Getting Started

You're probably here because you want to know more about this hobby called Amateur Television.

Amateur Television is a fascinating area of Amateur Radio covering all aspects of video production, editing, transmission and reception of Television and has always been at the fore front of the technology revolution. Many stations are now transmitting Digital pictures (DATV) using the DVB broadcast standards and using video streaming technologies to exchange pictures with ATV operators around the world.

A good place to start is by reading the Getting Started in ATV leaflet.

To find out more about receiving and transmitting ATV signals download these "Getting started" guides:

DATV reception

DATV transmission

And to find out more about the latest technology called Reduced Bandwidth Digital television (RBTV) take a look at this RB-TV special edition of CQ-TV and then take a look at our getting started guide to RB-TV.