FREE DVD — “Amateur, High-Definition, Digital TV” talk presented at Micro-Hams Digital Conference, Seattle, Washington, 9 May 2020 ( send request to kh6htv@arrl.net )
ATV BOOK — “ATV HANDBOOK – an Introduction to Amateur TV” — New updated 2021 — AN-55a ATV Handbook
DATV BOOK — “Introduction to Amateur Digital Television” — New updated 2021 — AN-45a DTV Book
QST ARTICLEs — “Microwave Amateur Television”, QST, Oct. 2021 — 2021-10 QST Microwavelengths
“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-62 — TinySA – an Inexpensive Test Instrument for Digital Transmitters NEW — coming soon
AN-61 — Low Cost, DIY, Microwave Up & Down Converters — AN-61 Down-Converter
AN-60 — RF Power Measurement of Digital Signals — AN-60 DTV PWR
AN-59 — Evaluation of Hi-Des HV-310E, DVB-T Modulator & Comparison with HV-100EH & HV-320E — AN-59 HV310 rev6-21
AN-58 — Programming for ATV the GT Media V7+, DVB-T, Receiver — AN-58 GT Rcvr
AN-57b — Comparison of Hi-Des DVB-T Receivers — AN-57b Hi-Des Rcvrs
AN-56a — Replacement for Crystals – PXOs — AN-56a PXO
AN-55a — ATV HANDBOOK – an Introduction to Amateur TV updated 2021 — AN-55a ATV Handbook
AN-54 Evaluation of Hi-Des, Model BR-101EH, DVB-T Repeater — AN-54 BR-101
AN-53 W0BTV, Boulder, Colorado, Digital ATV Repeater – Technical Details — AN-53b W0BTV tech
AN-52 Boulder, Colorado ATV Repeater – History — AN-52 Rptr History
AN-51b W0BTV, Boulder, Colorado – DATV Repeater —- AN-51b W0BTV
AN-50a Is DVB-T Sideband Sensitive ? (Yes !) — AN-50a SideBand
AN-49a 70cm, DVB-T, Television Repeater with a Duplexer (major revision 10/21) — AN-49a 70cm DTV Duplexer Rptr
AN-48 Building a Basic, 70cm, DVB-T, Television Repeater — AN-48 70cm DTV Rptr
AN-47 USA ATV Repeater Directory ( updated, June, 2021) — AN-47 ATV Rptrs rev June2021
AN-46 Amplifier Output Power for Various Modulations (FM/CW, AM, SSB, VUSB-TV, DTV (QPSK, 16QAM & 64QAM)) — AN-46 Amps&Mod
AN-45a Introduction to Amateur Digital Television — AN-45a DTV Book
AN-42 Second, Re-Evaluation of Hi-Des, Model HV-320E, DVB-T, Modulator (see updated AN-59) — 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-39b DVB-T Recommended Parameters — AN-39b DVB-T parameters
AN-36b Microwave TV Transmitters & Receivers NEW, REVISED — AN-36b Microwave
AN-33a TV Propagation, — an-33a-tv-prop
AN-32 Boulder, CO – DTV/ATV Repeater Coverage (deleted, obsolete, see AN-51)
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-59) — AN-28a HV320rev18Dec2017
AN-27b Evaluation of New Hi-Des Model HV-120A, DVB-T, Receiver (updated, see AN-57) — AN-27b HV120
AN-26 70cm DTV Propagation Studies (also see AN-33) — 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 (also see AN-48) — AN-23e DTV Rptr new-revised 9/19
AN-22b Inter-Digital Band-Pass Filters — an-22b-inter-digital-bpf
AN-21e How to Receive Amateur Digital, DVB-T Television Signals NEW, Revised — AN-21e Rcv DVB-T Rev Feb2021
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-18e Notes on Setting Up Hi-Des DVB-T Modulator & Receiver — revised 2021 — AN-18e 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-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-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. — the following have been deleted AN-7, 12,13,30,31,32,34,35,37,38,43 & 44.
OTHER ATV RELATED TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS ( Power-Point slides — note: .pdf files. Original Power-Point files available upon request)
“Amateur High-Definition, Digital Television” – power-point slides for talk presented to MICRO-HAMS DIGITAL CONFERENCE – 2020, 9 May (note: a Free DVD of this talk is available. send your request to kh6htv@arrl.net ) — (updated version 10/2021) — DTV-talk rev 10-21
“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”, 2013 — BCARES_TV_trainingRev2
“BCARES – Advanced ATV Training” , 2013 — AdvancedTVtraining
NOTE: The following articles were published in national ham magazines.
RECENT QST ARTICLES by Jim, KH6HTV:
“Microwave Amateur Television”, QST, Oct. 2021 —2021-10 QST Microwavelengths
“Digital ATV Repeaters”, QST, Sept. 2019, pp. 40-41 DATV Rprtr QST Sept 2019
“DVB-T: A Solution for ARES Television Operations”, QST, June 2015, pp. 42-44 QST June 2015
“70cm Digital TV DX Record”, QST, Mar., 2015, p. 96
“Modern ATV System Design”, QST, Feb, 2013, pp. 46-47 QST Feb 2013
“Boulder Hams Fight Forest Fires With Video” QST, May, 2011 QST May 2011
“New Digital TV DX Record”, QST, May, 2012, pp. 88-89 QST May 2012
“Hams Respond to Colorado Wildfires — ATV Plays a Vital Role”, Richard Fisher, CQ, Sept. 2012, CQ Sept 2012
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. I 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.
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: 7 Dec. 2021, kh6htv
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