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<P align=center>Digital amateur TV repeater with stereo sound </P></H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The latest on the <STRONG>VK3RTV</STRONG> repeater on Mt
Dandenong which services the Melbourne and Geelong areas is that stereo sound is
now available for both its digital and analogue inputs.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>Peter Cossins VK3BFG</STRONG> advises that for
analogue the sub-carrier frequencies at 6 and 6.5 MHz, and operators need to
activate it by DTMF code Star Zero Three Hash (* 0 3 #).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>About seven stations transmitting digital DVB-S uplink also
have the capability to transmit stereo sound.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>New 23 cm antenna arrays are yet to be completed and the
system is currently running VK3RTV-1 on a temporary antenna.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Peter VK3BFG also advises that experiments are being made
with Internet streaming via the British Amateur TV Club.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The VK3RTV repeater digitisation has been primarily funded
by Amateur Radio Victoria with $1,000 also provided by the WIA Club Grants
Program.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Fonte: </FONT><A href="http://www.wia.org.au/"
target=_blank><FONT face=Tahoma>Wireless Institute of Australia</FONT></A><FONT
face=Tahoma>, Peter Cossins VK3BFG</FONT></P></BODY></HTML>