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Posted: 12 Jun 2016 11:25 AM PDT
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Episode 097 - Art Towslee - WA8RMC One of the pioneers in ATV or amateur
radio television is Art Towslee, WA8RMC. Originally,an ATV signal, over
the ham bands, was similar to the commercial television broadcast
standard. However, Art and the DATV-Express Project are moving the state
of the art to ham television delivered in digital mode. Art shares his ham
radio story and his knowledge of this fascinating subject with Eric, 4Z1UG,
in this episode of QSO Today. Show
Notes Listen to Podcast
8th grade 1 transistor radio kit

First License: 1965, WA8RMC, Technician Class
Elmers:

Nick Guba, W8BTN taught the code Ray Zeh, W8RQI - ATV elmerEducation:
Toledo University, BSEE

First Rig: Dumont Taxi Cab transmitter using 5894 Tubes96 element
collinearSylvania TV camera vidicon Slow scan television - Revisited by
KD2BD

Image Communications, ARRL Operating Manual, Chapter 9

Amateur Television Band Plan - look at 70 centimeters and above

Block Diagram of ATV Station

PC Electronics - supplier of all things ATV

DATV-Express Project - Project Members:Art Towslee - WA8RMC - electronics
designCharles Brain - G4GUO - software designTom Gould - WB6P - PCB Layout
designKen Konechy -W6HHC - Project Management and publications
TAPR DCC conference 2010

Hi-DES Line of stand alone digital TV products

MK802 small computer smart TV board

Odroid board

Raspberry PI3

8VSB Broadcast Standard used in USA

DVB-S Global Standard for Satellite

DVB-T Terrestrial Standard used in Europe

Down East Microwave amplifiers

Spectral regrowth

DATV repeaters

Amateur Radio Operators Convert to Digital TV

British Amateur Television Club server in UK

W8BI ATV Resources

Dayton Hamvention ATV Forum

Quadcopter for amateur radio

FPGA - field programmable gate array

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DATV Express System Block Diagram DATV Express ATV
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