No disappointments with this episode but it was the technical focus that grabbed my interest.
Steven Powells' kit made me envious, I want a system like his for my very own....or maybe a mobile kit similar to the one used on the buzzards although that one confused me a little.
Hugh gave a short narrative on the buzzard CCTV kit, Steven narrated his own.
The buzzard kit used a battery operated CCTV camera the make or model was unidentified. After mounting the camera it was connected to a Lilliput monitor by a cable, cable can be seen at the back of the camera hanging down the tree. The cable can also be seen behind the monitor when viewing at the base of the tree.
Much later in the epi Hugh takes out a lap top and views the nest on the screen. I'm a little confused about this, no cables are seen connected to the laptop. It must be a WiFi connection but I really don't know. What happen to the cable run at the tree? There was no mention of a built-in WiFi transmitter in the camera?
As for Steven's otter kit....a great doc on the river otter family by the way....he pretty much laid out his system for the viewers.
Overall it was a very educational episode which gets me thinkin'.....
It would be nice to have a sub-forum on CCTV kits/systems, camera trap kits/system....something along the lines of "Show me you CCTVs or Camera Trap Kits". A place to brag on your kit with photos of different stations, the layout; desk top, cameras, transmitters/antennas, and so on. Explaining how you put it together and how it's workin' for ya.
I don't know, I don't have a CCTV set up so I wouldn't be posting but with all the BF members there's got be more action than the sub-forum showing off watches on some hairy man's arm.....I could be wrong, who knows?
I do know BF has the "Trail Cams-Camera Traps" sub-form but this area is for questions, problems, discussions.....I'm thinking more along the lines of a sub-forum dedicated to showing off a complete system with photos and descriptions. Something to assist others, a walk-through to building their own.
Anyway, "Watches in the Field" would be a great place to drop that sub..??
Back to HWW, sorry to hear about the Mink's impact on the Water Vole, makes me sad.
Steven Powells' kit made me envious, I want a system like his for my very own....or maybe a mobile kit similar to the one used on the buzzards although that one confused me a little.
Hugh gave a short narrative on the buzzard CCTV kit, Steven narrated his own.
The buzzard kit used a battery operated CCTV camera the make or model was unidentified. After mounting the camera it was connected to a Lilliput monitor by a cable, cable can be seen at the back of the camera hanging down the tree. The cable can also be seen behind the monitor when viewing at the base of the tree.
Much later in the epi Hugh takes out a lap top and views the nest on the screen. I'm a little confused about this, no cables are seen connected to the laptop. It must be a WiFi connection but I really don't know. What happen to the cable run at the tree? There was no mention of a built-in WiFi transmitter in the camera?
As for Steven's otter kit....a great doc on the river otter family by the way....he pretty much laid out his system for the viewers.
- CCTV cameras make or model is not identified
- Whiskey tuned antenna which I would have loved to know more about such as; the transmitter, tuned frequency, power supply
- Motion alarm sensor make or model unknown
- Desk top station shows shots of camera body with Sony strap, unknown lens, switching units, sensor alarm (?), DMTech monitor, battery charging station
- Pole lights unknown make with unknown battery supply
- Cree headlamp
Overall it was a very educational episode which gets me thinkin'.....
It would be nice to have a sub-forum on CCTV kits/systems, camera trap kits/system....something along the lines of "Show me you CCTVs or Camera Trap Kits". A place to brag on your kit with photos of different stations, the layout; desk top, cameras, transmitters/antennas, and so on. Explaining how you put it together and how it's workin' for ya.
I don't know, I don't have a CCTV set up so I wouldn't be posting but with all the BF members there's got be more action than the sub-forum showing off watches on some hairy man's arm.....I could be wrong, who knows?
I do know BF has the "Trail Cams-Camera Traps" sub-form but this area is for questions, problems, discussions.....I'm thinking more along the lines of a sub-forum dedicated to showing off a complete system with photos and descriptions. Something to assist others, a walk-through to building their own.
Anyway, "Watches in the Field" would be a great place to drop that sub..??
Back to HWW, sorry to hear about the Mink's impact on the Water Vole, makes me sad.
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