Wireless intercom or something - thoughts?
Hi All,
We live out in the boonies and the front gate to the property is about a quarter mile away. When we get deliveries, UPS, FedEx etc, they leave stuff at the front gate. In the good old days, this was not a problem but recently miscreants have been dogging along about 10-minutes behind the UPS trucks and picking stuff up.
Sooooo, I am thinking of some form of door-bell or intercom that the UPS guy can press a button and alert us of a drop. However, distance to power is the issue. I can set up a small solar battery charger for the "button" end. I have seen some 1000ft+ driveway alert systems, but they run to many hundreds of bucks and out of the question.
Any thoughts on [B]low-cost[/B] options? So far I have...
1:
Have a FRS radio in a theft-proof box. The problem there is the Press-To-Talk (PTT) buttons are not that easy to manipulate unless holding the radio in your hand to curl a finger around the recessed button.
2:
Have a button and a bell in the house and a loooong length of speaker cable from the front gate to the house. :)
Thoughts?
Thanks