g3zhi
12-31-2007, 02:24 PM
Hello to my fellow ATVers in the United Kingdom;N6IFU
I have been visiting the GB3GG repeater system for their net each Friday via their Internet camstream. I have found it most enjoyable but the communication for video is only one way. And audio is not available from us here in the United States and we are limited to typing in a chat room. There are some limitations from the camstreams as well but I think I have a way we can make a two way Ham Radio style contact and have two way video/audio. Here is my idea.
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Here in the U.S. I will log on to your GB3GG camstream. I will then transmit the live feed coming from the GB3GG camstream in the U.K. to the ATN repeater network. This will allow all the Hams here in Southern California to see your camstream. (To see what the coverage of the ATN repeater network is go to www.atn-tv.org or you can log on to the camstream (www.ac6rb.com then click on ATV) and there is a map on one of the ID screens that shows the repeater locations.) Basically the coverage is from Simi Valley which is southeastern edge of Ventura County all the way south through Los Angeles and Orange County close to San Diego as well as out east into parts of the desert.
Because your net is at 2100 UTC which is 1:00 PM here in Southern California there will be a limited number of ATVers here, maybe only five or six. But that is a good start to work out this experiment.
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For you guys in the U.K., will be able to watch and communicate on the GB3GG repeater to us here in the U.S. as well as between each other there in the U.K.. But if your ATVers can also logon to the camstream coming from Southern California everyone there will be able to see and hear everyone here in the U.S. as well as everyone from the U.K..
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I know that the GB3GG camstream doesn't have audio at this time and we will have to wait until it is operational. And here on the ATN network the 2.4 GHz link from Oat Mountain to the hub of the repeater network is tenuous and has had problems in the resent past. So some things need to come together before we attempt this experiment.
There is a time delay that the camstreams have that we will have to deal with, so we will have to be patient as we attempt this experiment. I have experienced anywhere from 15 to 20 sec. to as long as 90 sec. time delay depending on how many people are logged on to the camstream.
Here in Southern California, we have had as many as 9 people on the camstream and they were still able to receive a picture. Last week there were 4 people logged onto the GB3GG camstream and anyone else logging on wasn't able to see a picture.
I think it would be a a lot of fun to work out some kind of "protocol" to do this "RF to Internet to RF", link work. After we work out a protocol we can then use it with any camstream from an ATV repeater anywhere. And besides that it would be great to write about and put in my newsletter.
Please let me know your thoughts and if you guys are interested. As well as any other ideas you might have or already done in linking ATV repeaters.
There was a Ham on the GB3GG net last week that mentioned linking repeaters to your own. I think it was G0ATW but I might be wrong. If whomever it was, would like to send me some comments regarding "linking", I am very interested.
I am willing to go one step further and offer to do a one on one test with the described program above and make the first test. The ATVer on the GB3GG repeater would need to have a marking pen and paper to communicate since the audio isn't operational. But we could see how well it works.
73's
N6IFU
Bryon
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I have been visiting the GB3GG repeater system for their net each Friday via their Internet camstream. I have found it most enjoyable but the communication for video is only one way. And audio is not available from us here in the United States and we are limited to typing in a chat room. There are some limitations from the camstreams as well but I think I have a way we can make a two way Ham Radio style contact and have two way video/audio. Here is my idea.
***********
Here in the U.S. I will log on to your GB3GG camstream. I will then transmit the live feed coming from the GB3GG camstream in the U.K. to the ATN repeater network. This will allow all the Hams here in Southern California to see your camstream. (To see what the coverage of the ATN repeater network is go to www.atn-tv.org or you can log on to the camstream (www.ac6rb.com then click on ATV) and there is a map on one of the ID screens that shows the repeater locations.) Basically the coverage is from Simi Valley which is southeastern edge of Ventura County all the way south through Los Angeles and Orange County close to San Diego as well as out east into parts of the desert.
Because your net is at 2100 UTC which is 1:00 PM here in Southern California there will be a limited number of ATVers here, maybe only five or six. But that is a good start to work out this experiment.
***********
For you guys in the U.K., will be able to watch and communicate on the GB3GG repeater to us here in the U.S. as well as between each other there in the U.K.. But if your ATVers can also logon to the camstream coming from Southern California everyone there will be able to see and hear everyone here in the U.S. as well as everyone from the U.K..
************
I know that the GB3GG camstream doesn't have audio at this time and we will have to wait until it is operational. And here on the ATN network the 2.4 GHz link from Oat Mountain to the hub of the repeater network is tenuous and has had problems in the resent past. So some things need to come together before we attempt this experiment.
There is a time delay that the camstreams have that we will have to deal with, so we will have to be patient as we attempt this experiment. I have experienced anywhere from 15 to 20 sec. to as long as 90 sec. time delay depending on how many people are logged on to the camstream.
Here in Southern California, we have had as many as 9 people on the camstream and they were still able to receive a picture. Last week there were 4 people logged onto the GB3GG camstream and anyone else logging on wasn't able to see a picture.
I think it would be a a lot of fun to work out some kind of "protocol" to do this "RF to Internet to RF", link work. After we work out a protocol we can then use it with any camstream from an ATV repeater anywhere. And besides that it would be great to write about and put in my newsletter.
Please let me know your thoughts and if you guys are interested. As well as any other ideas you might have or already done in linking ATV repeaters.
There was a Ham on the GB3GG net last week that mentioned linking repeaters to your own. I think it was G0ATW but I might be wrong. If whomever it was, would like to send me some comments regarding "linking", I am very interested.
I am willing to go one step further and offer to do a one on one test with the described program above and make the first test. The ATVer on the GB3GG repeater would need to have a marking pen and paper to communicate since the audio isn't operational. But we could see how well it works.
73's
N6IFU
Bryon
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