webcams, wireless cctv on a budget etc

itsfrommark · 30 November 2005 at 12:14AM

I have been experimenting with getting live feed in from an outside bird box on a miniature colour camera (hard wired). Has anyone set up a successful 'wireless' transmitter / receiver system on a budget for getting live pictures back to a PC or monitor - possibly up to 1km +.
I work on a nature reserve and am keen to experiment. I have a reasonable technical understanding. Webcams, cctv, suppliers, your suggestions from basic to sophistacted but on a limited budget....

Thanks in advance Mark

intel · 30 November 2005 at 12:16AM

Well I set up a creative webcam and used rmote monitoring that uploaded
the images to a web server or emailed to my address.......//

charlieheard · 30 November 2005 at 2:47PM

Funnily enough, I noticed a B&W "wireless" CCTV package on one of the Freeview shopping channels the other day - probably bid-tv or price-drop. No idea of the range, but they just needed power leads for camera and (tiny) display.

Had a look at their websites and couldn't see any more info, but googling for "wireless cctv" comes up with loads

itsfrommark · 15 December 2005 at 12:21AM

Thanks for the replies...I guess I will just have to experiment a bit more....Mark

Floodle · 15 December 2005 at 1:11AM

if you search ebay for
wireless camera
you'll see loads of them quite cheap (no pun intended)
1km is pushing it, trees block the signal big time so in a forest you have no chance of getting a wireless signal 1k (unless you have a HAM license and hence can use higher power levels)
now if you have line of site between the camera and the reciever then 1k is easy to acheive with a few antenna modifications.

Floodle

itsfrommark · 17 December 2005 at 9:56PM

thanks floodle, had not thought of ebay...mark

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