Ham TV experment by going digital in QPSK mode!!

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Finally! I found some one who sells parts to do this... then I recoiled at the price tag :eek:

500 Euros for the DVB-S transmitter
300 Euros for the MPEG2 Modulator

Sigh... Gotta start saving those pennies :(
 
I am wondering why don't they try using MPEG-4 instead of MPEG-2 by cutting down the bandwidth from 3 + or - MHz wide to around to maybe to less than 1 MHz for ham TV transmission?

This would be usefully for lower ham freqs, like 420 to 430 MHz ham TV band "70 Cm" and gives you better chances of TV DXing!!:D

Someday, we might able get down low as 6-meter band if we get our hand on 8QPSK with MPEG-4 codec format. "50 to 54 MHz band"
 
Here's more good stuff!!:D

This time is a 8VSB ham TV mode, even though is a bandwith hog at 6 MHz wide.

They were transmitting on 33 Cm band, 902 to 928 MHz band.

Here's the link.....:)

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF8Fus1gIm0]YouTube - Amateur ATSC DX record: 9 miles[/ame]

Have fun watching, it even there is no sound.
 
back in the days of old you could connect your camcorder to your vcr, connect to the tv out to a tv amp, the to an antenna, and have your own little tv station!
 
I used to do the TV amp hooked up to rabbit ears trick so I could broadcast a cable channel OTA far enough so I could watch a portable TV by the pool. :)
 
Here's more digital ham TV videos!!:)

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHviy6wuVLk]YouTube - VK3RTV DVB Second Test[/ame]
 
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