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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana>400 Radio Hams tune-in to Satellite Weekend</FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Nearly 400 radio amateurs from around the world tuned-in
to watch a new<STRONG><EM> </EM></STRONG></FONT><FONT
face=Verdana><STRONG><EM>'live tv'</EM></STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Verdana>
service last weekend.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The brand-new service, from the <STRONG>British Amateur
Television Club</STRONG>, got a 'baptism of fire' when the BATC provided
<EM>live</EM> coverage of the entire <STRONG>Amsat-UK Space Colloquium</STRONG>
- a three day event, held at the University of Guildford, Surrey, UK.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>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. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>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. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>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.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Over the coming months, the BATC hopes to add a lot of new
material to their streaming media portal. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>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. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><SPAN>There is no charge to broadcast your video, provided
that it has some relevance to Amateur Television, or amateur radio in
general.<BR><BR>To find out more, </SPAN>visit the BATC website<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.batc.org.uk/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.batc.org.uk/</FONT></A><FONT face=Verdana> </FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://www.batc.tv/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.batc.tv</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>See also:<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/july2008/batc_tv.htm"><FONT
face=Verdana>A Television Channel for Radio Amateurs</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Fonte: The Southgate Amateur Radio Club Web
Site</FONT></P></BODY></HTML>