[AMRadio] Re: 1986 AM Ham-radio Video

[Larry Will]

Jim,

Not quite.  All NTSC encoded video is essentially 320 x 240 and VHS 
with its AM "color under" system makes it even worse because of color 
artifacts in the luminance.  640 x 480 which is a SMPTE and ITU 
standard is only possible with RGB component systems where no 
NTSC  encoding has taken place.  Because of the "non locked "color 
under" system of VHS no improvement of significance is possible in 
any digitizing or upconverting system.  In fact digitizing noisy 
video usually makes the noise noticeably worse because of bit 
uncertainly in the least significant bits.

Regards,

Larry W3LW
old TV guy


At 07:21 PM 2/27/2006, Jim candela wrote:
>Larry,
>
>     Maybe your tape has is a better reproduction than the one I have of the
>SPAM video. VHS as I recall is 640 X 480 whereas what I posted was 320 X 240
>resolution. If you got a decent copy, maybe somebody can convert that to a
>VCD or DVD for those that want better quality video?
>
>Anybody think about making a AM new video in 2006?
>
>Regards,
>Jim
>
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>
>I still have my VHS copy from 20 years ago, too. I most recently watched it
>with a friend (W1UJR) a couple of years ago.
>
>
>  -Larry/NE1S
>
>Jim candela writes:
> > Hi All,
> >
> >
> >   My son Paul just transferred the old SPAM (Society for the Preservation
>of
> > Amplitude Modulation) VHS video tape to a digital AVI file. This was
> > circulated to me by the late Floyd Dunlap, WA5TWF. The video was produced
>by
> > Dave Ramser KG6AB and Norm Scott WB6TRQ. This video was very well done. I
> > really enjoyed the interview with Mr. EF Johnson. My copy was on a 20 year
> > old tape recorded on low speed so the quality is a bit lacking, and a high
> > degree of video compression results in a noticeable lip-sync offset.
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