Long Distance ATV

A Dublin to Yorkshire 23cm ATV contact was made on the
23rd of November last when the ATV repeater GB3YT,
sited at Queensbury near Bradford was accessed by Dave
EI2HR in Tallaght, South Dublin, a distance of 192
statute miles. The repeater had been seen on the 22nd,
but no live contacts made.

On the 23rd, contact was made with G3KJX via the
repeater from his QTH in Northalleton 44 miles North
East of Bradford. The two way contact peaked at P3 with
QSB. A second contact was made this time with M0DTS of
Yarm, which is 56 miles North East of the repeater.
This one at P4. Both stations suffered from Radar
interference in the form of thin horizontal white lines
across their pictures but the test cards from GB3YT
were radar free and reached P5 for over two hours. The
Dublin barometric pressure over the two days was 1039
millibars.

The Repeater Keeper has confirmed by e-mail that these
are their first contacts with the Island of Ireland. He
stated that pictures of the contact have been put on
the following web site www.m0dts.co.uk, which also
contains a video clip.

A few years ago a direct ATV record for 70cm was made
by Charlie EI2EM, with a contact from Swords Co. Dublin
into Holland, a distance of 515 statute miles.

For your further interest, the Irish Amateur Television
Club have a Web site at www.homepage.eircom.~iatc

Source: IRTS