DATV in VK(.AU) via HiDEs USB, More info PSE..¿ :) .-.-.
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 3:13 pm
Giday!
Looking to get into Ham DATV.
I've come across these HiDes USB devices that seem to be a compact DVB-T etc USB Transceiver. ??
Can I ask some questions please for those knowledgeable in this area to hopefully answer.
- Which model to buy? .AU exchange rate etc is very poor currently.(UT-100A & UT-200AJH look most interesting / compatible to our needs currently).
- I see some list 50-950Mhz + 1200-1350Mhz. However some models support less. So prefer the fore mentioned to cover 6m,2m,70 & 23cm.
- Looking for something mostly compatible with our normal VK /.AU DVB-T consumer televisions.
- How common is it for current model TV's to have the ability to tune and receive a transmission from these devices on 70cm? (436.5/446.5Mhz in VK).
- What's the lowest bandwidth most consumer DTV's will tune? (I see 2,3,4,5,6,7,8Mhz TX ability).
- Is a Raspberry PI 2 powerful enough to use as an AV feed /driver etc for these?
- Is there a pre done Linux Image for the PI for these? Or Windoze? etc. Pro's / Con's for either OS? How hard to install software wise?
- Can you run two streams (Two different mux'd stations) via these?
- What connections are used for these? (They look like 3.5mm audio sockets?)
- What options are available amp wise to increase the output power? (Mainly 70cm, but maybe also 23cm).
OK Possibly more questions later. Big learning curve.
We currently run 70cm VSB for our local ATV repeater but after seeing these I figured it was worth some more investigation into possibly going digital.
Any info appreciated.
~ Ken - vk4akp, SysOP vk4rkp - Mt Crosby ATV repeater - Ipswich, Queensland, Australia ~
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Looking to get into Ham DATV.
I've come across these HiDes USB devices that seem to be a compact DVB-T etc USB Transceiver. ??
Can I ask some questions please for those knowledgeable in this area to hopefully answer.
- Which model to buy? .AU exchange rate etc is very poor currently.(UT-100A & UT-200AJH look most interesting / compatible to our needs currently).
- I see some list 50-950Mhz + 1200-1350Mhz. However some models support less. So prefer the fore mentioned to cover 6m,2m,70 & 23cm.
- Looking for something mostly compatible with our normal VK /.AU DVB-T consumer televisions.
- How common is it for current model TV's to have the ability to tune and receive a transmission from these devices on 70cm? (436.5/446.5Mhz in VK).
- What's the lowest bandwidth most consumer DTV's will tune? (I see 2,3,4,5,6,7,8Mhz TX ability).
- Is a Raspberry PI 2 powerful enough to use as an AV feed /driver etc for these?
- Is there a pre done Linux Image for the PI for these? Or Windoze? etc. Pro's / Con's for either OS? How hard to install software wise?
- Can you run two streams (Two different mux'd stations) via these?
- What connections are used for these? (They look like 3.5mm audio sockets?)
- What options are available amp wise to increase the output power? (Mainly 70cm, but maybe also 23cm).
OK Possibly more questions later. Big learning curve.
We currently run 70cm VSB for our local ATV repeater but after seeing these I figured it was worth some more investigation into possibly going digital.
Any info appreciated.
~ Ken - vk4akp, SysOP vk4rkp - Mt Crosby ATV repeater - Ipswich, Queensland, Australia ~
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