[MLB-WIRELESS] Nasa Tv over MW

[Robert Hart]

One the ways you could do this is by having other Amateur Radio 
Operators involved in the MW network and rather that trying to 
simultaneously stream to a 100 users, stream to several cached servers 
where other Amateur Radio operators re-transmit the streamed broadcast 
in the conventional ATV way.

Robert
Air-Stream Wireless
www.air-stream.org.au


Peter Berrett wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I'd like to float an idea and see how practical it would be to integrate 
> into the MW network.
>
> First some background. I am an amateur radio/tv enthusiast and also I 
> have a few dishes that sometimes are used to receive satellite tv. NASA 
> Television is available via the Intelsat 701 satellite and there are no 
> copyright problems with retransmitting it. I have wanted for some time 
> to transmit this through the vk3rtv repeater however in Australia the 
> Amateur Radio rules are a bit more restrictive than in the USA where it 
> is common.
>
> However the fast speeds of Melbourne Wireless seem suited to a service 
> streaming Nasa TV. I wonder how viable/practical this would be to setup? 
> Assuming I could get a PAL feed from Intelsat 701 what equipment and 
> software would I need to make this streaming tv service available across 
> the network.
>
> More importantly however what would happen if say 100 people all wanted 
> to watch NASA TV at the same time on the network eg due to a shuttle 
> launch? Would the streaming tv have to be carried 100 separate times 
> across the network thus overloading the system or is there some way to 
> distribute one signal across the network and people can just passively 
> receive the streamed packets?
>  
> It seems to me that if this concept was viable then it might attract 
> more members and provide a useful service for members. I currently watch 
> NASA TV over the web but the picture quality is not great. Do we have 
> the bandwidth at MW to carry a TV signal?
>
> Thanks Peter
>  
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