would a pair of low cost serial or Ethernet radios do it for you?

Jaime Solorza
Wireless Systems Architect
915-861-1390

On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 5:18 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> I want one end to display data on the smartphone.
> Needs to use cellular or unlicensed frequencies.
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> *From:* Brian Webster <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 29, 2015 4:42 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT slow speed real time data
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> You could use ham radio packet protocols, a pair of VHF portable radios at
> about $50 each and put them on one of the VHF unlicensed MURS frequencies.
> Modem can be done over sound card using the DireWolf program. Not sure what
> you are connecting on each end and what type of displaying methodology you
> need but it’s a good set of building blocks to work from.
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> https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf
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> Thank You,
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> Brian Webster
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> www.wirelessmapping.com
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> www.Broadband-Mapping.com
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> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *[email protected]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 29, 2015 5:59 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [AFMUG] OT slow speed real time data
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> I need to haul some very small slow amounts of data up to 2000 feet.
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> I could do the garage door opener band but I want to display the data on a
> smart phone.
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> Not sure how realtime SMS might be.  Cellular data modem modules are way
> overkill.
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> Was thinking of just putting a cheap cell phone at one end and using bell
> 202 format over it.  I would have to write some kind of decoding app.
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> But then you have your phone tied up all the time you are using the
> system.
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> Still like the SMS idea but need the data within a second or two of
> transmission, not minutes (or hours in the case of my AT&T phone when it is
> powered off.  Sometimes takes up to 12 hours to receive SMS).
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