Re: wireless video transmission

["accidental plumber" <aplayerinla@xxxxxxxxx>]

Toy battery operated cameras claim to have a range of 300 ft at 2.4 GHz
and 1000 ft at 1.2 GHz line of sight.  But in reality much less even
line of sight, to have a professional looking video.  But a 1 W
transmitter, a not so small box, will easily be capable of 1/4 miles
LOS.  The next thing is to use a bigger and better antenna to boost the
signal.  I doubt if you need a repeater regardless of budget.  A
receiver turns RF into TV signal only.

Bob Worthy wrote:
> I have never used wireless equipment for video. We have always been able to
> wire everything. I now have an application (RFP) that a portion of the
> system will need to be wireless. Any suggestions on equipment? It was not
> speced in the RFP. I am not afraid of cost for reliability. If cost becomes
> a concern, I walk away from the RFP. Any installation pitfalls to consider
> before I go through the proposal process? This is an exterior application
> and the furthest camera will be approx. 1/4 mile (actually a little less)
> away from the receiver. I will be able to accomplish a pretty good line of
> sight. Is a receiver capable of transfering signal to a second transmitter
> and retransmitting to a second receiver or is there a different piece of
> equipment (repeater?) for this if necessary?
>
> TIA
> Bob W.