Chicago Baby Monitor picks up NASA video!

Chcago Baby Monitor picks up NASA video!

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PALATINE, Ill. - A mother of two in this suburb of Chicago doesn't have to turn on the news for an update on NASA's space mission. She just flips on her baby monitor. Since Sunday, Natalie Meilinger's baby monitor has been picking up black-and-white video from inside the space shuttle Atlantis.

"Whoever has a baby monitor knows what you'll usually see," said the elementary school science teacher. "No one would ever expect this."

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[edit on 14-6-2007 by AnAbsoluteCreation]

Imagine going to check on your baby and you ee feed from the space shuttle Atlantis. Talk about a story for all your friends. Now I'm familiar with waves, and frequency and all that jazz, but you'd think NASA would circumvent such a possibility. No?

AAC

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Just think if it was receiving a transmission that NASA wasn't feeding the public because of controversial content. Who would believe seeing a ufo on the baby monitor.

She needs to look at the small print in the manual that came with the baby monitor. There is a statement there saying that this product must accept all interference. It is my understanding that these rules were implimented when the requirement for an FCC license was dropped for some devices.

If NASA was sending a signal that wasn't meant for the public, the data in that signal would be encrypted. She's probably picking up one of the housekeeping channels used for monitoring the station. With their current problems they may be transmitting on an auxiliary frequency that is not normally used.

Originally posted by JIMC5499
She's probably picking up one of the housekeeping channels used for monitoring the station. With their current problems they may be transmitting on an auxiliary frequency that is not normally used.

I believe this may be the case.

AAC

Originally posted by JIMC5499
She needs to look at the small print in the manual that came with the baby monitor. There is a statement there saying that this product must accept all interference. It is my understanding that these rules were implimented when the requirement for an FCC license was dropped for some devices.

It's not really a rule, just a statement that the receiver is in no way shielded from EMI. You only need an FCC license for devices that transmit, so yeah the receiving monitor wouldn't need one... just the camera.

It can't be coming straight from the shuttle though... she would only have line of sight for a few minutes per hour [if ever]. So it's either coming from a NASA relay or being rebroadcast from a feed by someone relatively close to her.

[edit on 16-6-2007 by apc]