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Hello,<br>
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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:<br>
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1) Outdoor rated<br>
2) No exposed moving joints that can freeze (domed design)<br>
3) Heater to melt ice<br>
4) IP encoding, not analog<br>
5) 1080p or better<br>
6) 30x optical zoom or better<br>
7) Power over Ethernet so we can have only 1 cable run<br>
8) Support OSX + Windows (Linux optional)<br>
9) RTSP streamable so we can re-broadcast the stream to many people
at once<br>
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I found what I think is a decent cam that fits these requirements.
It's the Q-See <a
href="http://www.q-see.com/1080p-ip-ptz-camera-qcn8035z-1">QCN8035Z</a>.
It costs about $670.<br>
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Any opinions on this? I'm inclined to support such a vote.<br>
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--Bart<br>
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