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Old 12-30-2003, 11:38 PM
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Default RE: 440 MHZ ATV VIDEO

Well.. I kinda lack all the mojo to get this milli-watt stuff to work. I have opted for the 426.25 mhz ATV setup and 1.5 watts of power (Yes I have FCC license)... I am still in early stages, I can not say it is better yet, but I dicked around with the 2.4ghz stuff, and quickly realized that much of the stuff out there has been modified, thus illegal (Yeah, I know.. so what... what will the fcc do to people running 150 milli-watt on 2.4?!?!?) And it suffered from poor range, and sensitive to antenna orientation. My dream setup is 3000 feet of solid range with plane in any attitude.. so far no cross country flights are planned. My limited understanding is that higher freq = less range. This seemed important to me. I got most my stuff from http://www.hamtv.com and http://www.aesham.com/ I will keep yuh'all posted as far as my success/failure!!! LOL So far I am about $400.00 into it, and I have everything 'cept batteries. I also had a 12 volt DC tv/vcr combo.