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peterpraugger

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Would this be cool? Narrow-Band TV over Freeband
« on: September 30, 2026, 2205 UTC »
Hello everyone,


I'm thinking about a potential project and wanted to see if the community would actually find it cool or worth tuning into.
The idea is to set up a low-power, dedicated Narrow-Band Television (NBTV) station on the old 11-meter business band frequency of 27.445 MHz AM. It would probably have audio-embedded video streams running public domain shows.
The technical setup down the road would be a clean 4-watt transmitter running into a wire dipole. Since 27.445 MHz is usually a dead channel locally, I think it could be a really fun experimental utility space for the band. Listeners would obviously just need to route their receiver audio into software like BigVision or NBTVViewer to watch the 32-line frames.
Before I go out and acquire the transmitter interface, mixing hardware, and antenna gear for this, I wanted to get your honest thoughts:
• Would you guys actively hunt for a weak-signal 4-watt NBTV data stream on 11 meters?
• Do you think a scheduled weekend broadcast like this would be a cool service for the freebander community, or would the daytime skip noise just totally swallow it up?
Appreciate any technical feedback or thoughts on the concept!
Thanks,
peterpraugger
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Dude111

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Would this be cool? Narrow-Band TV over Freeband
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2026, 0656 UTC »
Welcome to HFU :)

That would indeed be interesting. Kinda like SSTV but faster right?
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