[HamWAN PSDR] East Tiger – PTZ Camera

[Doug Kingston]

Darcy, that is not an unreasonable call at all.  We can afford to do that,
luckily.  We know the cable is bad; that is a fact.

-Doug-

On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 7:38 PM Darcy Buskermolen <darcyb at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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