N0KWA's Fast Scan Amateur Television Stuff
Amateur Television is also known as ATV and FSTV. It is fairly simple to get started in ATV. Most hams already have most of what they will need to receive ATV transmissions. The 70 cm band used for ATV also happens to use the same frequencies as cable television. All one needs to do is connect an antenna to the CABLE input and tune to the correct CABLE Channel.
Frequency...........................................Cable TV Channel
421.25 MHz............................................................ 57
427.25 MHz............................................................ 58
434.00 MHz............................................................ 59
439.25 MHz............................................................ 60

Also some TV sets will receive "a little" below the UHF Band. If you can fine tune below Channel 14 you might be able to receive an ATV signal.
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