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BATC ATV Handbooks
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:55 pm
by G8TVW
Are the BATC ATV Handbooks available to download?
Regards,
Dave, G8TVW.
Re: BATC ATV Handbooks
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 6:53 pm
by g8cjs
They are very old and I hate to see them lost forever as I worked very hard to produce them
Most of them have been scanned and can be downloaded from
https://www.cq-datv.mobi/ebooks.php I hope that helps
Re: BATC ATV Handbooks
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 7:26 pm
by G8GKQ
Thanks Trevor
I agree - I still refer to them (and still have the Test Card generator in use).
I think that we have them all here:
https://batc.org.uk/atv-handbooks/
If there are any missing, please let me know.
Thanks
Dave
Re: BATC ATV Handbooks
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 1:15 am
by G8TVW
Hello Dave,
Here's a complete (to the best of my knowledge) list of the BATC Handbooks:
1. Amateur Television. Pub. 1976.
2. Amateur-Television Handbook (Blue cover). Pub. 1981. # *
3. Amateur Television Handbook Vol. 2. Pub. 1982. #
4. Television for Amateurs. Pub. 1983.
5. The Revised Amateur Handbook. 1984. #
6. The Best of CQ-TV. Pub. 1986.
7. The Best of CQ-TV Vol. 2. Pub. 1989.
8. The Amateur Television Compendium. Pub. 1989.
9. Introduction to Amateur Television. Pub. 1992. # *
10. Slow Scan Television Explained. Pub. 1998. *
11. Micro and Television Projects. Pub. ?
12. Lighting for Television and Film. Pub. ?
Available from:-
#
https://www.cq-datv.mobi/ebooks.php
*
https://batc.org.uk/atv-handbooks
Regards,
Dave.
Re: BATC ATV Handbooks
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 9:47 am
by G8GKQ
Thanks Dave. We'll look to complete this list (copyright permitting).
Dave
Re: BATC ATV Handbooks
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 9:53 am
by G8TVW
Hello Dave,
You're welcome.
Regards,
Dave.
G8GKQ wrote: ↑Fri Sep 21, 2018 9:47 am
Thanks Dave. We'll look to complete this list (copyright permitting).
Re: BATC ATV Handbooks
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 6:28 pm
by Mike-G8DLX
Hi All.
One book I am not seeing on any of the lists and have a copy of is 'The Slow Scan Companion' By C Grant Dixon, John Wood & Mike Wooding It was published in Jan 1987.
Mike
G8DLX - 9H5MC
Re: BATC ATV Handbooks
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 8:05 pm
by G8TVW
Hello Mike,
Mike-G8DLX wrote: ↑Fri Sep 21, 2018 6:28 pm
One book I am not seeing on any of the lists and have a copy of is 'The Slow Scan Companion' By C Grant Dixon, John Wood & Mike Wooding It was published in Jan 1987.
That's one I don't have and I had forgotten about it when I compiled my list. It doesn't seem to be available from either of the sources I gave.
Regards,
Dave.
Re: BATC ATV Handbooks
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 10:08 pm
by G8GKQ
Thanks to all of those who have helped with .pdf copies so far. Now published at
https://batc.org.uk/atv-handbooks/
I have been unable to find .pdf copies of
- Amateur Television. Pub. 1976.
- Television for Amateurs. Pub. 1983.
- The Best of CQ-TV. Pub. 1986.
- The Best of CQ-TV Vol. 2. Pub. 1989.
- The Amateur Television Compendium. Pub. 1989.
- The Slow Scan Companion. Pub. 1987.
Does anybody have them in pdf form, or a form that could be converted to .pdf?
Dave, G8GKQ
Re: BATC ATV Handbooks
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 6:26 am
by G8PEF
Dave,
I'm pretty sure I have copies of TV for amateurs and the ATV Compendium, somewhere - next time I'm able to get to my 'archive', I'll try to dig them out and scan them to PDF, if no-one else beats me to it
John