Yeah, I've spent some time looking at it again and as you say, it's relatively straightforward to do now but it's still effectively a repeater, even though it's in space.
I was chatting to my mate posh Rob at Newark last year as they had a demo set up and he went through it all, what's needed, etc and at the end, I asked him if it was really any different than listening to the local repeater or a D-Star reflector and he looked at me, sighed and said "no, not really. It's like any of these, you get the same people and once you've listened to it or watched the ATV for a few days, it's just the same thing over and over again".
I think the technology is fantastic and you're right, ATV has come on massively since I last played with it. It's a huge step upwards from those grainy, small signals we had years ago but I just can't get excited about ATV, whether it be FSTV at super high resolution or rubbishy little 240x180 SSTV pictures.
I'd be concerned I'd spend all that time and effort setting it up, just to be bored with it within a couple of days.
