ARLA/CLUSTER: World ATV QSO Party por transmissão direta ou por meio da tecnologia Skype.

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Ready for the World ATV QSO Party

Australia, the USA and the world, via the British Amateur Television
Club website, will take part in this this annual event, which will
have more ATVers involved by direct transmission or through Skype
technology.

All transmissions will end up on the Digitised Repeater VK3RTV in the
Melbourne-Geelong area with Peter Cossins VK3BFG the anchor and net
control.

It will be held on Friday evening August 30 and Saturday morning and
afternoon August 31 (AEST).

ATVers in the VK3RTV footprint liaise with Peter VK3BFG on the voice
repeater VK3RML. Remote or other stations are to request to join in
via Skype to atvqsoparty.

On Friday confirmed stations are in VK2, VK3, VK4 and the Brisbane
Digital Repeater VK4RKC anchored by Danny VK4KI, and VK5.

On Saturday a link into the W6ATN network of ATV repeaters in Southern
California occurs. This involves quite a few stations which should be
very interesting.

The Australian anchor is again Peter VK3BFG with Don Hill KE6BXT in
Mission Vieja as the Southern Californian anchor. They will be
streaming to the British website so both can be viewed simultaneously.

Ken Konechy W6HHC from Orange County California will give an update on
the DATV Express project, jointly run by radio amateurs in the United
Kingdom and USA, to develop a cheap DVB-S ATV transmitter.

One of the very few Digital ATV repeaters in the USA, WR8ATV in
Columbus Ohio, is likely to join us this year - an exciting
development indeed.

This is the 3rd annual World Digital ATV QSO Party which was
originally a part of the centenary celebration for Amateur Radio
Victoria. It has now become an annual event.

Jim Linton VK3PC