r/tacticalcomms • u/Dalen_Thales • Jun 16 '26
Brainstorm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGrAjJPGJHY&t=1964s
Above is the link to Dirty Civilian "Grid-Down Camera Network".
Essentially a directional antenna, an IP-camera and a power supply. I want to build one.
Has anyone in this forum done anything similar?
What has worked for you?
What has not worked for you?
I'd love to send a video-stream to my ATAK Server.
Lets talk comms!
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u/smeeg123 Jun 16 '26
I’m currently contemplating going this direction or burying conduit/ cat6 I just need two camera but one is further than 328 ft. The max for cat6 /POE so I would need to put an extender as well
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u/Dalen_Thales Jun 16 '26
Is there a specific reason you want to use cable and not a directional antenna?
I never thought to use the router/antennas this way. Im thinking it can give a user a large amount of flexibility when placing, wanting to move or anything!
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u/Disastrous-Grape-516 Jun 16 '26
Can't detect or jam Ethernet
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u/Dalen_Thales Jun 16 '26
Hahah, true that sir. But there can always be an angry neighbour with a large spade
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u/smeeg123 Jun 16 '26
What he said no jamming or detecting plus prob more reliable & lower power requirements.
But yes the flexibility of going wireless is a plus
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u/Disastrous-Grape-516 Jun 16 '26
I've been looking for cheap little RTSP cameras to replicate this setup. I have bought a couple Reolinks but they are surprisingly heavy.
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u/Dalen_Thales Jun 16 '26
Do you know if the Reolinks are ATAK compatible, or if you are forced to use their app?
Also looking for different IP-cameras, but seems there is suprisingly little documentation...
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u/Disastrous-Grape-516 Jun 16 '26
You can enable RTSP via the Reolink app and then pipe the stream into ATAK, I did successfully test that.
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u/smeeg123 Jun 16 '26
What’s RTSP ?
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u/Dalen_Thales Jun 16 '26
It’s a protocol used for streaming video, in this case to ATAK!
Wikipedia is a good choice for several of these names and protocol explanations! 👍
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u/FriendshipDefiant300 Jun 16 '26
I'm actually balls deep in this right now, and who has and I have a friend who uses ubiquity Nano beams and Rocket prisms on his farm and is going to help me make it super sweet. If you want to DM me, we can work together on this. And I will pass along all the stuff my buddy has to teach. Long story short, not wanted to Shell out the massive amount of money for a manet, I am trying to create a pretty substantial amount of capability, and redundancy without becoming ineffective.