Keith, I agree, and (for one) would be happy to get away from analog. The last time I surfed for ADTV was about a year ago, so my knowledge is probably outdated. I could only find a (Netherlands?) group that was pursuing it, and it looked like their equipment was more ground-based, rack mount, etc., etc.
We should also look for an HD camera that provides to correctly compressed digital output. Plus, we may be able to multiplex a few cameras more easily than in the analog domain. This would definitely be a good step toward an orbital platform :-) Maybe a Capstone (Andrew?) project could be set up for this? Do you have any links to the latest R&D in amateur DTV? Frank > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:psas-avionics- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Packard > Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 2:02 PM > To: Andrew Greenberg > Cc: psas-avionics > Subject: Re: [psas-avionics] We are go for C band! > > On Wed, 2009-07-01 at 13:24 -0700, Andrew Greenberg wrote: > > > - Choose a channel. > > - Design a new series of CPAs. > > - Make them. > > - Test them in the lab. > > - Make new ground antennas. > > - Take them out to the gorge and test the whole lot. > > Some day, I'd love to rip out the analog ATV and replace it with digital > transmission using an HD camera mounted in the rocket. We'll need more > CPU and I/O bandwidth on-board though. > > -- > [email protected] _______________________________________________ psas-avionics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.psas.pdx.edu/mailman/listinfo/psas-avionics
