mini wireless camara

[jeff6000]

i got 1 of those cheep mini wireless cams from ebay it is 900mhz -1200mhz out put power of 200mw and the rang isnt very good is thare aney way i can build or buy a rf amp to boost its tx power

 

[blueroomelectronics]

What sort of range do you want?

 

[jeff6000]

as much as possable lol im puting it on an rc car so maby 1000 ft or more what ever would be possable

 

[dknguyen]

What's the range of your radio controller? Most aren't higher than 200mW and its rather pointless to have very long video range if your control signals cant go that far.

 

[jeff6000]

i dont kno the power of the rc controler but it will go much farther than my camara will reach can someone please just help me out

 

[jeff6000]

so can some 1 tell me how 2 boost the power of my transmitter or not

 

[cowana]

Not legally. Can you post the link to the wireless camera you bought? If it's ebay, I'd be very surprised if it was 20mW, let alone 200mW.

Andrew

 

[HarveyH42]

Maybe not what you want to do, but if you are only interested in recording video from you RC car's point of view...

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$14 shipped, there are a lot of similar items, and similar cheap prices.

I've done the car with video camera in my backyard, it's okay for a day or two. Sit on the couch in the living room, and chase the dog around on the TV screen. Would be a lot nicer if you could pan and tilt the camera.

 

[jeff6000]

yea i want 2 be able 2 chase the dog a little farther than wat i can now i can barley get 15 feet from my house lol

 

[HarveyH42]

15 feet? Is that the total distance the camera can do? Should get about 100 feet, even with a cheap Chinese camera. What are you using for a battery? Mine burns through a 9 volt battery pretty quick. Never tried to take one apart, but a longer antenna might help a little.

 

[jeff6000]

it craps out about 15 feet away from the tv thro a wall