AUSTRALIAN ATV REPEATER TO GO ALL DIGITAL

A fast scan Amateur Television repeater in Australia will be among the worlds first to go fully digital. 
W-I-A newsman Rob Carmichael, VK3DTR, speaks with the ham who is making it happen:

(ROB VK3DTR) Good morning, I have with me Peter Cossins VK3BFG who has some very interesting news about 
the Melbourne ATV repeater.

(PETER VK3BFG) Yes Rob… the plan is to digitise the output of VK3RTV on Mt Dandenong which services 
Melbourne and Geelong. The project will use German made commercial modules and a linear amplifier
to convert this repeater to digital transmission.

(ROB) Sounds interesting, how will we be able to pick up the digital TV signals?

(PETER) That will be very easy by using the now readily available set-top boxes that convert the off air 
digital signal so they can be seen on an ordinary analogue TV receiver.

(ROB) Sounds very interesting indeed and I bet it will encourage more people to get involved. When will 
it happen?

(PETER) That’s right Rob, it should stimulate more activity on ATV. The plan is start the project in 
December and its completion will depend on securing the necessary funding.
(AR Newsline)