Tampa Bay Amateur Television Society

Video Waveforms

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These waveforms were captured from a Tektronix 1410 generator using the "Snappy-Video Snapshot" image capture system. The scope displays of the associated patterns were from either the Tektronix 1485 waveform monitor or the 520A vectorscope.

While the these captured images are not of much use as video test tools, they do make interesting logos for ATV stations with PC to NTSC converters.

10 Stairstep

10 Stairstep Waveform

5 Stairstep

EIA Standard Color Bars

Full Field Color Bars

Multiburst

Multiburst Waveform

Modulated Ramp

Modulated Ramp Waveform

Red Reference

Reverse Color Bars

SMPTE Standard Color Bars

SMPTE Bars Waveform

Vector Display of SMPTE Bars

Indian Head Pattern

"T" Pulse

Y Reference

Thanks to Steve Muther, WF6R, The Stanford University ARC and the South Bay Amateur Television Group for the use of this excellent reference material. Please visit their excellent web site.