Transmitting Video over LoRa -> 100km+ Range Possible

Been working on a project that sends FPV video over LoRa. Designed for wings, quads, etc.

Based on the work from BPYL: https://bpyl.si/en/video-link/

This is the longest range FPV video system I've ever tested and completely beats everything in terms of range.

It's very low resolution but the specs are impressive and it's definitely usable. A potato video is still video:

- Down to 70ms latency

- Theoretical ranges of 100km+ (from initial tests)

- 30FPS video (low resolution ~240p but usable)

- 433/868/915MHz frequencies compatible

Stay tuned for some ultra long-range tests.

Join the Discord for more discussion: https://discord.gg/xarVyFAzh

Summary of how it works:

(Sorry this is a super quick post but will update it)

Raspberry Pi encodes video -> Sends to RF module via Pi HAT, etc

Another Raspberry Pi with identical hardware receives and decodes the video. Then outputs to HDMI/composite. This can plug into FPV goggles, monitor, etc.

Another alternative would be to decode the video directly using a laptop. Possibly integrate a ground station receive software into something like Mission Planner, but this can be done later.

What's going on:

XRC Technologies is developing hardware based on the BPYL video software. It's called the "Horizon" video system because the only limiting factor really is the radio horizon for this system.

Stay tuned for more hardware-related updates!