AAT3CAD Mobile Communications Unit

09 May 08

23 cm ATV Link

Frank (AAT3PR) and our 23 cm (1240-1300 MHz) FM Video Link. The modules were purchased from Mobicomm in The Netherlands.
The top enclosure houses the 23 cm receiver with a Comet omnidirectional vertical antenna (about 5 dBd)..

The bottom enclosure houses a 1-watt 23 cm video transmitter. The 23 cm helix antenna (Old Antenna Labs of Denver) with about 14 dBd of gain.

Closeup of the transmitter enclosure. A siamese cable (quad shielded RG-6 for video and two 18 AWG power conductors for 12 VDC) will exit the enclosure through the cable gland and be terminated in a support module (yet to be built) on the ground..

Closeup of the receiver. It wil also be attached to a siamese cable and terminate on the Baseband Signal Entry Panel of the MCU.