[HATS] Re: Is this ATV or what...?

[Ralph]

I did the GPS/APRS for the AOB (Atlanta Olympic Broadcasting) Organization 
during the '96 Olympics in Atlanta.
This is very similar to the setup we used,  only our 4 ground units were on 
BMW motorcycles.

The uplinks from the cars would likely be just like ours- on the 10 shared 
ENG frequencies, just outside of the part 15 area of the band that we call 
"ours".
The way we did it was with these uplinks being received by a several 
helicopters on 2.5 GHz and then relayed to guys on rooftops on either 4 or 
7 GHz.  The guys on the roofs aimed 2x4 ft rectangular dishes at the 
helicopters as they moved.

The telemetry is done on commercial 450-460 MHz frequencies.  Nothing is 
done on Ham freqs (although I did receive a letter from the FCC a few years 
ago for the Atlanta 500 race.  They wanted to know if we had a problem with 
an experimental transmitter to be used at the race.  It was very similar to 
the "experimental" system they were setting up in the LA area on the Police 
choppers.

Ralph Fowler
N4NEQ Atlanta
N4NEQ ATV Repeater



At 02:58 PM 2/23/01 -0600, you wrote:
>Is it legal to capture car video on HAM frequencies and use it for
>commercial TV. This looks like a good way to loose the frequency. Maybe it
>is on a commercial frequency in 450 not 420. Oh well I just thought I would
>stir up a hornets nest here.
>
>Fred Juch, N5JXO

---
Send e-mail to 'listar@stevens.com' with subject:

  'unsubscribe hats'  to unsubscribe from this list
  'subscribe hats'    to subscribe from this list
  'help'              for more information