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Re: Inductive transmissions?

From: Mark Willis <>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 02:14:53 -0700

The "tank" output transformers used in radio transmitters use the same
sort of thing and can have "tons" of bandwidth;  You'd need to prevent
transmitting your TV / VGA signal all over the place in undesired bands,
lest the FCC come looking for you, of course.  And you'd still need to
use coax from the pickup to the HUD anyways to preserve signal quality -
so:  Biggest question I have is, what would induction get you that you
want?  You lose the ability to transfer power from belt battery pack to
the HUD, so now your batteries are on the HUD and your neck's getting
shorted by the second;  You still have a cable from where the NTSC
signal's generated to your HUD, you're losing not gaining in my views
<G>

Might be able to get away with using a short-range RF link to pass the
NTSC signal from wearable to HUD to get rid of that coax link;  Still
have that pesky battery pack weighing the HUD down, low battery life on
the HUD end of things, etc., now, though.

(I thought the purpose of those induction pickups was to allow people
with hearing loss to hear radios, cassette players, etc. without trying
to put a headphone on over their hearing aid?  I'm no expert on hearing
aids.)

  Mark

hurley bryan wrote:
> Audio induction is used for hearing aids, transmitting sound. is there
> enough bandwidth in this kind of device to transmit NTSC greyscale video?
> 
> Like T-coils in hearing aids.
> 
> of course, if Greg Priest-Dorman (sp?) had a hearing aid, no one would
> know he had a wearable, if he used an induction coil to transmit the
> sound... when not using the m1 of course...
> 
> but that is my question... could the same concept be used to transmit to
> the m1?
> 
> Bryan

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