This is what "Radio Amateur" should maybe be about in the 21st Century, rather than CW bugs, Echolink, DStar, collecting squares and off the shelf rigs.

From 1905 to 1950s Amateur radio was in the forefront of Innovation and Wireless Experimentation. Post Office Trunk circuit SSB applied to Radio etc after WWII.

See BBC News on Satellite for uncensored Internet

My own satellite experience so far is in installation and test of performance of VSAT (two way Internet tests prior to the ISP marketing it), Analogue and Digital TVRO (I have a Motorised 110cm dish and 4 x Satellites on Quattro LNBs 90cm dish feeding Multiswitch. I designed an apartment system to distribute Broadband, FM & TV and Satellite)

We have been waiting about 2 years!

Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc. (QMT) a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), and Kyobo Book Centre, Korea’s largest seller of books, today announced the retail availability of the world’s first e-reader to include mirasol® display technology. Kyobo and Qualcomm have collaborated to deliver an unmatched reading experience by providing a large and diverse content portfolio spanning books, magazines and video on a touch display that features vibrant color in bright sunlight. The device allow for weeks of reading under typical usage.

via Mirasol

Pluses

Anyone near N.I. Border should consider a Saorview TV that has DVB-T2 tuner or a "Freeview HD" TV. ASO for N.I. on 24th October will dramatically increase transmission power and add more transmitter sites. An HD DVB-T2 multiplex will be added. Some sites may have a DVB-T2 "mini-mux" for a few Irish channels.

DVB-T2 status

• Last areas in UK will be after final ASO in October 2012. The UK's 5th HD channel is likely to launch in April 2012.
• Italy: one multiplex, soft launch in October 2010
• Sweden: two multiplexes, full launch in November 2010
• Finland: five multiplexes, soft launch in January 2011, full launch in February 2011
• Ukraine: four DVB-T2 multiplexes × 167 transmission sites, 150 of which have been officially launched on October 10, 2011
• Denmark: one multiplex, with TV2 Danmark in HD will launch April 2012
• Malaysia (possible)
• South Africa (definite)
• Croatia (tests, approval)
• Serbia: Adopted.
• Russia: Approved Sept 2011. Some sites running before approval
• Turkey (Tests)

Finally officially confirmed what we knew, ASO (Analogue Switch Off of television) in NI, and Ireland is end of October 2012. The exact date is confirmed as 24th October 2012.

The new DVBViewer Pro 4.9 released 15th September 2011

ATTENTION: You can download the DVBViewer Pro 4.9 only from https://www.dvbviewer.tv/members/

There is a new protection system since Version 4.5 See Forums about Credentials

The changelog:

MHEG-5

• Add: TOT data generated by the system time
• Add: Audio play states are now handled by the MHEG engine

Press Release from Kenneth Wenzel of Open Channel

First Danish digital radio trials with DVB-T2 Lite is going live in November
DVB-T2, which is used for broadcasting digital television can easily be used to broadcast digital radio in Denmark, and the standard is superior to DAB+ at all times, believes Open Channel, who has obtained a DVB-T2 trial license on a 1.7 MHz channel bandwidth, also called a T-DAB frequency.

When I was in Germany recently, I went into a newsagents in Cologne railway station to look at TV magazines. I have been watching continental TV for some time, and I was wondering what the style, content and range of TV listings magazines were.

As you may be aware, a lot of the magazines in this neck of the woods are for a female audience and very effeminate. RTÉ Guide and TV Now, the only separately published listings magazines, are very much driven by soaps and celebrities, and this has been the way for some years. Remember, back in the day, the RTÉ Guide used to have knitting patterns! Horoscopes and recipes, its like picking up Woman’s Way by accident, until you go to the middle and get what’s on TV!

Recently published on RTÉ's Saorview Website

The following organisations are recognised by SAORVIEW and are listed on our website. These organisations will be able to provide consumers with a list of registered members in their area.  

• Confederation of Aerial Industries Ltd.
• Irish Satellite and Aerial Association
• National Guild of Master Craftsmen

 

 

 

Logo Use

The SAORVIEW logo is for use by manufacturers on approved receivers and by registered retailers to communicate the selling of approved receivers ( Set top boxes and iDTVs ) at the point of sale through retail premises, and on websites by registered online retailers.

Circularly Polarised. 20.185MHz Ka Band

How overspill to UK is prevented
(same spot parameters as N.France Spot)

N.I. and I.OM. may receive Irish Spot on 80cm Dish 

There is actually a 2nd carrier with SR 50000 Internet services. The listed carrier has of course the same data capacity when QPSK and FEC applied to the 25,000 SR as the Terrestrial Mux. The Saorsat test transmission is from Ka-Sat as forecast.

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