Yes, I've done that.
Only on a dx-pedition but it was also for EME.
I used a camera that needed to be plugged into 12V and produced a black and white image in video format so it could be sent straight to a monitor.
What I found was that the moon was quite small on the screen and it wasn't obvious where to point the 4 x 19 ele yagis for 70cm. The solution.....Easy. Go outside and look down the booms and when I was happy it was in the right direction, go back inside and mark a cross with a felt tip marker on the TV screen.
Worked just fine. If you are really 'keen' you can add a circle around the cross representing the -3dB points.
73
David G0MRF
-----Original Message----- From: James Luhn luhn@wt.net To: amsat-bb amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 18:38 Subject: [amsat-bb] Camera on an antenna
Please don't ya'll laugh too hard at me. Has anyone ever mounted a camera on a beam? Now I am not trying to see AO40, but I would like to simply double check the location of my beam for eme. If anyone has mounted a camera on a beam, I would be interested in what you used. Yes, I know all about beam width vs the moon. I just hate to call CQ with my beams pointed to the ground due to some Murphy type of failure.
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