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Let's say I want to use a raspberry pi for a research project. The raspberry pi would be placed in a secure case(power has been taken care of and is not an issue). However, it will be in the middle of a desert more than 50 mi away from wifi or cellular.

What would be my best solution to receiving data from the raspberry pi? Is there some sort of antenna setup that can broadcast a signal far enough to be picked up by me at my house that is about 50 mi away?

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    your question is not a RPi question ... it is a remote communication question – jsotola May 26 '18 at 03:54
  • It is a similar question to this one, which has a score of 34. https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/43312/add-an-external-antenna-to-a-pi-3?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google_rich_qa&utm_campaign=google_rich_qa – Bitcoin M May 26 '18 at 04:08
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    What about a gsm module? – Harcker May 26 '18 at 09:46
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    @BitcoinM: Good catch! :) – Seamus May 26 '18 at 13:30
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    @BitcoinM: I think your range requirement (50 mi) will push you beyond the "practical" realm of wifi. The 2.4 GHz carrier freq will have more losses than lower freq bands. But good news is in stock for RPi: Google "software defined radio raspberry pi", and check out this site. – Seamus May 26 '18 at 13:38
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    @BitcoinM, the "similar" question that you reference asks if you can add an antenna to the RPI3 board .... it is a direct RPi question that is not similar to yours at all – jsotola May 26 '18 at 15:52
  • @jsotola: Yes, it is, but with RPIs finding myriad applications in SDR, it seems irrelevant whether or not an antenna is mentioned as part of the question. Every rf device must have an antenna - how is that a discriminator? – Seamus May 26 '18 at 18:26
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    @Seamus, the antenna is not a discriminator ... the discriminator is the fact that one question is about modifying an RPi and the other is not – jsotola May 26 '18 at 19:10
  • @BitcoinM: You may find this wiki from osmo-fl2k interesting. Pay particular attention to the paragraph on "Legal Aspects" at the tail. – Seamus May 27 '18 at 15:26

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satcomm module

cost: $250
monthly fee: $15

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13745

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