With the ongoing policy talks on the "white space" and re-purposing the "core tv spectrum" it seems like part 15 tv could make a come back in some form.
This may seem like an abrupt change of subject, but the relationship is to "the unserved:" I never intend to get a "digital box" to receive so-called free tv, and I do not want cable tv, because I've seen it at a friend's house, and it's a lot of nothing.
But yesterday when I paid my cable bill for internet and telephone, the charming woman did a sweet sales pitch... if I take cable TV... my total bill would actually be LOWER than it is now (of course she left out the fact that the lower bill would only be true for 2-months or some other limited time).
But if the cable tv were hooked up, I might watch it like a moth looking at a light bulb. Hours would go by. Life itself would drain away.
BUT if there were ALTERNATIVE part 15 stations, TV could be fun again.
Carl, there's already something along those lines going on. A couple weeks ago I ran a search looking for alternative uses to defunct home satellite dishes, and at some point from a link to a link to a link... that's when I accidentally came across it.
It's called ATV or HamTV. I only stumbled across it and know no details, The pages I was looking at involved a group of high school students legally broadcasting to old tv's in their area... But now I can't find it...
But you might want to take a look at this..
http://www.hamtv.com/
RichPowers the link about HAM TV is very interesting.
I look forward to some of our HAM members to spell out their viewpoint about the future possibilities of HAM TV.
Probably the 16mm films could not be aired, but who knows?
Probably the 16mm films could not be aired, but who knows?
Actually, unless the movie is in the public domain, you have to go thru Swank or a simular company to publicly present any movie legally, it covers the copyrite issues for you. It's not cheap. Depending on the movie it can run anywhere from $60 per day on up to $400 per day... I looked into it rather thouroughly years ago when playing with the idea of a small scale drive-in. There are however plenty of public domain movies, most of which are rather obscure.
Years ago, nearly all multimeters were black and yellow to appear like a Fluke--the top of the line multimeter. In recent years, Fluke has been vigorously defending its trade dress, forcing competitors to choose other colors. This multimeter may have been made some time ago.
"Incidentally, 16mm films is what originally got me into part15 to start with. It was about 5 years ago, and I was looking for a method to transmit the audio of the film to the parked cars when it was raining.. Effectively my own little drive-in theater."
Now I'm gonna have to add a miniature 16mm-drive in to my train and mini radio-station mini theme park ideas ... Thanks-a-lot 😉
Don't forget the miniature sand fleas.
Ermi, you just made me look up Fluke multimeters, cause I'm not familiar with them. I just looked at several of them, and your right, this looks just like a fluke design, and yes, they are pretty pricey.
The brand name on this $10 unit is "OOHMADJ"
And I bet the Fluke manufacturer is going to be OOH MAD about it!
The multimeter pictured above is an inexpensive hobbyist test device of Asian manufacture and sold by wholesalers, and such companies as MiniScience.com ($9.99). Here is the link to the operating and instruction sheet:
http://www.df.lth.se/~mikaelb/edu/ellaraa/man_yg-188.html
This would be an adequate meter package for tuning a Rangemaster AM1000.