Looooong range wireless...
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I know this is a bit off topic, but i also know there are some very smart folks who frequent here.
I have 150 acres of land that is very hilly and fairly thick woods.
I have several cameras located throughout the property. we swap out the SD card's weekly to check the pictures taken.
i was thinking if i could come up with a way to have those sent back to the house wirelessly.
we can use 1 watt cobra/uniden handheld radio's to communicate all over the property. but i know my wi-fi signal dies a few hundred feet from the house.
so if something like this works to get voice around the property.
what can i use to get data working around the property?
http://www.amazon.com/Midland-GXT1050VP4-36-Mile-50-Channel-Two-Way/dp/B001WM73P0/ref=pd_sim_422_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=0DSNBJTN73K4000ZN0PJ&dpID=51cbnx%2BYigL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_ -
I know this is a bit off topic, but i also know there are some very smart folks who frequent here.
I have 150 acres of land that is very hilly and fairly thick woods.
I have several cameras located throughout the property. we swap out the SD card's weekly to check the pictures taken.
i was thinking if i could come up with a way to have those sent back to the house wirelessly.
we can use 1 watt cobra/uniden handheld radio's to communicate all over the property. but i know my wi-fi signal dies a few hundred feet from the house.
so if something like this works to get voice around the property.
what can i use to get data working around the property?
http://www.amazon.com/Midland-GXT1050VP4-36-Mile-50-Channel-Two-Way/dp/B001WM73P0/ref=pd_sim_422_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=0DSNBJTN73K4000ZN0PJ&dpID=51cbnx%2BYigL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_ -
Stronger antennas and a mesh network.. but power consumption could be a problem you get.
I'm planning a nrf24 mesh network powered by solar panels to send pictures.. but this goes 1km max and the bandwith is very limited.Does the property may have good mobile network cover?
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Here is an antenna mod which get 1km+ range from the nrf24.
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@mvader If planned right a mesh network could be set up to cover your whole property, with nodes forwarding data for other nodes back to your house.
How are your camera's powered?@Yveaux cameras are powered via 2 x 12v 8ha batteries wired in parallel (hot to hot, grnd to ground) and that is fed into a solar panel regulator.
http://www.amazon.com/Docooler-Controller-Battery-Regulator-Protection/dp/B00JKDZVRU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1444160979&sr=8-1&keywords=12v+solar+regulator
and powered by a 10 watt panel.
had many challenges over the years.
but the combo between the batteries, reg. and panel has worked out great. -
Stronger antennas and a mesh network.. but power consumption could be a problem you get.
I'm planning a nrf24 mesh network powered by solar panels to send pictures.. but this goes 1km max and the bandwith is very limited.Does the property may have good mobile network cover?
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Here is an antenna mod which get 1km+ range from the nrf24.
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Use a LoRa transceiver if you want really long range on an ISM band. You can't legally use an FRS/GMRS for sensor data. It's reserved for voice communication.