I have heard you need Xbee and your video feed on a different frequency. I have a 2.4Ghz Xbee and I want to buy a 2.4Ghz video transmitter.
I have also heard that you can have them on the same frequency but you may have video 'glitches'.
So my question is has anybody used both Xbee and a Video transmitter on the same frequency and not experienced any major problems?
I will be using the two of them soon. Ill let you know how it goes. Im hoping for the best. plase let me know if you find out.
I posted this question in the Sparkfun.com fourms, here is the answer I got form a user named waltr
Xbee on the same frequency as Video? - SparkFun Electronics Forum
Yep, they are both FCC part 15 devices that must accept any interference from other devices.
In practice this can happen but there are ways to minimize the interference.
1- Keep the video receiver antenna away from the XBee modules. RF power decreases by the inverse square of distance. My Xbees lock up my wireless mouse if the XBee is within a few inches of the mouse receiver.
2- Have the video transmitting when powering on the XBees. They scan the possible channels and pick a channel with the least interference. This may help keeping the XBees trasmit frequency away for the video frequency.
3- Use a directional receive antenna on the video to reject interference that is not in the antennas line of sight.