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Following in the footsteps of John, I decided to get a cheap day/night cam from Amazon. Mine is not WiFi as the distance would be to great from the router, it is just a a straight hardwired version, and I'm using a spare co-ax to the from the dish to the rig. Quite impressed. For tweaking it ideal if you have a changer. I dug out a little TFT screen I bought from Maplins some years back for a monitor.P1010036.JPG P1010037.JPG P1010038.JPG
 
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scopus said:
Following in the footsteps of John, I decided to get a cheap day/night cam from Amazon. Mine is not WiFi as the distance would be to great from the router, it is just a a straight hardwired version, and I'm using a spare co-ax to the from the dish to the rig. Quite impressed. For tweaking it ideal if you have a changer. I dug out a little TFT screen I bought from Maplins some years back for a monitor.View attachment 99385 View attachment 99386 View attachment 99387
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Nice one my Son , proud of yer
Btw..... get your grid up on the specky display lol.
 
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Had one for years ...though haven't used my 'dish eye' for a while ..
I found it most useful for checking on tree growth that might have obscured Christinas C-band reception.
It was a self levelling camera so always adjusted to give a level image relative to arc position..
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tried in vain to find a link on the forum to this project ...
I guess it was too long ago ...and may have been deleted...
cest la vie
 
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correction ...
It is referenced in my Dishaster log around page 25
Ahhh ..memories are made of this ..
lol
Disaster!!
 
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back in 2011, just had a good read through VS, there 'aint nothing youv'e not had a go at lol. I'll be the first to admit that a lot of my tinkering has been inspired by your work past and present ;)
 
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John said:
back in 2011, just had a good read through VS, there 'aint nothing youv'e not had a go at lol. I'll be the first to admit that a lot of my tinkering has been inspired by your work past and present ;)
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Very kind of you to say that John..
Innovation and tinkering is what this hobby is all about ..
Sadly I think the reigns now have to handed over in large part to you guys ..
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Chris, what camera are you using? I currently happen to have a spare coax over that end, and is something I was looking to do for a while.
 
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Watch out for when the Sun is directly in-line with the dish, (twice a year) this could cause a CCD burnout if you don't use a camera with an auto iris.
 
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Chris, what camera are you using? I currently happen to have a spare coax over that end, and is something I was looking to do for a while.
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A Zosi from Amazon it was under £20.
 
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This is the one.....

ZOSI HD 960H 800TVL 1/3 CMOS 24pcs IR leds Day/Night waterproof indoor / outdoor CCTV camera
 
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Watch out for when the Sun is directly in-line with the dish, (twice a year) this could cause a CCD burnout if you don't use a camera with an auto iris.
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But surely, the LNB is in the way if the dish is aligned correctly?
 
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correction ...
It is referenced in my Dishaster log around page 25
Ahhh ..memories are made of this ..
lol
Disaster!!
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Just read the last page, impressive and very well done.
Also reminded me why I don´t watch CH5 very often :p
Still a good idea though, otherwise this thread would be pointless, which it obviously isn´t
 
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But surely, the LNB is in the way if the dish is aligned correctly?
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That is a good point to bring up, the pic shows my original prototype mounting position which just had a small bit of intrusion , the final cut on my installation was to bring the camera position forward 50mm and also use a lower profile camera.
 

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But surely, the LNB is in the way if the dish is aligned correctly?
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There would be enough direct light even with some shade from the LNB to turn the CCD chip into chipped beef on toast.

But why look up at the satellites??? You can't see them, I would mount it underneath the LNB's looking horizontal and have a look into the rooms next door.
 
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