Doug Lung's

RF Column Links: March 1998
From TV Technology Magazine

DTV Transmission Basics - Part 2

Items to Watch For At NAB 1998

Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC)

http//www.atsc.org - home page
ftp://ftp.atsc.org/pub/Standards/A53 - ATSC Standard, Including Annex D
ftp://ftp.atsc.org/pub/Standards/A54 - Guide to the Use of the ATSC DTV Standard

Acrodyne

http://www.acrodyne.com/ (home page)
http://www.acrodyne.com/survey.htm (Engineering Forum – Technical papers)
http://www.acrodyne.com/choices.htm (ACT tests results in various formats)

General Instrument

http://www.nlvl.com/ (home page)
http://www.nlvl.com/products/sdng.html (satellite data networks)

Harris Broadcast

http://www.broadcast.harris.com/dtv/index.html (DTV home page)
http://www.broadcast.harris.com/newsflash/12198.html (Press Release on ATSC Encoder)
http://www.broadcast.harris.com/features/vsb/index.html (EXCELLENT 8VSB tutorial)

Hewlett Packard Test and Measurement

http://www.tmo.hp.com/tmo (Test and Measurement home page)
http://www.tmo.hp.com/tmo/datasheets/English/HP89441V.html (VSB/QAM signal analyzer)
http://www.tmo.hp.com/tmo/tech/English/89441V.html (HP89441V VSB on-line demo)

Scientific Atlanta

http://www.sciatl.com/D/b/index.html (Satellite Television Networks home page)
http://www.sciatl.com/D/b/a/index.html (PowerVuÔ Digital Video Compression)
http://www.sciatl.com/ShowsAndEvents/NAB98/index.htm (NAB booth information)
http://www.sciatl.com/NewsRoom/NewsReleases/releases/980206-1.htm (ATSC encoder news)

Tektronix

http://www.tektronix.com/Measurement/Products/press/mts215/index.html (NAB Lineup)
http://www.tektronix.com/Measurement/Products/catalog/fse/index.html (FSE series analyzers)
http://www.tektronix.com/Measurement/Products/press/8vsb/index.html (8VSB Test Set) New!

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