RF signal over IP

I don't know if thats possible. There is a device that you can use, that will allow you to use utp cabling for long distances, but don't know of anything that will allow you to send it wireless-ly. It would be cool if there was something available.
 
I just did some googling and found something called slingbox. You can use it to connect the TV to the network and watch tv on other PC's on the LAN or over the internet.
 
Anybody using a Slingbox in SA? There's a UK TV version, which should work fine here. I want to get the rugby while travelling in the USA...
 
Invariably this implies converting the RF signal's carried intelligence i.e. the picture and sound into a format that can be carried by TCP/IP
 
RF over IP

Hi

I am also interested in figuring out what equipment to use. I done some searhing during the weekend and found some info as below. The original site seems to be down at the moment but seach for PMR446 and eQSO on Google.

We are using PMR446 radios currently in our community policing initiative.

Cheers

Fanus

PMR446 & eQSO

EurowavePMR446 is a European licence-free radio service offering 8 channels in the 446Mhz band, PMR446 radios can be bought from as little as £30 a pair. All PMR446 sets must use an integrated antenna and the max ERP (Effective Radiated Power) is limited to 500mw (0.5W) which gives a realistic range of approximately 0.5 to 1 mile around town and up to 2 miles in open country. In line of sight conditions and at high altitude some people have managed a range of over a hundred miles.

eQSO Internet Gateway
I run the UK095-L eQSO Internet Gateway in Warrington, Cheshire, UK which you can find on Channel 4, CTCSS 19. The radio in use for the link is an Xtreme XT1000 which is mounted in the loft on the end of a 4.5' long plank of wood so it is right up in the apex of the roof.
More information and coverage maps here.

eQSO is a "voice-over IP" system - that is, voice delivered using Internet Protocol. People all around the world are connecting their PMR446 sets (and UHF CB in Australia) up to their internet connected computers to form a network which allows people from all over the world to communicate via PMR446.


eqsoAs an example of what this does, someone within range of my gateway link can talk through my link radio, over the internet, and out through another gateway in, say, Belgium or Australia. Someone within range of that second repeater gateway can then communicate back and thus establish a conversation.
Even if you don't have a PMR set yet you can still participate in the network using your computer with a microphone and speakers.

Unoffical Conventions for PMR446
A few unofficial conventions are now becoming commonly used on PMR446:
 
@ Fanusj. Regarding PMR446 & eQSO

Not quite the same. The RF has been "decoded" so to speak by the radios on each end, signal boosted and fed into the pc via the sound car/ mic input, and their peice of software does the encodingand decoding at each end similair to Voice/IP.

But the pricipal is there. We need 2 pc's with TV / tuner cards with RF in/out that can decode the RF signal first, encapsulate and encode, send via ip over network cable (or wireless whatever) and be decoded by the remote pc, and back output to RF.

Been looking at http://www.mythtv.org which may be able to do this (althaugh it's not it's prime function.) Useing backend on one side and remote front end on the other.

But i don't have the bucks to mess around with - need to know if it would work or not.


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