Lincoln Repeater Group

Amateur Television (ATV), Audio & Video, Es'Hail, Workshop

MiniTiouner V2 Construction Project

March 22, 2020 6 Comments

MiniTiouner hardware was designed by Jean-Pierre F6DZP and is a DVB-S/S2 USB receiver that works with MiniTioune software. It covers 143MHz to 2450MHz and was designed for use by Amateur Television (ATV) operators.

Like other amateur radio operators I want to use the MiniTiouner and software to receive transmissions from the Es’hail 2 QO-100 geostationary satellite.

I built my MiniTiouner (phase 1) in January 2019 but due to work commitments have just got round to using it.

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Amateur Television (ATV), Audio & Video, Es'Hail, Workshop

OLED Display for Minitiouner V2

March 21, 2020 No Comments

It’s 11th March 2019 and I’ve just added an OLED display to my MiniTiouner. A simple, low cost, low effort addition to an already brilliant piece of kit.

This blog post shows how I did it.

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Amateur Television (ATV), Audio & Video, Workshop

Solent 1.3GHz / 23cm Amateur Television Transmitter

June 27, 2019 No Comments

Last year I purchased a Solent 23cm Amateur Television (ATV) transmitter. Although working, it needed a bit of a tidy up. Whilst tidying things up I decided to make a few modifications and place the transmitter in a new case too.

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Amateur Television (ATV), Arduino, Audio & Video, Comtech, Workshop

Comtech 23cm Amateur Television (ATV) rotary LCD tuner using Arduino

November 30, 2018 2 Comments

In October 2018 I started using a Comtech 23cm transmitter for my ATV operations. Rather than use the 8-way dip switches to tune the transmitter, I decided to work on a project to develop a rotary LCD tuner using an Arduino Uno as the micro-controller. This article shows how I did it, including the code.

Amateur Television (ATV), Comtech, Workshop

Comtech 23cm ATV transmitter modification – replace voltage regulator

November 24, 2018 No Comments

For 23cm Amateur TeleVision (ATV) I am using a Comtech 23cm transmitter powered by a 13.8V power supply.

This article tells why and how I replaced the voltage regulator.

Amateur Television (ATV), Audio & Video

M0NWK Amateur Television ATV Test Cards

October 11, 2018 No Comments

I made these test cards for my Amateur Television (ATV) station on 11th October 2018 using Adobe Photoshop and Camtasia Studio 2018.

Amateur Television (ATV)

Homebrew Liquid cooled RF amplifier for 23cm

February 17, 2018 4 Comments

Updated: 17th February 2017

It’s 13th November 2017 and I’ve just started to design my liquid cooled RF amplifier for 23cm Amateur Television (ATV).

Workshop

New antenna brackets finished

September 16, 2017 No Comments

New wall brackets for supporting a pole and my new Yaesu G-450 rotator, WIMO SHF-2344 yagi for 23cm, EAntenna EA270ZB13 yagi for 2m and 70cm and masthead pre-amplifier unit for 23cm

Recently my Dad made me some custom wall brackets. I will be using the brackets to support a pole and my new Yaesu G-450 rotator, WIMO SHF-2344 yagi for 23cm, EAntenna EA270ZB13 yagi for 2m and 70cm and masthead pre-amplifier unit for 23cm.

Amateur Television (ATV)

23cm Amateur Radio (ATV) Feasibility

August 30, 2017 No Comments

Checking feasibility of receiving and transmitting Amateur Television (ATV) between M0NWK QTH and Lincoln Cathedral repeater GB3VL

When I was thirteen years old, I remember hooking up an old Amstrad analogue satellite receiver to a homebrew yagi antenna to receive amateur radio television (ATV) from Lincoln repeater GB3VL. That was as far as I got with ATV until a recently.

Amateur Television (ATV)

23cm ATV RX Capacitor Modification

August 25, 2017 No Comments

Using a capacitor to block DC voltage in the Humax Foxsat satellite receiver for 23cm Amateur Television (ATV)

To receive 1.3 GHz (23cm) digital Amateur Television (ATV) transmissions from my local repeater GB3VL, I am using a Humax Foxsat HD/GB (click here for user manual) digital satellite receiver.