wireless video transmission systems???

The club where I work has a guy walking around in front
of the stage carrying a camera (is there a proper term for
that?). The signal cable and communication cable are
a great hindrance. Can anyone suggest a decent but
affordable system to send the video signal no more than
150', not having to go through any walls. Could a bunch
of people interfere with the signal, if they get between the
transmitter and the receiver?

What could we do about the cable for the com system?
It's not Clear-Com, but is compatible.

Thanks for any help!
David

dh_ld@nomail.com

<> wrote in message
news:...
> The club where I work has a guy walking around in front
> of the stage carrying a camera (is there a proper term for
> that?).

Yes, it's called a camera man

bugsy57

Check the Markertek web site. I think they have a wireless camera link
system for less than $1k that's pretty good. You will need a wireless
intercom system as well. If you can get by with some FRS radios and
earpieces, that's probably the cheapest way, but if this is a continuing
operation, you will quickly tire of the normal difficulties of this setup.
My guess is that you'll pay more for the intercom system - - get clearcom or
RTS, don't fool around with pretenders - - than you would for the camera
link.

Steve


<> wrote in message
news:...
> The club where I work has a guy walking around in front
> of the stage carrying a camera (is there a proper term for
> that?). The signal cable and communication cable are
> a great hindrance. Can anyone suggest a decent but
> affordable system to send the video signal no more than
> 150', not having to go through any walls. Could a bunch
> of people interfere with the signal, if they get between the
> transmitter and the receiver?
>
> What could we do about the cable for the com system?
> It's not Clear-Com, but is compatible.
>
> Thanks for any help!
> David

Steve Guidry

I went to the web site...this may be junk, but it is cheap:

http://www.markertek.com/Product.asp...&search=0&off=


"Steve Guidry" <> wrote in message
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> Check the Markertek web site. I think they have a wireless camera link
> system for less than $1k that's pretty good. You will need a wireless
> intercom system as well. If you can get by with some FRS radios and
> earpieces, that's probably the cheapest way, but if this is a continuing
> operation, you will quickly tire of the normal difficulties of this setup.
> My guess is that you'll pay more for the intercom system - - get clearcom
> or
> RTS, don't fool around with pretenders - - than you would for the camera
> link.
>
> Steve
>
>
> <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> The club where I work has a guy walking around in front
>> of the stage carrying a camera (is there a proper term for
>> that?). The signal cable and communication cable are
>> a great hindrance. Can anyone suggest a decent but
>> affordable system to send the video signal no more than
>> 150', not having to go through any walls. Could a bunch
>> of people interfere with the signal, if they get between the
>> transmitter and the receiver?
>>
>> What could we do about the cable for the com system?
>> It's not Clear-Com, but is compatible.
>>
>> Thanks for any help!
>> David
>
>

luminos

Markertek's marketing strategy is to have a professional grade product for
each application, as well as a "pretty good" consumer or prosumer product.
By the price, I'm pretty sure that this is the consumer model.

I'd expect a professional solution to cost $800 to $1000 for even minimum
capability. last time I checked, the full bandwidth ones that are used for
"real TV" were about $4k or more, depending on accessories.

Depending on how critical the application is, I'd be tempted to give the $99
solution a try. At that price, it's a throw-away, even if Markertek won't
take it back.

Steve



"luminos" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I went to the web site...this may be junk, but it is cheap:
>
>
http://www.markertek.com/Product.asp...&search=0&off=
>
>
> "Steve Guidry" <> wrote in message
> news:Fcdgd.10037$ link.net...
> > Check the Markertek web site. I think they have a wireless camera link
> > system for less than $1k that's pretty good. You will need a wireless
> > intercom system as well. If you can get by with some FRS radios and
> > earpieces, that's probably the cheapest way, but if this is a continuing
> > operation, you will quickly tire of the normal difficulties of this
setup.
> > My guess is that you'll pay more for the intercom system - - get
clearcom
> > or
> > RTS, don't fool around with pretenders - - than you would for the camera
> > link.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> > <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> >> The club where I work has a guy walking around in front
> >> of the stage carrying a camera (is there a proper term for
> >> that?). The signal cable and communication cable are
> >> a great hindrance. Can anyone suggest a decent but
> >> affordable system to send the video signal no more than
> >> 150', not having to go through any walls. Could a bunch
> >> of people interfere with the signal, if they get between the
> >> transmitter and the receiver?
> >>
> >> What could we do about the cable for the com system?
> >> It's not Clear-Com, but is compatible.
> >>
> >> Thanks for any help!
> >> David
> >
> >
>
>

Steve Guidry

In article <aQtgd.10813$KJ6.9734
@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
says...
> Markertek's marketing strategy is to have a professional grade product for
> each application, as well as a "pretty good" consumer or prosumer product.
> By the price, I'm pretty sure that this is the consumer model.
>
> I'd expect a professional solution to cost $800 to $1000 for even minimum
> capability. last time I checked, the full bandwidth ones that are used for
> "real TV" were about $4k or more, depending on accessories.
>
> Depending on how critical the application is, I'd be tempted to give the $99
> solution a try. At that price, it's a throw-away, even if Markertek won't
> take it back.
>
> Steve
>
>

I have the $99 version and it works just fine with ONE
caveat.

BOTH the reciever and the transmitter MUST be carefully
aimed at each other and cannot be moved or you will lose
the signal.

Straight line aiming is easy, through any walls or soft
obstructions you must aim in directions you dont expect to
find where the signal "sneaks" through.


--
Larry Lynch
Mystic, Ct.

Larry

Actually, that $99 system is not too bad. We have that one that's listed on
the Markertek site and have used it for quite a few smaller applications,
when we didn't want to run either really long cable runs or cable runs in
busy walking areas. I wouldn't rely on it to work and be clean all the
time, but if you're using it for non essential work, it's a great little
system.

We've used it to send video program feeds into our pressbox for announcers;
send a signal a couple hundred feet from our stadium to a school building
for in-house overflow viewing, to send video across an auditorium to a
projector. That sort of stuff works great.

You've got to get the two little antennas to face each other pretty close to
line of sight or you start getting interference and some significant signal
loss.

So for a camera man that's walking around on the front of the stage, you
would need the transmitter to sit stationary somewhere and run a cable from
the camera to it. If you're looking for something totally portable, you're
probably going to have to get a lot more expensive unit. Typically, when
you see a totally wireless camera working in a professional application,
there's a 2nd person trailing the camera operator, pointing a transmitter at
some receiver location.

Ryan


--
---------------------------------------------
Ryan Boni
Public Access Director
Peters Township Community Television
McMurray, PA
www.geocities.com/ptct7/




"luminos" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I went to the web site...this may be junk, but it is cheap:
>
>
http://www.markertek.com/Product.asp...DEOEQUIP&su b
cat=&prodClass=WRLESSV&mfg=&search=0&off=
>
>
> "Steve Guidry" <> wrote in message
> news:Fcdgd.10037$ link.net...
> > Check the Markertek web site. I think they have a wireless camera link
> > system for less than $1k that's pretty good. You will need a wireless
> > intercom system as well. If you can get by with some FRS radios and
> > earpieces, that's probably the cheapest way, but if this is a continuing
> > operation, you will quickly tire of the normal difficulties of this
setup.
> > My guess is that you'll pay more for the intercom system - - get
clearcom
> > or
> > RTS, don't fool around with pretenders - - than you would for the camera
> > link.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> > <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> >> The club where I work has a guy walking around in front
> >> of the stage carrying a camera (is there a proper term for
> >> that?). The signal cable and communication cable are
> >> a great hindrance. Can anyone suggest a decent but
> >> affordable system to send the video signal no more than
> >> 150', not having to go through any walls. Could a bunch
> >> of people interfere with the signal, if they get between the
> >> transmitter and the receiver?
> >>
> >> What could we do about the cable for the com system?
> >> It's not Clear-Com, but is compatible.
> >>
> >> Thanks for any help!
> >> David
> >
> >
>
>

Ryan Boni

That's exactly the kind of stuff I'd expect from a "pretty good" consumer
product. I guess their strategy is working.

For a truly professional system, expect to pay a lot more.

Steve



"Larry" <> wrote in message
news: ews.com...
> In article <aQtgd.10813$KJ6.9734
> @newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
> says...
> > Markertek's marketing strategy is to have a professional grade product
for
> > each application, as well as a "pretty good" consumer or prosumer
product.
> > By the price, I'm pretty sure that this is the consumer model.
> >
> > I'd expect a professional solution to cost $800 to $1000 for even
minimum
> > capability. last time I checked, the full bandwidth ones that are used
for
> > "real TV" were about $4k or more, depending on accessories.
> >
> > Depending on how critical the application is, I'd be tempted to give the
$99
> > solution a try. At that price, it's a throw-away, even if Markertek
won't
> > take it back.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
>
> I have the $99 version and it works just fine with ONE
> caveat.
>
> BOTH the reciever and the transmitter MUST be carefully
> aimed at each other and cannot be moved or you will lose
> the signal.
>
> Straight line aiming is easy, through any walls or soft
> obstructions you must aim in directions you dont expect to
> find where the signal "sneaks" through.
>
>
> --
> Larry Lynch
> Mystic, Ct.

Steve Guidry