WELL THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE IF YOU LIKE A CHALLENGE AND WANT TO EXPEREMENT IN ATV........THIS IS FAST SCAN TV AS WE KNOW IT JIM!
WELL FIRSTLY LET ME EXPLAIN HOW I DID IT...EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT , DO WHAT EVER YOU WISH OR WANT TO GET ON THE BAND...
WHERE TO AQUIRE THINGS.............
TRANSMITTERS 13 CM AND 23 CMS UNITS , ARE AVAILABLE FROM see link on home page these are superb units
RECEIVERS AND VARIOUS PA UNITS AND ANTENNAS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM SAME SOURCE.......THE RECEIVERS ARE DAM GOOD AND CAN BE USED AS IS OR CONNECTED TO A VFO UNIT.....THIS IS ALSO CONNECTED TO THE TX IF REQUIRED....
COST BASIC TX AND RX ...ON THE AIR WITH 200MW WILL COST 60 POUNDS + YOUR ANTENNA, THIS CAN COST NOWT, IF YOU MAKE ONE OR UP TP 60 QUID FOR A GOOD COMMERCIAL UNIT
BOXES , TV AND A TRIPOD WILL COST YOU ANOTHER 60 QUID OR LESS IF YOU ARE LUCKY........THEN A CAMERA FOR 20 QUID OR SO......THATS IT TOTAL COST..200 QUID IF YOUR POSH, OR AS LITTLE AT 80 POUNDS IF YOU HAVE THINGS AT HAND................. HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THINGS HERE............
THIS IS MY BASIC SETUP, THE TRIPOD AND 2 14 ELE YAGI ANTENNAS, THEY ARE COMMERCIAL LINK ANTENNAS, THEY ARE RESENANT ON 1200 MHZ , A BIT LOW, HOWEVER THEY WORK WELL AT 1249 MHZ, AND COST NOWT, HARDLY!
MORE CLOSE UPS HERE, SORRY ABOUT THE CRAPPY DIRTY SHACK, BUT WE ARE REAL HAMS HERE!!
THE RECEIVER AND 10 INCH RUN AF CABLE, WITH N TYPE CONNECTORS SHOWN HERE..........VIDEO IS THEN FED TO THE TV WITH AV CABLE...NO LOSS!
PROPPER "LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER" STUFF THIS!......COLD WAR STYLE ATV IN A SUITCASE, NOTE VARIOUS TEST CARDS TO ANNOY PEOPLE WITH!! AND NEET COLOUR CAM WITH SOUND MOUNTED ON CASE, THIS DETACHES WHEN NOT IN USE.....
MORE TO FOLLOW WHEN I GET EM!
NEWS , PORTABLE ATV..
WELL, I RETURNED FROM VACATION IN FLORIDA ON 14TH SEPTEMBER 2007, THIS WAS THE OFFICIAL START TIME OF MY PORTABLE SEASON.......i returned back with the 23cm pa unit a 2330 patv...this was purchaced from down east microwave in live oak fl, what can i say it,s superb, and with 50 mw , it produces 23watts of good 23cm video ...this was tested for the 1st time when i went portable on bowstone gate, 5 miles south east of stockport. this is just in the peak district and is home to gb3mr, and gb3mn repeaters.....the site is 1652 feet asl and i exchanged pics with chris M1EEV in bebington....he could not get rid of me dispite turning the antenna through 360 degs!.....we exchanged p5 + both ways, then the wirrel club came on the air and the same was done with them...
the portable set up consists of 50w on 2 m / 70cm......25w atv trancieve ......on 23cms...........1kw generator, 30 amp 12v psu , me my folding chair and good weather ! (i hope)...........
email me for a contact sked etc, various sites can be deployed............EI WANTED GI AND GD.............THIS SHOULD BE A DUCK SHOOT!
EMAIL JOHNDAVIES54@BTINTERNET.COM
SUBJECT ATV SKED
THANKS MORE TO FOLLOW JOHN G0PVR.........
WELL HERE THEY ARE, SELF EXPLANITERY I HOPE, POWER IS FROM A 1KVA GENERATOR
THANKS TO M3PVX FOR SUPERB PHOTO'S THANKS DARREN
TAKEN FROM HARTSHEAD PIKE 1000 FEET ASL, 12 MILES EAST OF MANCHESTER......HALF MILE FROM TOWN OF MOSSLEY
DATE SATURDAY, 6TH OCTOBER 2007
THIS NEXT PICTURE BELOW, DATES BACK TO THE LATE 70,S ..THIS WAS TRANSMITTED ON 70CM, AND WAS SENT TO DUNCAN G8JNF WHO IS IN THE PICTURE, ..THIS IS DUNCANS SHACK..I AM SEEN ON TV..THE PIC WAS SENT 27 MILES, AND WAS FULL COLOUR..THE PIC WAS TAKEN BY A LOCAL NEWSPAPER , AND WAS FRONT PAGE NEWS IN THOSE DAYS...( WE LED OTHERS FOLLOWED!)
JOHN G0PVR
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THIS NEXT PICTURE IS TAKEN FROM NONT SARAHS , THE SITE IS ON THE A 640 AND IS JUST INSIDE THE WEST YORKSHIRE BOARDER ...23MILES EAST OF MANCHESTER..1 MILE N/W OF PULE HILL AND IS 1465 FEET ASL WOW!...OPTICAL FROM 330 DEGREES TO 270 DEGREES ...THE TV/RADIO SITE IS THE CAR PARK IN THE PIC ...AT THE TRIG POINT
