400 Radio Hams tune-in to Satellite Weekend

Nearly 400 radio amateurs from around the world tuned-in to watch a new
'live tv' service last weekend.

The brand-new service, from the British Amateur Television Club, got a 'baptism of fire' when the BATC provided live coverage of the entire Amsat-UK Space Colloquium - a three day event, held at the University of Guildford, Surrey, UK.

The audio and video quality of the broadcast drew universal praise from viewers as far apart as the USA, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, with many of them opting to view the high-definition video feed of the presentations in 'full-screen' mode.

However, there was an added bonus. Viewers could not only see and hear the presentations, they were also able to take part in the conference as well, because running alongside the video was a 'Live Chat' panel, where viewers could post comments, or ask questions of the speaker via the internet - a facility quite a few took advantage of.

The televised weekend was even more remarkable in that it was only the second outing for the new BATC Live TV service, the first being the Microwave Roundtable held in Sheffield a few weeks ago. On that occassion, there were 50 viewers.

Over the coming months, the BATC hopes to add a lot of new material to their streaming media portal.

The BATC would also be glad to offer live streaming facilities to any amateur radio groups world-wide, who have conferences or radio-related events that they wish to share with the ham radio community at large. 

There is no charge to broadcast your video, provided that it has some relevance to Amateur Television, or amateur radio in general.

To find out more, visit the BATC website
http://www.batc.org.uk/

http://www.batc.tv

See also:
A Television Channel for Radio Amateurs