RFhamCams Unite
Welcome
to the RFhamCams
"Gateway Page"
Simply point your camera at yourself/station while in QSO and give your contact this URL
If you have a web cam in your Ham Shack, or your going to set one up, you are invited to join our group. We welcome all web cam sources and servers but prefer you use yawcam.exe that is located in our yahoo group's file section or can be found at http://www.yawcam.com . In our group members will help you get setup, discuss technical issues and share images, etc. ATV, SSTV,HDSSTV and webcam to RF ham-video will be some of the topics (but not limited to just this) so please come join us as a group member. Also once a member be sure to check the files section because there are many good resources there. Please have a complete profile on yahoo that includes your amateur radio call sign if you hold one. This enforcement is an anti-spam measurement and also may provide info for other users to see who you are. Thank you and please, when you join make a post telling us about you and your station 73
Please consider Joining the RF HamCams Group
After you become a member of our Yahoo group go to the files section
and download yawcam.exe and the pdf help file and setup your camera.
If you have difficulty getting it going then also download from the
files section teamviewer.exe and setup it up then email me with the
user ID and password and I will get on your machine with you and
help you.....
RFhamCams User's Video Feed's
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Windows Media Player
Help Section for setting up camera, etc.
Where are the main help files located? The main help files can be found at http://www.yawcam.com/help/help.php
Dynamic IP guide
When you do not have a static IP address (your ip address changes all the time) follow the directions below and you'll be good to go......
Dynamic IP guide
Most people have a dynamic IP-address that changes every time they restart the computer or connects to the Internet. This can be very annoying if you want your webcam to have the same address during a longer period of time. Luckily there is a solution for this problem :-)
The
solution has two parts:
A
- Get a DNS-updater.
B
- Make some changes in Yawcam's settings.
A)
If you have a dynamic IP-address
you will have to get a DNS updater from for www.no-ip.com.
1)
Go to
no-ip.com and click on “No-IP Free” and then “sign up now!”.
2) Enter your data and register.
3) When the registration process has finished log in to your new account.
4) When you have logged in: Click “add” under “hosts / redirects”.
5) Enter a hostname you want to point to your computer. (for example foobar.no-ip.org)
6) Select “DNS Host (A)” as Host Type.
7) Click on “create host”.
8) Now go to www.no-ip.com and click on the download link.
9) Download the No-IP Dynamic Update Client (DUC)
10) Install the software and start it.
11) Below “hosts” you should be able to see the hostname you just registered before. Mark the check box in front of the hostname.
12) Click on the button "options". Then mark the check box "Run on startup" and click "ok".
13) Now your public address will always be your registered hostname (for example foobar.no-ip.org) even if your ip address changes.
B)
Now it is time to make the
appropriate changes in Yawcam's settings.
1)
In the main window of Yawcam, click "Settings -> Edit Settings... ->
Connection". The following window will be visible:
2) Delete the text in the Public IP field (that says xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx in the image above) and replace it with the hostname you registered before. (For example kd5lwu.no-ip.org)
3) Make sure that both the checkboxes "Detect at startup" and "Detect every X minutes" are unchecked. Otherwise the hostname you entered before will be overwritten.
4) Click on the OK button!
5) That's all!
Which webcams/video devices does Yawcam support
Q: Which webcams/video devices does Yawcam support?
A: Yawcam version 0.3.0 and above works with all DirectX compatible webcams and video capture devices. This means almost all modern usb webcams and TV-cards.
It is also possible to use a DV-camera together with Yawcam if you use an additional software like DVdriver or webcamDV.
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