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On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 07:06 PM, Chad Nelson wrote:
. Should maybe find tiny surveillance camera and connect it up so I have monitoring capability visually. Just need to figure out how to get it to transmit over the Internet to my location 60 miles away.
Chad,
Some of those under $20 miniature surveillance cameras have SD card slots and will capture 2 weeks of video. There is no reason to stream live video to see if the paint is drying. You can also set it only to capture video upon motion detection. I have installed them for a coupl eof grandma's who have no internet or computers. If they get broken into we've got video on the SD card I can pull for the police.?
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Now- regarding if you need to actually get video 60 miles.. if you have internet at the site, My camera "called" my smart phone. and posted on the phone, it had detected motion and I watched someone turn around in my driveway from 1000 miles away..
?I surmise? the video clip was only streamed when upon demand I viewed it on my phone. I viewed the video that following day as the video was under night vision- black and white only. Daytime is full color.? That video came from my house internet connection. But no internet at the site?
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Now I have a 4G wifi hot spot.
I have not set it up, for video.. But I use it for ALLSTAR audio. a Video movie (90 minutes approximate) at 1080i is about 2.5 to 3 gigs.. and about 5Mbps speed...
4G speeds I get 25-34 Mbps speed all the time I test for speed. So I could watch 1 HD movie on 4G.. maybe stream 2 at the same time.
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On Ebay, I bought a T-mobile, new in the box 4G hot spot..surplus Here's one for an example:
$13.99 free shipping.... unlocked!
When I ordered it I ordered a SIM card from Tello.com They have a? 1Gb ($5/mo) 2Gb plan for $6 a month
Tello.com has a "bring your own phone" plan "DATA ONLY" 5Gb per month for $10 a month- Select 1-2-5-10 GB data- NO Minutes (no phone calls)
Tello uses AT&T and T-mobile towers..
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You plug in the SIM card and activate per the instruction on the Tello.com website. If you go over data, you can add or just get throttled at peak times till your month renews.
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I have the hotspot in my car... I have a RF shark openspot 2 for digital Fusion and DMR as well as a SHARI for Allstar VOIP. My ford radio I can connect to I heart Radio and Amazon Music. So I can listen to WOR NYC in Kansas..
3 months ago I checked my usage and had 3 days left and only used 3 Gb data.. That month I drove Wichita KS to Washington DC for the inauguration. Had wifi all the way....
That T-mobile will allow you to connect up to 10 devices and you can select 2.4 and5Ghz wifi..? Well worth the $14 cash layout..
It you want the hotspot on all the time, you connect it to USB power ( 5V DC) and pull the battery..?
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I only have 21 miles to my repeater site.. Not 60, but this is very viable as you could throw up a Raspberry PI there and control all kinds of things..
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Perhaps this is the solution for plenty of us. I like having my HT and connection to the car, then world wide. Finally, i have not played with it, but the T-mo hot spot does have port UDP & TCP forwarding.? i don't know if they are implemented but that surprised me as a AT&T hotspot does not.
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Larry W8LM
Old Goat Ranch
Mulvane, KANSAS
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