[HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: High quality PTZ camera

[Rob Salsgiver]

I like the idea of the camera but have concerns on the funding aspect.  While entertaining and definitely of value on a troubleshooting standpoint, I am wary of “fundraising fatigue” that may leave us short when wanting to do more sites because XXX resources have gone for less mission-critical infrastructure.  It’s been mentioned we may have more site expenses coming up and I would hate for those to fall short.

 

That said, I’m freakin’ amazed at the resolution of some of the newer cameras and it definitely would be a cool thing to have.

 

Rob

 

From: PSDR [mailto:psdr-bounces at hamwan.org] On Behalf Of Bart Kus
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 3:15 PM
To: Puget Sound Data Ring <psdr at hamwan.org>
Subject: [HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: High quality PTZ camera

 

Hello,

Several of us have been talking about putting high quality PTZ cameras at our tower sites for people to enjoy.  Survey the surrounding country side, get tactical awareness in emergencies, look for antenna damage remotely, etc.  I'd personally love to have 1 good PTZ per tower.  I think it would also be a very popular past time, and one of the killer apps that HamWAN can deliver.  Good quality cams are expensive however.  Here are the requirements as I see them:

1) Outdoor rated
2) No exposed moving joints that can freeze (domed design)
3) Heater to melt ice
4) IP encoding, not analog
5) 1080p or better
6) 30x optical zoom or better
7) Power over Ethernet so we can have only 1 cable run
8) Support OSX + Windows (Linux optional)
9) RTSP streamable so we can re-broadcast the stream to many people at once

I found what I think is a decent cam that fits these requirements.  It's the Q-See QCN8035Z <http://www.q-see.com/1080p-ip-ptz-camera-qcn8035z-1> .  It costs about $670.

Any opinions on this?  I'm inclined to support such a vote.

--Bart

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