Amateur Television Network
On the Air to Everywhere
Inside the KC6JPG studio - where the Amateur Television Network's "The Weekly Net" are transmitted every Tuesday evening at 7:30pm Pacific Daylight Time via RF tranmission, live-stream on the commercial internet AND on the AREDN mesh network.
Photo by Roland Hoffman - KC6JPG
Live Television on the Amateur Radio Bands!
Amateur Television is one of the most exotic modes on the Amateur Radio Service. You can transmit LIVE video and sound within the amateur radio spectrum.
The Amateur Television Network (ATN) was started by a group at ATVers in Southern California. It grew from one ATV repeater to a NETWORK of linked repeaters known as the Amateur Television Network. The ATN then branched out to Nevada (Las Vegas) and to several repeaters in Arizona.
Through contacts make on the internet and at the Dayton Hamvention the ATN started other state chapters to include Northern California, Florida, Delaware, Kentucky, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana. New Mexico, and Washington. As the ATN grew the groups in Arizona and Nevada became their own chapters. Some chapters are still around and functional, others sadly have folded up shop and moved on.
Other groups of ATVers, like the Amateur Television in Central Ohio (ATCO) interface from time to time with the Amateur Television Network but have chosen to not become a chapter of the ATN. Some existing clubs like the Boulder ATV club, the St. Louis Amateur Television Society, and the Dayton Amateur Radio Club's ATV group wanted to form an ATN chapter but keep their name within the new chapter. We now have ATN-Boulder, ATN-SLATS and ATN-DARA.
Look around the site and let us know what you like, what we can improve on, or how we can help bring Amateur Television to a repeater site near you.
LATEST HAPPENINGS WITH THE AMATEUR TELEVISION NETWORK
The ATN Summer Barbecue
Saturday, September 23, 2023
11:00am PDT
Link up to our Whereby online community to connect with us if you like to join us remotely.
Contact Mike Collis - WA6SVT or Tom Board - WB6HYH for more info.
Amateur Television Network
"The Weekly Net"
Every Wednesday at 0230 UTC
(Tuesdays at 7:30pm PDT)
Amateur Television Network
"The Arizona Net"
Every Monday at 0200 UTC
(Sundays at 7:00pm MST)
The NEW Icom IC-905 five band VHF / UHF / SHF transceiver can do
Amateur Television!
A game-changer for ATV!
The San Bernardino Microwave Society's monthly meeting is presented on the first Thursday of each month to reach our microwave enthusiasts from around the world!
AMATEUR TELEVISION NETWORK - FROM THE PAST . . . INTO THE FUTURE!
From the days of a single repeater into the 80's, it was analog equipment with NTSC standard definition consumer and prosumer cameras. Our Amiga graphics computer was cutting edge at the time presenting these 720 x 480 graphics. The changes of the 90's and into the new millennium transition from 4:3 aspect ratio CRT screens to 16:9 wide screen format video technology up to 1920x1080 resolution. The ATN continues to upgrade towards digital technology.