Ethernet over VHF

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google VHF DATA RADIO, the TNC-X packet modem (or any other 1200 baud packet modem, there are several.. TNC-X is just the cheapest), and the "AGW Packet engine" for your ethernet to VHF bridge -- that will get you 1200 baud off the shelf with minimal construction issues -- (installing antennas, configuring radio, connecting packet modem, installing and configuring AGW)

if you need higher data rates, then I need to know how much bandwidth your license allows you to use, and it will probably NOT be an off the shelf solution !!

There is, to the best of my knowlege, NOTHING as an all-in-one package for tcp/ip over VHF -- you are going to have to piece the parts together one way or another !!

What are the technical specs of the license: Frequency, center frequency, bandwidth, modulation type, etc.

The use of these frequencies would be illegal in most of the world; so, I doubt that any commercial equipment exists. Why not use WiFi? It is cheap.

Tam

Probably true. Note that -- at least in the U.S. -- that is a standard military band, so there probably is plenty of military gear available... with the typical military price tag as well, of course.

He says ethernet; so, I assume he wants to go somewhere between 10 and 100 Mb/s. Probably ~50 Mb/s, to be consistent with the 50 MHz bandwidth. He can't go below 137, which is the top of the civil aircraft band. 144 - 148 is no good, that's a ham band. There is police and fire around 150 - 160, and TV starts at 174.

Tam

I'm hoping it is close to 10Mbps, or what he really means is just that he needs something with an Ethernet interface but the actual data rate can be more like 1Mbps. Trying to squeeze 50Mbps into the VHF band is just asking for interference complaints from everyone. As you point out, the military's

138-174MHz chunk has various "holes" in it anyway, and while fancy radios these days can avoid those areas, it still takes plenty of effort and he clearly needs to give us some more information on his design.