"Joe" wrote in message
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you asked: Analog TV, actually, I would like to use my own TV, like
maybe cable channel 59 (I know we have some video bandwidth around

to plug into the monitor. Definitely color TV and I thought that ,
given the range requirement of about a mile, I would need to use the
amateur band. If not, that's fine too. Length of transmissions, now I

You can get a mile unobstructed with WiFi, and it does tend to be a little
less expensive than ATV. However, to get that sort of range does rely on
using a channel within the amateur spectrum, and more significantly,
requires a lot of antenna gain, unless you move to a lot of power which
again gets expensive. Depending on your vehicle, that sort of antenna gain
might not be practical. Relatively small WiFi antennas can be astonishingly
directional.

You might also consider 900 MHz. This allows more reasonable antennas than
440 and equipment is still somewhat inexpensive, although not as widely
available as WiFi. It is a little easier to get the mile on 900 MHz than
2.4 GHz. (been there, ran the tests). On 440 you are likely to encounter
QRM (I'm assuming from the 1 call you are in the upper right there where
there's a bunch of people) and antennas are going to be larger, something of
a problem for your vehicle. ATV receivers for 900 MHz are fairly
inexpensive.

I assume you are going to rely on the vehicle for camera positioning, or you
are going to build it yourself. If you want to buy pan/tilt/zoom
capability, then digital gets dramatically cheaper.

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