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New Amateur TV activity proposed for the 10m band in 2022
Posted: 15 Aug 2021 04:20 AM PDT
https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2021/08/new-amateur-tv-activity-proposed-for.html
I was informed recently that some radio amateurs in Europe will be experimenting with ATV on the 10-metre band in the Summer of 2022. It is
likely to be mostly confined mainly to stations in England, the Netherlands
and Germany.
While ATV (Amateur TV) is normally associated with the 70cms and 23 cms
bands, there have been experiments in recent years on 146 MHz, 71 MHz and
51.7 MHz. This new experiment on 29 MHz will allow much more use of
Sporadic-E propagation for contacts.
From what I understand, it will be DVB-T digital TV operating on 29.250 MHz with a 300 kHz bandwidth. This is below the input frequencies of the
various FM repeaters around Europe.
I am told that the numbers involved are likely to be small with perhaps something like 20-30 stations taking part. Special boards are being
developed at present and no doubt, these will be be got ready for the Sporadic-E season next May.
The photo at the top of the post is of an ATV signal on 10m that was upconverted to 149.250 MHz.
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