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Vidroc - The World's first Live Broadcast from an amateur rocket.
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My name is John Pretto, TRA#573. Welcome to my Tripoli Level III certification rocket project. The name of the rocket is VidRoc. VidRoc was the world’s first live webcast from an amateur rocket! Vidroc flew on St. Patrick's day, March 17th 2001 at about 4pm. I used a composite video camera linked to a transmitter to a downlink and then demodulated the video and feed it into a PC with an Internet connection via 2.4Ghz wireless antennas out to El Dorado Dry Lake in Southern Nevada (near Las Vegas). In addition to the feed from the rocket, I will had two cameras on the ground watching the rocket launch upwards.
The level III Tripoli certification is the “Black-Belt” of amateur rocketry.
See the website here:
www.vidroc.com
The entire rocket was assmbled using components from Home Depot: concrete forms, fiberglass, wood, misc. hardware. The nose cone was purchased from a rocket supply vendor, however.
This is inside of the rocket where the altimeter and the GPS resides. Additionally, you can see the blast charge that houses black powder to blow off the nose cone upon apogee.
made from a PVC "90" this is the housing for the camera enclosure. I used a small CCD analog camera feed into a HAM radio TV transmitter.
At dinner with my Exwife the idea was born. "...honey, are you listening to me..." blah,blah,blah.
Posted by jesse 1 year ago ( 08-Nov-2006 07:02:03 )
Posted by jesse 1 year ago ( 08-Nov-2006 07:04:23 )