As per my post yesterday, I'm always trying to improve the quality of SpaceVidcast (and dare I say anything I do). To this end I want to have access to the HD satellite feed that NASA provides but alas that requires a 6 foot or larger dish.
I was complaining about this tonight to
PSB, who very quickly found me a
TEN FOOT satellite dish. The advantage of the larger dish is it will get a better signal than a smaller dish, and by smaller dish I mean the smallest a C-Band dish can go is about 6 feet. A 10 foot dish is basically a broadcast quality dish designed to ensure that one gets the best signal possible. Oh, you think 10 feet is large? Then come larger. A lot larger.
So what to do? A ten foot dish is huge, unsightly and a pain in the butt to work with. Having access to the HD feed from NASA would be a huge score for SpaceVidcast.com. That box I just received will be able to decode the HD signal and record it straight to the iMac for recording and re-broadcast, so I would be in a great position that other space video sites like space.com, etc. won't be in.
