ATV Network Day

A one-day ATV event, to be called 'Network Day', aims to attract as many stations as possible to take part by creating a series of high power well sited stations on key locations.

The key stations will, whereever possible, be capable of providing a link to a second key station or to a repeater input or to an individual home or portable station.

The event will be held on August 22nd beginning at 10am. The event coincides with an existing 5.7Ghz microwave activity day, with a view to providing contacts for ATV and narrowband microwave stations.

1. Support will be sought from groups interested in ATV and microwave activity who could provide a key station on a high location with as many bands as possible.

2. An effort will be made to interlink the key stations to act as relay station.

3. If possible a feed into a local repeater or directly in the BATC streamer would be an advantage to create the widest coverage.

4. Well-sighted locations to give maximum coverage.

5. Highest ERP consistent with the ability to act as a relay.

6. Upper microwave bands to used to provide opportunity for stations to use the lower bands for longer distance contacts.

G3PHO and G3PYB plan to activate a high site in the Pennines in the center of England (Merryton Low) MODTS will be in the North on North Yorkshire Moors, G3SMU and G7LWT will be in the N West on Winter Hill, G3KKD and the Cambridge group in the East, Grimsby Group on the Lincolshire Wolds.
G3ZME on Brown Clee in the Midlands.
G8ADM North London.

8. High ERP stations on the most popular bands such as (FM) 23 and 3cm are sought but we would like to promote DATV a much as possible including 70cm.

This should provide added incentive for stations to try new equipment for DATV and other bands such as 3.4 and 5.7GHz.

With the high Power stations it should be possible to work Dutch and French stations on 70cm and other bands. This is rare opportunity to have so many ATV FM and DATV active on one day.

Key station locators.
M0DTS IO94LJ FM & DATV inc. 23,70cm &10GHz
G3PHO & G3PYB IO93AD FM & DATV inc. 23, 70cm & 10GHz
G3ZME Group IO82QL FM inc. 23cm & 10GHz
G3SMU & G7LWT IO83RP FM & DATV inc. 2, 70cm & 10GHz
G3KKD & Cambridge group FM & DATV inc. 23, 70cm
G8ADM North London FM & DATV inc 23, 70cm

Station list nearer 22nd August with Symbol rates FEC etc on the BATC Forum www.batc.org.uk/forum/ and look at the chit chat DATV pages.

Contact for skeds via BATC forum or peter.blakeborough@pop3.hiway.co.uk/g3pyb

BATC special television activity day
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/august2010/
batc_activity_day.htm