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Old November 30th 03, 11:25 PM
Michael Black
 
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"Bill Hennessy" ) writes:
Not that I know of.

Bill, N5NOB


I'm sure no broadcasting.

But after slow scan was invented in the late fifties, it didn't open a certain
level of exploration. I remember reading an article from about 1963 or so
in 73 about sort of a medium scan system. I forget the details, but if it
had been allowed, it could have fit in the top 2MHz of the ten meter band.
I don't think it took up 2MHz, but there was hope of trying it up there (as
it was relatively unused, and that was the only HF band that did have space
for wider signals). A picture was sent at a faster rate than slow scan,
yet not at the rate of a full TV signal (and not the bandwidth either).
I can't remember if it was fast enough to convey some movement. I think
they may have used something like this for signals from manned space flights
at one point; I can remember seeing some stuff that had a jerkiness that
was not in full scan tv signals.

Michael