HOW TO SET UP HAM TV SCHOOL CONTACTS

PRESENTED BY GASTON BERTELS, ON4WF

Ground station requirements no obscurations for the antennas 1.2m dish for S-band Tutioune software crossed VHF yagis (minimum 6 elements) shack controlled left/right circular polarization 100W VHF narrowband FM accurate tracking (Pro.Sis.Tel or similar) Internet access (200 kb/s uplink minimum, 500 kb/s preferred) reliable phone line chains of 3 ground stations (10 minutes video)

School requirements fast Internet access reliable phone line conference phone (external microphone) audio amplifier computer equipped classroom beamer and screen

System support teleconference phone service BATC server (British Amateur Television Club) multiscreen viewer (5 screens) automatic screen and audio selection

Content questions and answers microgravity experiments imagined and proposed by students submitted to ARISS / Expedition management

Scheduling waiting list of candidate schools for Ham TV

contacts (requirements) mentor pass predicts for chained stations

Ham TV contacts technical set up by qualified ham operator standardized introduction presentation can be streamed on BATC server (camera) video recording (school and ARISS archive)

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