On 08/09/12 20:13, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
On 08/09/12 18:22, James Luhn wrote:
Please don't ya'll laugh too hard at me. Has anyone ever mounted a camera on a beam? Now I am not trying to see AO40, but I would like to simply double check the location of my beam for eme. If anyone has mounted a camera on a beam, I would be interested in what you used. Yes, I know all about beam width vs the moon. I just hate to call CQ with my beams pointed to the ground due to some Murphy type of failure.
I'd probably use something like an el-cheapo outdoor wifi CCTV camera, and feed 12V up the tower (well, you're going to have that for your preamp *anyway*, right?). If you go down the route of expensive-unless-secondhand "proper" CCTV cameras you can get a range of lenses, including zoom lenses.
If you want to centre up on the moon, consider screwing a telephoto converter on.
K2UYH has a camera mounted on his dish. I love the felt tip marker on his monitor showing where the moon should be! On Sep 9, 2012 4:56 AM, "Gordon JC Pearce" gordonjcp@gjcp.net wrote:
On 08/09/12 20:13, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
On 08/09/12 18:22, James Luhn wrote:
Please don't ya'll laugh too hard at me. Has anyone ever mounted a camera on a beam? Now I am not trying to see AO40, but I would like to simply double check the location of my beam for eme. If anyone has mounted a camera on a beam, I would be interested in what you used. Yes, I know all about beam width vs the moon. I just hate to call CQ with my beams pointed to the ground due to some Murphy type of failure.
I'd probably use something like an el-cheapo outdoor wifi CCTV camera, and feed 12V up the tower (well, you're going to have that for your preamp *anyway*, right?). If you go down the route of expensive-unless-secondhand "proper" CCTV cameras you can get a range of lenses, including zoom lenses.
If you want to centre up on the moon, consider screwing a telephoto converter on.
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On 09/09/12 10:47, Robert McGwier wrote:
K2UYH has a camera mounted on his dish. I love the felt tip marker on his monitor showing where the moon should be!
Now, could you do something like use a capture card and OpenCV to use the camera to aim the dish by observation rather than by prediction?
Could you track the ISS with such a device? If you could I wouldn't want to get in the way of the rotator and beam as it swings. It would probably bat you into LEO!
The ONLY problem with this method, is, Daytime while the moon can be seen, it is usually very difficult on a camera, and then clouds,,,,, day or night they kind of block the view,
Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 9/9/2012 4:49 AM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
On 09/09/12 10:47, Robert McGwier wrote:
K2UYH has a camera mounted on his dish. I love the felt tip marker on his monitor showing where the moon should be!
Now, could you do something like use a capture card and OpenCV to use the camera to aim the dish by observation rather than by prediction?
Could you track the ISS with such a device? If you could I wouldn't want to get in the way of the rotator and beam as it swings. It would probably bat you into LEO!
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