Mission 9 – Pacificon – Videos
Posted: October 25, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »We had a lot of video captured during this mission. Michael Gregg, KF6WRW did am amazing job pulling his helmet cam together. Michael Wright, K6MFW, was there with 2 cameras. Jim McCarthy, K6BBA, took a lot of video around Pacificon. Mark Meltzer, AF6IM, was interviewed by Leo Laporte, W6TWT.
Leo Laporte – The Tech Guy 814 – Pacificon
Mark, AF6IM, was interviewed and they were talking about parachute mobile from minutes 8:51 to 12:50
Michael Gregg, KF6WRW
Michael spent months working on how to get video from the sky to the ground. He wound up with a small camera he mounted to his helmet using a custom bracket and a part made on a Markerbot 3D printer. He ran the video cable down to his foot where he had a 2W 2.4Ghz transmitter. He then had 2 patch panels antennas connected to the receiver. The dual patch panel was an idea from a co-worker of mine Antonio Forenza, KE5MRG.
2.4Ghz Diversity Receive Antenna
The helmet camera
Michael Wright, K6MFW, took a series of screen shots from Michael Greggs’s video.
Click here to see Michael’s screen captures
Michael Wright, K6MFW
Michael also did some screen captures from his videos show the setup at the drop zone.
Click here to see the screen captures
