[HamWAN PSDR] East Tiger – PTZ Camera

[Doug Kingston]

So far, all I have heard is speculation.  Lets try and get some facts
before making decisions.

-Doug-

On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 5:59 PM Kenny Richards <richark at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just my $0.02 - but if the camera was hit by lightning, it needs to be
> replaced. It will always be iffy now...
>
> Sent via radio waves!
>
> On Aug 8, 2020, at 4:49 PM, Rob Salsgiver <rob at nr3o.com> wrote:
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> Rob,
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> Do you know what kind of cable it was?
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> Rob S
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> *From:* PSDR [mailto:psdr-bounces at hamwan.org] *On Behalf Of *Rob Martin
> via PSDR
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 8, 2020 1:36 PM
> *To:* Puget Sound Data Ring
> *Subject:* [HamWAN PSDR] East Tiger – PTZ Camera
>
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> The PTZ camera at ETiger has been unreliable for some time.
>
> Rich (KF7BJI) and I were at the site yesterday (2020-08-07), and now I can
> fill in some of the details.
>
> The camera is located about three-quarters of the way up the tower used by
> the SeaTac Repeater Association. This tower is about 50m away from the
> ETiger HamWAN site. STRA uses the callsign W7WWI on most of its repeaters.
>
> The POE power supply and the Cat5 cable up the tower have been damaged by
> a lightning strike.
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> The power supply needs to be replaced.
>
> The Cat5 cable has water inside the jacket, something that went unnoticed
> until the damaged Ethernet connector was cut off. Water dripped out, lots
> of it. Most of the cable runs tight against the tower, and I speculate that
> the outer jacket was punctured by the lightning.
>
> I am hoping that the camera itself may still be functional. Despite the
> above problems, there were occasions when images could be recovered. If the
> power to the camera was disconnected for an hour or so, the camera worked
> for a few minutes after restart.
>
> The repair will involve a tower climb to replace the cable. Unfortunately
> we will have to open the camera’s sealed enclosure to access the cable end.
>
> We hope to have this work done soon. No promises!
>
> Rob K7QJ
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