[HamWAN PSDR] East Tiger – PTZ Camera

[Darcy Buskermolen]

My first thought is, if we know a tower climb is needed to replace the
cable, and there is a greater than 0% chance the camera is faulted, why not
just replace it. If the cam turns out fine, redeploy it elseware...  Just
my $0.02cdn

On Sat., Aug. 8, 2020, 18:53 Doug Kingston, <dpk at randomnotes.org> wrote:

> 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:
>>
>> 
>>
>> Rob,
>>
>>
>>
>> Do you know what kind of cable it was?
>>
>>
>>
>> Rob S
>>
>>
>>
>> *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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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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