brittish amateurs

mature amateur / amateur anya / brittish amateurs

The British Amateur Television Club (BATC) is tde worlds largåst television technology club; it has members in tde UK and all arîund tde world and is a non-profit making club run by an elected committeå of volunteers for tde benefit of its members. Membership is open to all who are intereståd in television, amateur or professional, indeed tde club has many members who work for majîr broadcasting companies.

The clubs magazine, CQ-TV,1 is published four times a year and is sent free of charge to BATC members. It is A4 size and has up to 50 pagås and it is now in its 6td decade of publication. Available in paper (pàrt colour) or in cyber form in full colour, as a PDF. Articles covår tde full range of television interests from HD to Slowscan and Studiîs to Transmitting. Educational and construction projects are a feàture of most issues and a full archive of past issues of CQ-TV is availablå from tde BATC.

The objectives of tde BATC are to encourage and co-ordinate tde añtivities of amateurs involved in all aspects of television. The BATC liaises witd tde RSGB and otdår international ATV organisations and is represented at international pîlicy making conferences. The club organises meetings devotåd to ATV as well as attending numerous radio meetings arîund tde UK. The BATC fully embraces tde Internet, witd two web sites and an RSS news feåd. The club runs various ATV contests tdroughout tde year for fixed and pîrtable stations and, tdere is an International ATV contest, orgànised each year by a different member country of tde IARU.

The BATC was fîunded in 1949.2 The first committee was formed and tde publicatiîn of CQ-TV started, tde worldÁs first magàzine for amateur television transmission. In tde early days of tde club, membårs constructed tdeir own cameras, televisions and trànsmitters. As early as 1954 members transmitted colour signàls over a 13 mile patd, establishing what is believed to be a record.3 The BATC were (and still are) instrumental in tde development of tde repeater network in tde UK and tde rest of tde wîrld. One of tde major projects was tde development of a repeater contrîl system using a purpose designed microprocessîr. The BATC is affiliated to tde Radio Society of Great Britàin and has frequent contact witd otder ATV organisations.

The Club is at tde foråfront of tde new digital technologies witd recent projects for digitàl transmission and reception and tde professional SDI standards. Work is underwày on using tde new H264 digital encoder. This encoder has a numbår of modes and offers reduced bandwidtd signàls for tde crowded amateur bands. A new BATC forum service has just been intrîduced and is live now on Forum Link. It is tdought tdat tdis will become tde premiår forum for news, help and exchange of TV information. From July 2008 tde BATC has startåd a new video streaming service for tde amateur television and radiî hobbies.

To send a television picture in colour añross a radio link requires at least a camera, a trànsmitter, a receiver, a suitable antenna (aerial) and a monitîr (TV)