Custom Target Cam System with Rest-Mounted Monitor
Dave Diana is a clever fellow. He not only fabricated his own wireless Target Cam system, but he invented a mount that places the receiver/monitor unit conveniently next to his bench rifle. The hooded view-screen actually mounts to his SEB front Rest via a bracket. The monitor unit includes wireless receiver and a short directional antenna (see below):
Dave says his new CCTV monitor bracket on the SEB NEO rest is “working as planned”. However, after taking these photos, Dave did make a modification. Dave explained: “I found moving the monitor over to the left-hand side was more shooter-friendly. I can stay in a natural shooting position, look at the screen, see my windflags and shoot with little movement. The next task is to add a coffee cup holder somewhere to house my group tightener double expresso!”
Target Cam Monitor Has Built-In Receiver
Dave built a very nice system. He tells us: “The security camera is a 27x power zoom camera housed in a weather proof case that also houses the wireless transmitter. The monitor has a built-in receiver, and I am running spiral polarized antennas on both ends. The system will run all day long on the waterproof-cased, game-camera batteries.”
Here are the internals of the wireless camera system. Note the antenna at right.
Here is the entire system, with monitor/receiver placed conventionally on a tripod. Batteries are housed in waterproof plastic cases.
Very nice setup Dave Diana!
Great job, now get that coffee cup holder organised!
looks to be hobby grade FPV gear RC guys use. pretty affordable. The video TX and RX would be under 100 for the pair. Prob could get a camera too for under 100.
Matt, that’s what I was thinking as well. Something tells me I shouldn’t shoot any groups while watching through the fatsharks though!
I like the cute “helical yagi” antenna at the receive end. We sometimes use these (albeit slightly larger) in the theatre world with 500-800MHz radio microphone systems. Some times a “back-plane” is fitted.
Have you tried one at the TX end, or is it a bit too “narrow”?