Linking short distances

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Linking short distances

Post by Bton-FM » Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:34 pm

Hello ‘necks,
I need to link over a distance shorter than a mile to a tower block ,what would be the best option?my fear is that a microwave link would be easy to trace over that short of a distance but I don’t really know since I’m new to this.would it be worth using a midpoint as well?

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Re: Linking short distances

Post by Albert H » Fri Sep 13, 2019 10:36 pm

Can you get internet coverage at the output site? If you can, a Raspberry Pi, a D to A card and you can link using a VPN. You could be feeding the transmitter from anywhere!
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Re: Linking short distances

Post by Bton-FM » Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:40 pm

I can definitely get internet coverage but how expensive is the 4g data?

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Re: Linking short distances

Post by thewisepranker » Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:50 pm

Depends how long you want to enrol on the contract but you can get "unlimited" data from £10 a month from Three.
You're going to need an allowance of at least 45 GB/month for a 128k stream. You wouldn't think it'd be that much!

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Re: Linking short distances

Post by Bton-FM » Sat Sep 14, 2019 10:39 am

£10 a month sounds good.Is there a way of sending WiFi to the tx site with An antenna to get around using mobile data?

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Post by nrgkits.nz » Sat Sep 14, 2019 12:30 pm

Bton-FM wrote: Sat Sep 14, 2019 10:39 am £10 a month sounds good.Is there a way of sending WiFi to the tx site with An antenna to get around using mobile data?
A pair of ubiquiti nano beams will do

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Re: Linking short distances

Post by Bton-FM » Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:48 pm

Ok I’ll look into the power beams ,thanks guys

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Re: Linking short distances

Post by NOYB » Mon Sep 16, 2019 11:23 am

Look at the 5.8GHz links that are rectuangular units, not dishes. They could be spray painted to match brickwork, concrete etc, and hidden back from building parapet.

Test the paint first - typical test is to put it next to a bowl of water in the microwave. If it stays cool while water gets hot, you are OK. (Obviously on a bit of test plastic, not the unit itself!

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