automated multi-band ATV system
- Receiver upconverters - Details of upconverters to receive 146 and 437 MHz on STB and MiniTioune
- Jetson Nano - Third generation computer-based DATV Transmitter
- 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
- PE43703 2025 - PE43703 variable attenuator project 2025 version
- 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
- WinterHill Receiver Project
- Tilt-O-Matic Pan and tilt head for surveyor tripods
- Gerber Files Index of Gerber (PCB) files used by BATC and Members' Projects
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
- Fortop - 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 Information
For HP and Agilent equipment see the io group discussion at [1]