<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">New Digital TV Repeater for Kent</h1><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong>Justin G8YTZ</strong><span> </span>is delighted to announce that authorisation and NOV has been received from OFCOM approving a new Digital Amateur TV Repeater at Selling Minnis, between Ashford and Dover, Kent.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The Digital TV repeater<span> </span><strong>GB3DK</strong><span> </span>will use the bandwidth efficient DVB-S2 format with 2 transport streams using 8PSK modulation format; though complicated to transmit, does have the advantage of requiring simple receiving equipment (an old DVB-S2 Satellite Receiver and pre-amp and a 23cm antenna is all you need tomreceive GB3DK) and therefore encouraging the up-take of ATV in the south-east.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The ERP will be +13dBW to ensure good coverage from the proposed Omni-Directional antenna.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The input will be on 1260MHz and the output on 1302MHz. I look forward to &quot;seeing&quot; you all on the new repeater!</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I would especially like to thank<span> </span><strong>Noel Matthews G8GTZ</strong><span> </span>for his help in obtaining the license NOV for this exciting new repeater.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong><em>Justin G8YTZ</em></strong></p></div>