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  1. 07-21-2010, 06:29 PM #1
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    Video baby monitors useful for ATV?

    Hello, all. I was thinking about getting a video baby monitor, which are used under Part 15 (unlicensed low power) here in the US. I was hoping that there are models that use NTSC modulation on the ham ATV frequencies, and that after the baby is grown, I could modify it to be a ham ATV transmitter/receiver pair.

    There seem to be several models that use the 2.4GHz band, but I need to do more research on the modulation and frequencies used.

    Has anyone done this or given it a try before? Are there any models that are known to be easily modded or already use the appropriate modulation and frequencies?

    Any general advise about this? I've not done anything with ATV yet, so this question is asked as a total newbie. Thanks.

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    My baby rearing days are long behind me, Chris, but welcome to the Island! Our regional experts, who actually answer questions, should be along shortly. Charles is our bartender, and he's the best! Have fun!
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    Almost any camera that does NTSC works, and a cheapo (free) TV can be the RX. http://www.hamtv.com/

    It would be fun to try... there's very little activity here, except occasional portable demos.

    There is an ATV repeater system in NJ, maybe it in range for you? http://www.qsl.net/kd2bd/atv.html
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  6. 07-21-2010, 07:32 PM #6
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    Thanks for the welcome, AD4MG and Charles. I'll have a scotch, please. :) Jeff, W4GPL, had been talking about this forum for a while, thought I would give it a shot for my unusual question.

    KC2UGV, yes, I had heard of that before, which had gotten me thinking about this.

    W0TKX, yes, I'm aware of the 70cm NTSC/CATV RX possibility. I was thinking that doing it with some hacked up babycam would be an interesting challenge. That ATV repeater might be reachable with a directional antenna from here. I can hear some FM repeaters in that area from here, so it might be possible. I don't think any of the babycams are in the 70cm band though, I would need to get a different TX for that band.

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    Welcome to the Island, Chris. Happy Happy Joy Joy!

    Due to the need for bandwidth, moving a typical 49 mhz baby monitor to 6 meters would be OK for voice only, the TV signal would not be legal. You could use the camera section of the baby monitor... or a video camera. Many point and shoot cameras have a video out... that RCA adapter. Point is, most of us have a camera that could be pressed into service.

    I have a cool B&W Panasonic portable that I got for free with a variable tuner... it works! Video on 440, audio on 144 seems to be the common method, and you can use cheap radios. You might try a simple corner reflector antenna to see if you can pick up the locals... and a VHF/UHF TV yagi will work OK on receive.

    Of course, you could use SSTV... aka sending a high speed color fax. ;)

    Hams have historically found uses for old junked TV sets. I love this radio stuff!
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    Welcome to The Island, Chris!

    While I cannot be of assistance in your ATV question, I would like to say that we're glad to have you here. In spite of what you may have heard about this place on that "other forum" you will find that we are 99.95 percent 'vermin free'.

    A relaxed, laid back atmosphere is what you will find here. No selective moderation, no 'anointed ones', and the freedom, within reason, to speak your mind so long as you don't sink to the level of ad hominem attacks. There's people from all walks of life and all political persuasions here, and we all get along.

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    Right, a generic video camera would do the job. I was thinking of using it on the 2.4GHz band mostly. Not sure if that is used at all except maybe for the input side of an ATV repeater, however. 70cm seems to be preferred for the output side due to the CATV RX possibilities.

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  10. 07-21-2010, 09:11 PM #10
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    Hi Richard, thanks for the welcome. I don't know about any history with other forums, so I'll leave that to others.

    Thanks and cheers.
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