ATV BOOK — “Introduction to Amateur Digital Television” This book pulls together the information that is scattered in over 40 application notes. It will hopefully be used by prospective new ATV hams as a “how to do it” book. AN-45 DTV Book
NEW QST ARTICLE — “Digital ATV Repeaters”, QST, Sept. 2019 DATV Rprtr QST Sept 2019
“DVB-T: A Solution for ARES Television Operations”, by Jim Andrews, KH6HTV, .pdf reprint from ARRL’s QST magazine, June, 2015, pp. 42-44 dvb-t-qst-june2015
APPLICATION NOTES relating to Amateur Television (click on the blue links for a .pdf copy)
AN-54 Evaluation of Hi-Des, Model BR-101EH, DVB-T Repeater NEW AN-54 BR-101
AN-53 W0BTV, Boulder, Colorado, Digital ATV Repeater – Technical Details, NEW AN-53 W0BTV tech
AN-52 Boulder, Colorado ATV Repeater – History, NEW AN-52 Rptr History
AN-51 W0BTV, Boulder, Colorado – DATV Repeater, NEW AN-51 W0BTV
AN-50 Is DVB-T Sideband Sensitive ?, NEW AN-50 SideBand
AN-49 70cm, DVB-T, Television Repeater with a Duplexer, NEW AN-49 70cm DTV Duplexer Rptr
AN-48 Building a Basic, 70cm, DVB-T, Television Repeater , NEW AN-48 70cm DTV Rptr
AN-47 USA ATV Repeater Directory ( updated, 11/1/19) AN-47 ATV Rptrs Rev Nov2019
AN-46 Amplifier Output Power for Various Modulations (FM/CW, AM, SSB, VUSB-TV, DTV (QPSK, 16QAM & 64QAM)) AN-46 Amps&Mod
AN-44 Remote Receiver for DVB-T TV Repeater, deleted, obsolete, no longer in service
AN-43d KH6HTV-TVR Boulder, Colorado TV Repeater, deleted, obsolete, see AN-51 & 52
AN-42 Second, Re-Evaluation of Hi-Des, Model HV-320E, DVB-T, Modulator AN-42 HV320E
AN-41 2.4 GHz DTV Transceiver AN-41 13cm Transceiver
AN-40 70cm Antennas for ATV AN-40 70cm Antennas
AN-39 DVB-T Recommended Parameters AN-39 DVB-T parameters
AN-38 Shopping Lists for Amateur, DVB-T, Digital TV Equipment AN-38 Shopping Lists
AN-37 Thermal Issues with Hi-Des, DVB-T, Equipment, deleted, obsolete, Hi-Des has since addressed the problem
AN-36a Microwave TV Transmitters & Receivers NEW, REVISED AN-36a Microwave
AN-35 Model 70-14, DVB-T & DVB-S Receiver Modifications, deleted, obsolete, product no longer available
AN-34 W0BCR, Boulder, CO, TV Repeater Coverage Maps – Radio Mobile, deleted, obsolete, see AN-51
AN-33a TV Propagation, an-33a-tv-prop
AN-32 Boulder, CO – DTV/ATV Repeater Coverage, deleted, obsolete, see AN-51
AN-31 Digital & Analog TV Repeater, deleted, obsolete, see AN-53
AN-30 An HDMI Switch for a Digital TV Repeater, deleted, obsolete, see AN-53
AN-29 DVB-T Receiver Sensitivity Measurements, AN-29 Rcvr Sensitivity
AN-28a Evaluation of New Hi-Des Model HV-320E, DVB-T, Modulator (note: see updated AN-42) AN-28a HV320rev18Dec2017
AN-27a Evaluation of New Hi-Des Model HV-120A, DVB-T, Receiver AN-27a HV120
AN-26 70cm DTV Propagation Studies AN-26 70cm Prop
AN-25 Why I Selected DVB-T for Amateur Digital TV AN-25 Why DVB-T
AN-24a Quad DVB-T Receiver, NEW-REVISED AN-24a Quad DTV Rcvr
AN-23e DVB-T Television Repeater AN-23e DTV Rptr new-revised 9/19
AN-22b Inter-Digital Band-Pass Filters an-22b-inter-digital-bpf
AN-21d How to Receive Amateur Digital, DVB-T Television Signals AN-21d Receive DTV revMay2018
AN-20a DVB-T DX-pedition (77 miles on 70cm) AN-20a DVB-T DX
AN-19 Analog & Digital TV Co-Channel & Adjacent Channel RFI Measurements AN-19 TV RFI
AN-18c Notes on Setting Up Hi-Des DVB-T Modulator & Receiver NEW-2019, totally rewritten AN-18C HiDesSetup
AN-17 DVB-T the Solution for Ham Digital Television AN-17 DVB-T rev9July14
AN-16 TV Camera Rain Cover AN-16 RainCover
AN-15 Simple Camera Tripod Antenna Bracket AN-15 Antenna Bracket
AN-14 FM Transmitter Deviation Adjustment & Calibration AN-14 FM Deviation
AN-13 High Definition 64QAM Digital TV Transmitter (obsolete, now prefer DVB-T) AN-13a 64QAM DTV Transmitter
AN-12 Reception of Amateur Television AN-12a Reception of ATV
AN-11 Digital TV DX Record for Colorado (note: see updated AN-22a) AN-11a DTV DX Record
AN-10b 70cm & Microwave Amateur TV Frequencies AN-10b TV Frequencies
AN-9 Add Television to Your ARES Tool Kit AN-9 ARES Tool Kit
AN-8 “Linear” Amplifiers — Buyer Beware AN-8 NonLinear Amp
AN-7 TV Propagation & Multi-Path Effects, deleted, obsolete, see AN-33a
AN-6a MER — What is it ? AN-6a MER
AN-5a P5 — TV Signal Quality Reporting, NEW-2019-REVISED AppNote5a-P5
AN-4 Antennas for Ham TV (note: also see new AN-40) AN-4 Antennas
AN-3 Field Trials Comparing VUSB, FM, DVB-S & 64-QAM Television AN-3a Field Trials
AN-2 DIGITAL TV — the Good, the Bad & the Ugly AN-2a DTV
AN-1 Why VUSB-TV vs. AM-TV ? AN-1 WhyVUSB
For .pdf copies of old, obsolete, deleted application notes – send me an email request.
OTHER ATV RELATED TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS (note: .pdf files. PowerPoint files available upon request)
“Amateur High Definition Digital Television” 2019 version, talk presented to various Colorado ham clubs & ARES groups. PowerPoint slides — Amateur HD-DTV-Sept2019
“ATV & Public Safety” talk presented at 2013 Dayton Hamvention, ATV Forum. ATV&PublicSafetyRev1
“BCARES – Amateur Television Training” BCARES_TV_trainingRev2
“BCARES – Advanced ATV Training” AdvancedTVtraining
NOTE: The following articles were published in national ham magazines. Due to copyright issues they can not be posted here on-line. Contact us for an individual copy.
RECENT QST ARTICLES by Jim, KH6HTV:
“Digital ATV Repeaters”, QST, Sept. 2019, pp. 40-41
“DVB-T: A Solution for ARES Television Operations”, QST, June 2015, pp. 42-44
“70cm Digital TV DX Record”, QST, Mar., 2015, p. 96
“Modern ATV System Design”, QST, Feb, 2013, pp. 46-47
“Boulder Hams Fight Forest Fires With Video” QST, May, 2011
“New Digital TV DX Record”, QST, May, 2012, pp. 88-89
TV Repeater’s REPEATER – Boulder Amateur TV club’s newsletter. I am the editor. Back issue copies are available elsewhere on this web site.
CQ-DATV I have recently joined the editorial staff of this free, on-line, electronic magazine. All back issues can be downloaded from http://www.cq-datv.mobi
AMATEUR TELEVISION QUARTERLY ARTICLES: many articles since 2011, mostly based upon the above application notes. Also published in Boulder Amateur Radio Club, BARC’s BARK, monthly newsletter and more recently, the Boulder Amateur TV Club’s newsletter. BATVC newsletters are available on this web site.
“Hams Respond to Colorado Wildfires — ATV Plays a Vital Role”, CQ, Sept. 2012, pp. 13-19
OTHER PAPERS by KH6HTV on Amateur Radio Topics
EZNEC modeling of Yaesu ATAS-120A HF Mobile Antenna — mounted on a car EZNECmobileAnt plus mounted on the earth as a backyard, ‘stealth’, base station antenna YAESU STEALTH ANTENNA and YaesuStealthAnt-Part2
Rev: 30 Dec. 2019, kh6htv
