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Hi everyone,

I was unsure which part of the forum was best suited to this (my first posting to this forum) so my appolgies if this is slightly off-topic for this section.

I am looking for help and some technical information on old style VHS video recording which is now fast aquiring vintage status. I am interested in finding out what frequencies are used for recording the luminance signal onto the tape in UK PAL Standard VHS video recorders.

I have consulted Google but have failed to find full or convincing tecnical information aside from the fact that NTSC versions of VHS would appear to use 3.4 MHz for the sync-tips and 4.4 MHz for peak white but I should like to be able to confirm this is the same for standard VHS on UK machines.

Does anyone know of information on UK VHS video recoring specifications on the Internet or indeed know the answer to this technical question?

Thanks.

73,s

Des (M0AYF)

Hi again,

Just a quick follow-up to my own posting, I have now found the information I was looking for via another group.

Thanks to the 170+ on this list who took the time to read my posting.

73,s

M0AYF

Peak white is aplitude not frequency the colour signal is frequency modulated. i record digital now. U can get composite video by making a dvd and playing it back on a domestic dvd player. Regards Roger , G1BFK.