[Imc-makerspace] Fwd: [hackerspaces] Hacker TV Station

[Stewart Dickson]

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Subject: 	[hackerspaces] Hacker TV Station
Date: 	Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:11:15 -0400
From: 	Brain Tank <thebraintank at gmail.com>
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With the Analog Broadcast system having been switched over in the US I'd 
like to take advantage of the empty space and make a LPTV/HAMTV station 
at our Hackerspace. We're having a bit of trouble translating the legal 
end of things. We have our General class HAM licenses and we can see 
HAMTV is often transmitted on channels 57-60 CATV. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_television

Some questions that we've been unable to resolve are:

    *
      Can we stream YouTube all day long?
    *
      I realize theres a limitation as far as commercial things over HAM
      radio but what about "promotions" using HAMTV?
    *
      How far are we allowed to transmit?
    *
      Are the HAMTV bands even necessary to be limited to with all the
      freed up analog bandwidth?


Things may have changed a bit now that the bands have opened up but I 
cannot find specific information anywhere on the net.

We think we can achieve this using one of these 5watt TV Transmitters 
<http://www.pcs-electronics.com/transmitters-transmitter-kits-c-101_113.html>.

If anyone has the ability to help answer these we could do an easy 
tutorial with the other information I've collected and post it for other 
Hackerspaces to build their own cheap TV Station.

-Dave


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www.TheBrainTank.net <http://www.TheBrainTank.net>

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