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PART 15 TV
- Thread starter LibertyNT
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30 years ago, it would have taken an electronics wiz kid to build a TV transmitter. Today, a stop at Wal-Mart or Radio Shack is
all you need to get the parts. But some things to consider. Quality program source is much easier to come up with for radio than
television. Most TV watchers don't use antennas. The FCC may have licensed narrow band communicationson on unused TV
channels in your town.
The FCC has looked at this and they say it is against the law.
all you need to get the parts. But some things to consider. Quality program source is much easier to come up with for radio than
television. Most TV watchers don't use antennas. The FCC may have licensed narrow band communicationson on unused TV
channels in your town.
The FCC has looked at this and they say it is against the law.
LibertyNT said:
The FCC has thought of it. As well as all the Hollywood studios as well as your local cable company to say nothing of your over the air TV. God forbid anyone can get to see Transformers on free TV the day it came out on DVD! Then there's the potential of your local greasy old pervert running his all porn TV channel...
And with all the TV shows too on DVD and YouTube stuff, with some high end computers with some potential TV schedule automating software and some imagination you could SLAY the competition with one little UHF channel in say, your apartment complex.
There used to be tiny UHF TV transmitters they made in the '80s that you could hook up to your VCR. But all of the above mentioned parties swooped in and obliterated the manufacturers of these gizmos. There are still kits, but the cold hard reality is they are illegal to own or make and unlike Part 15 radio, you can get the closest punishment to the death penalty the FCC can dish out because it will also have Hollywood, cable and broadcast TV (and in the case of the pervert, the local vice squad) on it's side.
You have a point...
Dont think Radio Could Do transformers on it..
Radio Porn..... I bet Some Local Perv has done that.
And I Bet Record companies hate Part 15 Also....
Well To Bad theres so much Filth that can be on TV
And that Movies are Costly and you could put them on Air For FREE
is a big no no. But if these things werent problems
Then maybe we'd have a fighting chance on Part 15 TV.
Could be a wonderful tool for communities without proper
TV Coverage.
Dont think Radio Could Do transformers on it..
Radio Porn..... I bet Some Local Perv has done that.
And I Bet Record companies hate Part 15 Also....
Well To Bad theres so much Filth that can be on TV
And that Movies are Costly and you could put them on Air For FREE
is a big no no. But if these things werent problems
Then maybe we'd have a fighting chance on Part 15 TV.
Could be a wonderful tool for communities without proper
TV Coverage.
W
WCWalker
Guest
It's probably pointless to think about now that analog is almost gone and HDTV is on the way. The cost to produce an HDTV transmitter, even something of just a couple of watts for a proposed Part 15 TV service is likely to be very expensive.
I have one of those UHF transmitters, it's good to about 500 feet. We use it to broadcast the Dish box around the ranch, it's nice to take a TV out to the shop in the back of the ranch. We also use it with our KU band while camping, some people think they are really getting a UHF station a thousand miles away.
PCS has a new 3 watt TV transmitter with a stereo option on the market, you can also use an old cable modulator fed into a antenna effectively. I use to work for a company that made cable TV head end equipment, cranking the modulator up to 70db output into a 10 element antenna on the low band would deliver a pretty good signal around the neighbor with a pocket TV.
To be effective, you have to be in an area where antennas are still used; like an RV park or a place served mainly by translators like Needles, Ca or Bullhead City, AZ. Programming is not a problem, the KU band has plenty of stuff on it, and then there are all those shows in the public domain. Having your own TV station is a nice way to promote your radio station too. If you are in a apartment complex, you can always inject your TV station on the MATV system, one complex we lived in had 600 units, plus a bar and mini-market.
In February of next year, mini TV stations will really standout being the only analog on the dial, and building an analog TV station is really cheap these days with equipment being blown out at bargain prices. I got a 3/4" JVC editor in good condition for $20, a three camera set up for $175. An unlike Directv, my programs are lip synced and I don't have annoying digital artifacts, there is nothing worse than bad digital, I will take a little bit of snow any day over digital break up!
Steve
www.XRQK.com
PCS has a new 3 watt TV transmitter with a stereo option on the market, you can also use an old cable modulator fed into a antenna effectively. I use to work for a company that made cable TV head end equipment, cranking the modulator up to 70db output into a 10 element antenna on the low band would deliver a pretty good signal around the neighbor with a pocket TV.
To be effective, you have to be in an area where antennas are still used; like an RV park or a place served mainly by translators like Needles, Ca or Bullhead City, AZ. Programming is not a problem, the KU band has plenty of stuff on it, and then there are all those shows in the public domain. Having your own TV station is a nice way to promote your radio station too. If you are in a apartment complex, you can always inject your TV station on the MATV system, one complex we lived in had 600 units, plus a bar and mini-market.
In February of next year, mini TV stations will really standout being the only analog on the dial, and building an analog TV station is really cheap these days with equipment being blown out at bargain prices. I got a 3/4" JVC editor in good condition for $20, a three camera set up for $175. An unlike Directv, my programs are lip synced and I don't have annoying digital artifacts, there is nothing worse than bad digital, I will take a little bit of snow any day over digital break up!
Ya he is on Sirius now
Steve
www.XRQK.com
For reference, see the following FCC document regarding Part 15 television:
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Databases/documents_collection/pn910724.pdf
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Databases/documents_collection/pn910724.pdf
Ever hear of The Lucky Seven? They were a pirate TV station operating on Channel 7
without an FCC license. They went on TV smoking pot, wearing gas masks. They aired
old Star Treks with Captain Kirk and some porn too.
The second weekend they tried to repeat this, they had company from the FCC.
without an FCC license. They went on TV smoking pot, wearing gas masks. They aired
old Star Treks with Captain Kirk and some porn too.
The second weekend they tried to repeat this, they had company from the FCC.
I would say it COULD be a great way to provide some local TV coverage in the hinterlands where it's digitally impossible to get a signal. But sadly, the FCC has already auctioned off a lot of the spectrum for other uses (especially VHF channels 2-6) and the vacant channels your local channels leave behind in February will probably be used for other things...
The FCC had better start making a digital translator plan B because in outlying areas where digital TV is impossible to recieve, there's gonna be some ANGRY people who just might have the gumption to fight this with their own pirate analog TV stations......
The FCC had better start making a digital translator plan B because in outlying areas where digital TV is impossible to recieve, there's gonna be some ANGRY people who just might have the gumption to fight this with their own pirate analog TV stations......
FCC Docket 04-233. The FCC is looking at using TV channels 5 & 6 for an expanded FM band. This is an active
proceding.
proceding.
More misinformation on digital tv! Channels 2 through 6 are not going to be abandoned. There are some TV stations that will going back to VHF low band after the February switch over. WPVI in Philadelphia is going back to channel 6 for it's permanant digital operation, and there are several others on 2 through 6. Check the FCC final digital channel allocations. Channels 2-51 are the core channels for digital TV. The channels above 51 will be re-allocated to other services. That said I think the stations going abck to VHF low band will be sorry they did, as they will be prone to more electrical interference and summertime E skip will also be a problem. Also the Low banders will be operating at much lower ERP (around 5kw) so building penatration might also be a problem.
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