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I ve been thinking about the world events press coverage and i must say i see a huge loophoel. there has not been ever a live coverage of the races i think. Except with the x apls where we all could see where the pilots were, and maybe some comps with motorized aircrafts (motorpg&ulm but only a task or two and in postproduction)
And that s the key to seel an event, the people should see were the pilots are and not just see them take off and then maybe not see them untill the evening.
I think every pilot shoud be tracked live (it would also be nice for safety reasons) and i m working on a live tv broadcast for myself , so the digital stream will be relayed to the ground and sent to the internet live.
That woudl create a "product" that can be sold because it fits in the normal criteria of a spoting avent like we are used to .
I hope i m
making myself clear and no redundant with other discussions.
The mexicans introduced a radio transmitting system in the worlds in austria in 1999 they could track all theyr team live, but only for theyr safety. It was a simple device made with a garmin 3 at the time and a cable to the normal uhf transciever.

I m exchanging mails with the mexican organization about this subject, maybe you could hep too if this is your field of expertise.
I think Mexico is maybe our last chance beore long, after that, no other country except Brazil can provide a two week non stop comp guaranteed. and it seems the american continent likes that kind of events.
(i hope i dont sound too despaired ;-)