Marlon provide a good example of cameras
now with the internet and the Apps in the smart phones you can see where you
are
A camera in a tower can be like your budget allow it
CCTV cameras are I think the cheap way to go for quality and the long run, for
local monitoring and recording
The other option for local monitoring are those cheap cameras with a monitor
and limited capacity
and maybe short life in the outdoor, when fail get another, your mileage will
vary.
IP cameras are not cheap, but you have a big selection of options and
applications
you can mount in the tower and zoom, get quality image, photos and access via
internet- computer- phone
How to put the power, those cameras run from different voltages, from 12 to
48 volts, depending the model and
brand, some can be powered with the same cable from the wireless equipment
Cheap brands that "works" and very nice brand with nice lens , zoom, etc etc,
your budget and research will be
the limit.
I have experience with Axis cameras on towers at 100-140ft to monitor house
construction progress, great details and zoom
save you a lot of trips to the place, at that height the coverage was 300-400
mts, where you can ID the cars , people or
what they are doing, closer you can see and take a photo of what they have
in
the hand, a beer can or a coke can you can ID.
Have those cameras running with cable to feed the power, but now you can
install
all remote, an small solar panel, one battery
1 wireless link and the camera mounted in the camera in a small budget, maybe
the copper cable can be used , but the copper
stealing is HIGH , for that reason the box on top next to the camera all safe
was the option.
Hope not the be ban for the topic in cameras in towers, but also you can mount
one to see where is your antenna beaming
if you have a home brew rotor system or wireless to save dlls in copper
J.Hector Garcia XE2K / AD6D
Mexicali B.C DM22fp
P.O.Box 73
El Centro CA 92244-0073
http://xe2k.net
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From: Marlon K. Schafer (509-982-2181) <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Sent: Thu, May 10, 2012 10:36:39 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] tower camera
I've got a couple of cameras from here:
http://www.inscapedata.com/
Not the cheap stuff, but MUCH higher image quality than the cheap cameras.
They also have the benefit of being able to be powered with POE. Power over
Ethernet. That means you run a Cat5 data cable (I use outdoor rated cable)
to the radio, plug in a power injector inside a building and hook the camera
up to your existing network.
Don't bother with the Inscape DVR software. It's awful to use. Somewhere
on my computer I have a link for a highly rated one but I've not tried them
yet.
A lot of WISPs also use Axis cameras. I'm planning on trying one or two of
them.
Here's one place to get them:
http://www.wlanmall.com/ip-video-surveillance/ip-cameras?manufacturer=5&?psid=ppc&gclid=CKGJwsCf9q8CFQaFhwodHg-dUA
Ask for Lee. I've known him for more than a decade now and he's a GREAT
guy. He's also the one that told me about the other camera DVR software to
use. I'd trust his advice on what camera would be best for your
application. ie: You'll want a different level of image quality for
security vs. weather watching.
Take care,
marlon
----- Original Message -----
From: "K0DAN" <k0dan@comcast.net>
To: "n4zkf" <towertalk@n4zkf.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] tower camera
> This is an interesting thread, hope it stays for a while!
>
> I too have CCTV on my to-do list, a camera on the tower, maybe one by the
> base, a few others scattered around the home QTH. Because of installation
> logistics I am thinking that 5 Ghz WIFI is the simpler (but more costly)
> install. Distances are light-of-sight and around 130' so I think the RF
> part
> should work OK. Still need to get power to the devices. Since other doer's
> and wannabe's are also on this roadmap, I wonder if others can share any
> experiences with wireless video?
>
> Tnx es 73
> Dan
> K0DAN
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: n4zkf
> Sent: May 09, 2012 05:58 AM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] tower camera
>
> I have never had a problem with anything but spiders. They like the IR at
> night sometimes but I use a pepper wipe and it keeps them out. The rest,
> rain (mother nature) takes care of and washes the lens in the afternoon
> rain. I live a few hundred feet from the ocean so salt water is on
> everything but the rain does take care of cleaning the lens.
>
> Mine are not PTZ but bullet style and the RG6 stops RF from getting in
> from the radios. I have 9 all around the property hooked to my 2 500GB HD
> Raid DVR and 2 separate inside cheap wireless IP/PTZ's. All of these have
> iPad and iPhone apps so I can see them from anywhere also. They do a good
> job. I have a little 7" monitor to watch them all on here in the shack
> beside me and also my 32" on the wall above me too if I care to. The DVR
> has multiple ports. Back to towersŠ.. :)
>
>
>
> 73 Dave n4zkf
> e-mail: n4zkf@n4zkf.com
> web: http://www.n4zkf.com
> AR-Cluster node: 145.05 Mhz. or telnet://dxc.n4zkf.com:23
> CC-Cluster node: 145.07 Mhz. or telnet://ccc.n4zkf.com:7373
> Packet BBS: 145.05 Mhz.-14.098 Mhz. or telnet://bbs.n4zkf.com:6300
> BPQ Node: 145.05 Mhz.-14.098 Mhz. (n4zkf-5)
> SEDAN Node: 145.770 Mhz. (n4zkf-7)
> N4ZKF/R 147.375 Mhz. Tone 103.5
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 5/8/12 11:40 PM, "Steve K7AWB" <k7awbgoog@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>2 questions:
>>
>>1) How do you clean the camera lens?
>>
>>
>>2) How do you prevent yellow jackets, etc. from building a nest on it?
>>
>>
>>Steve Sala
>>K7AWB
>>DN17es
>>Nine Mile Falls, WA
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