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by wallflower 5101 days ago
> "I wonder what they are using the send the image feed, surely not 3G or even LTE...

They showed today how they had multiple people on the roof with portable microwave dishes, hand aiming at each individual skydiver, with redundant backup alternative RF. The first skydiver released smoke to let his tracker know his position.

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Yeah, I suspected as much... and even then the video feeds seemed to break a bit. Can't imagine what it'd look like over 3G (LTE would fare much better I guess, but there's like 2 places in California where you have LTE coverage)