Long-time readers know I like to experiment with remote monitoring projects. A few decades ago, I described my “Cheap Remote” based on a Blue Earth Microcomputer, as an inexpensive device about the same size as today’s Raspberry Pi and other single board computers. I needed the money I’d budgeted for a commercial remote control to cover the cost of an air conditioner for the shelter for a translator I was installing in Midland, Texas.
Lately I’ve been looking for an inexpensive way to monitor a remote transmitter over a limited bandwidth internet connection.
