C7 in CA

Not much at all. There are even Cat5 rated 66 blocks. But considering you are going 1400 ft and rory said you can go over 3000 ft with the NVT's you will be fine. The Category 5 spec even allows an intermediate cross connect point. And since ethernet is only good out to 324 ft it is safe to say your loss at the cross connect will be negligible.

Sounds fun. I look forward to seeing the install pictures. Does anyone have any other install pictures around?

Hey, thanks Cooperman. Same to you and yours.

I'm no wireless expert, but I have a few successful 2.4Ghz point-to-point and point-to-multipoint installs out there. Your success depends on radio line-of-sight and possible interference sources nearby. But I'll tell you what... 1.2Ghz at 5 watts is smokin' hot! I have seen 2.4Ghz links go out 10 miles using 100mW radios. If you are trying to get that signal through a block constructed building you may have problems, but if you are trying to burn though some moderate foliage without other radio interference my guess is it would work. And if you have true radio line-of-sight 5 Watts might be too hot for those distances. I would be careful. That wattage at those frequencies is probably dangerous. I wouldn't stand if front of the antenna too long.

Thanks Larry. keep up the good work! Did you just add the author_search link into the post count? I don't remember seeing that until today.

Ok. I ordered this: http://www.spytown.com/specprovcvse.html Is the difference between these two cameras cosmetic? I'll check out the 320 and 321 thanks!

Hi all. I am a low voltage contractor in California but new to cctv. For fun and education I am going to play with a couple of cameras around the house. I think I can figure out the voltage drop,cabling techniques and all that. But how do I calculate depth of field and all those other measurements? What I am trying to cover is a T shaped intersection. The center of attention is from 135 feet out to 160 feet. At 160 ft the width to cover is about 50 ft. The camera would be mounted about 15-17 ft. high in a big'ol oak tree. Street lighting is decent with what I think are sodium vapor bulbs? (yellow light) The sun will always be behind the camera. Resolution: the better the better. I would like to at least distinguish vehicle type. Color would be cool, but I think I am more interested in night time usability. Any tips and industry terminology you could pass along on the subject would be appreciated. Thanks.

Well I could hardly be called a photographer. I just learned alittle bit about it.

Well, now they are saying the cvc325 is discontinued. She suggests the cvc627 as an alternative. I don't think I will be happy with the resolution though. What would I lose going from 420lines to 350? I mean, I don't expect to catch license plate numbers with a 3.6mm lens anyway. But what kind of detail am I losing in those 70 lines?

Thanks for the additional resources! looks good. What camera would you suggest for that lens? Again considering this setup would probably be mounted to a Pan/Tilt unit in the near future. Thanks.

Ok, thanks. I am sure it was just some fluke. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and see what happens over the next few days. I'm in Northern California btw.

Thanks for the info. Sounds like a plan. I'll have some time tomorrow to rough-in the cable while I wait for them to be delivered. I think they screwed something up. After 10 days I had to call for statis on the order. Sounded like they couldn't find my order. And then all of a sudden it just so happens I called on the day they were being drop shipped from some warehouse or something. She was real nice though. Hopfully she upgraded the shipping for me!

AVCONSULTING, thanks for the link. That is a great resource. Yes. Thanks! I think it will come back to me. I kinda knew this stuff back in highschool. Well, as it pertains to 35mm SLR's. Thanks for the refresher. One thing I gotta say, focal length will take some getting use to. 50mm lens on 35mm film is incredibly different then 50mm on a 1/3" CCD. Yes, I am looking for advice. I don't know how much I want to spend. I have to consider the camera probably will not be in that tree forever. So I may want to look at a camera I could put on a pan/tilt motor in the near future.

I have a couple of these ordered. I figure I'll try pointing one at the front door and one out where I park the work truck. I am hoping these will feed into My RF Modulator so that I can simply distribute the signal to the televisions. Now I think I read somewhere that the cameras actually have a pretty long cable attached. Is this true? And is it a good cable? My runs aren't long at all, but I wanted to use some of this RG59/18-2 that I have had laying around here. That spool of cable is what got me thinking about cctv

I watched Terminal with Tom Hanks today. It had a few cctv scenes in it. And actually it had a good PTZ scene. Does anyone else know of any good cctv scenes in other movies?

Actually, the way I understand it there are very specific limitations on transmit power in the USA. 1watt EIRP (equivalent isotropically radiated power) for omnidirectional antennas and 4watts EIRP for directional antennas.