[Accrs] Layout First Person View

[Alameda County Central Railroad Society]

Jere,

Actually neither. The camera broadcasts over a FPV radio frequency. The
antenna to connect to the phone is designed to pick it up.

-Joel

On Mon, May 20, 2019, 10:31 AM Alameda County Central Railroad Society <
accrs at mail.accrs.org> wrote:

> Message From:   UPWPFan at comcast.net
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> Joel
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> Interesting video, was the camera broadcasting via blue tooth or WIFI to
> your phone?
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> Jere Ingram
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> ------ Original Message ------
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> From: Alameda County Central Railroad Society
> To: ACCRS
> Sent: May 19, 2019 at 11:05 PM
> Subject: [Accrs] Layout First Person View
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> Message From: Joel Clark clark.joel.a at gmail.com
> All,
>
> I went to the layout this afternoon to test out some new equipment and
> check on the lights. On the HO side one of the show halogens is out so I
> will order an LED replacement and wire it in later. Also the upstairs room
> reeked and sure enough I found a dead rat on the floor. I threw the rat in
> the trash outside and put "Rat 'Sorb" to decontaminate the area.
>
> On to the subject of the email. I've been messing around with drones and
> found that the ubiquitousness of drones and smartphones has provided us
> consumers with a glut of cheap micro-sized live action camera equipment.
> For a mere $60 on Amazon.com, I was able to procure a micro FPV camera, 2
> drone batteries, charger, and an FPV phone antenna. The whole rig is small
> enough to easily fit inside an HO locomotive with some minor modification,
> and effortlessly into O scale. Overall I was quite impressed with the
> results, watching live instant video from my train straight to my phone,
> with the option to record. The picture quality is not perfect, and no
> sound, but given the low cost point I couldn't have expected better. Other
> antennas can be bought that have VGA out to go to a TV or other screen. Oh
> the modern world in which we live.
> I've uploaded a video I took today to Youtube:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eMujLRy-sc
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> If you find this interesting let me know and I'll share specifics about
> what I bought.
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> Thanks!
> -Joel
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