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Picture Quality


The series of images with increased levels of "snow" are a rough guide to what ATVers would refer to as P0 to P5.

ATV users may have a poorer quality than the repeater as their signal into VK3RTV may be weak.

P0 Picture P1 Picture P2 Picture
P0 very poor signal. P1 more picture than snow. P2 detail in picture.
Every ATVer attempts to achieve a "P5" picture with "Q5" audio.
P3 Picture P4 Picture P5 Picture (perfect)
P3 more detail than snow. P4 great detail, bit of snow. P5 perfect picture.

Pictures courtesy VK3KHB



Audio Quality

Sound / Audio is measured in a similar way to picture except the "snow" is heard as "shussss" or "hisssss".
Lots of "shussss" or "hisssss" which is referred to as noise is a Q0, up to no noise being a "Q5".
"Q" is used here to identify the "quietness" of the audio signal.

This series of 3 second wave files (~23KB each) with decreased levels of "noise" are a rough guide for Q0 to Q5.
Q0 wave
Very Noisy, hint of Audio
Q1 wave
Audio is above Noise
Q2 wave
more Audio than Noise.
Q3 wave
~50 audio / ~50 noise
Q4 wave
a little bit of Noise
Q5 wave
Very quite no Noise.

Wave files courtesy VK3KHB


 
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