Re: UHF transmitter
Hello Paul,
In Post #2, you said:
<< UHF TV transmitters are very illegal indeed in the UK. They're one of the very few items of transmission hardware that it's actually illegal to possess rather than use >>
Are you sure about that? Illegal to sell might be closer?
I don't know and I would be keen to understand the actual legal position.
What about analogue amateur 70cm TV transmitters? I have several in my 'collection', two of which I built from scratch (and used) as G6AOE/T many years ago?
Then there's the Marconi drives in the collection from UHF TV transmitters. They are complex units (such as B7400) and are capable in their own right of about 1W output of VSB on frequency. Definitely more than a modulator.
Also a Barco UHF VSB drive for 'local' transmission over cable capable of several hundred mW. A transmitter in all but name.
Even if is the law to not own them, it's unenforceable.
I would have thought that 'illegal to sell' was more likely?
Best regards,
Paul M
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