tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91218290547662265682024-03-13T08:29:01.054+00:00GB3JB - 2m Repeater - Willoughby HedgeThe 'Green' Repeater - Powered by Solar Energy.Dave, G3ZXXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14166138462298044688noreply@blogger.comBlogger159125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121829054766226568.post-50278124436681579452015-04-01T15:40:00.002+01:002015-04-01T15:40:24.673+01:00NEW WEB SITE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is a NEW "<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>JB</b></span>" <a href="http://jbrepeaters.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b>web site</b></a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It combines data from this and the previous <b><span style="color: #38761d;">GB7JB</span></b> web site, plus additional information and resources.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the <a href="http://jbrepeaters.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b>NEW site</b></a> you will find all the relevant information relating to "<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>JB</b></span>" Repeaters, as well as other repeaters and beacons that are installed at the "<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>JB</b></span>" site.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <a href="http://jbrepeaters.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b>new site</b></a> also includes information relating to the 70cm SW Cluster and DMR technology.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />This site, along with the original <span style="color: #38761d;"><b>GB7JB</b></span> site will continue to run in parallel for the next couple of weeks, so as to give individuals time to make the change to their links / favourites etc.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />A further very significant change is the <b>closure</b> of the original e-mail contact addresses: <b>gb3jb.repeater@gmail.com</b>and <b>gb7jb.dmr.repeater@gmail.com</b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />These addresses have been closed for the purposes of communication, as a result of the significant amount of <i><span style="color: #990000;"><b>SPAM</b></span></i> mail that has started to arrive, over the last couple of months.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Any communications sent to either of the above address, will be <b>automatically deleted</b> by the e-mail server, <b>upon arrival</b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These original e-mail addresses are now <b><u>only</u></b> valid for the purpose of making donations, to the relevant repeaters PayPal account.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />You will note that there is now a "<a href="http://jbrepeaters.blogspot.co.uk/p/contact-us_28.html" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Contact Us</b></a>" page, associated with the NEW web sites Navigation. This<span style="line-height: 1.4;"> page contains a <i><b>Form</b></i>, for communicating with either myself or the Treasurer.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Blanket" update e-mails will still be sent out, as previously, but unless specifically specified, they will be from a "<i><b>NOREPLY</b></i>" e-mail address, but will include a link to the "<a href="http://jbrepeaters.blogspot.co.uk/p/contact-us_28.html" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Contact Us</b></a>" form.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Any communications sent to the "<i><b>NOREPLY</b></i>" address, will also be <b>automatically deleted</b> by the e-mail server, <b>upon arrival</b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This change may be inconvenient to some, but not as inconvenient has having to filter all the <i><b>JUNK</b></i> that has started to appear in the repeater in boxes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Please feel free to make any constructive comments via the "<a href="http://jbrepeaters.blogspot.co.uk/p/contact-us_28.html" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Contact Us</b></a>" form.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Please only use the </span><a href="http://jbrepeaters.blogspot.co.uk/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;" target="_blank"><b>NEW web site</b></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">, from now onward.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cheers & 73's</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4;">Dave, G3ZXX.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121829054766226568.post-83725785032229431022014-12-27T18:35:00.001+00:002014-12-27T18:35:33.474+00:00GB3JB / Site Update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br />I went up to the site yesterday, 26th December 2014 at about 1 pm, to check on things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br />The batteries are holding up very well, sitting at 26.1 volts, dropping to 25.8 volts, on TX load.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Even with the very overcast sky, mist and and rain that was falling at the time, there was a steady trickle charge of 0.4A going into the batteries.<br /><br />The new concrete floor has been laid, and very nice it looks to. There is now a complete seal all the way around the walls of the barn. I understand that the new front fascia and doors, will be going on the barn, in the next few weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br />So it looks as though all the additional security measures will have been completed in plenty of time for the arrival of GB7JB and the 23cm beacon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br />It should be very smart and even more secure than it is already, when finally finished.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br />The CCTV equipment that I installed, both inside and outside of the barn, is also working well. With good video and still images being produced in both normal daylight and infra-red, at night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Some time in the next couple of weeks, the repeater will be going off air for a few hours, when we change the antenna over, and also install the antennas for GB7JB and the 23cm beacon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br />No date has been set yet. I will advise as soon as it is known. Although it could be at somewhat short notice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Hopefully, you have all recoverd from the excesses or complete lethargy induced over the last couple of days, and are now preparing for the New Year, with at least some degree of enthusiasm.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Although the Chinese New Year does not come in until the 19th February, and 2015 is the year of the sheep, I do hope that we will not have too many '<i><b>bleating</b></i>' problems with the new systems that will be going in around the end of that month ... hi hi.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Cheers & 73's</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121829054766226568.post-43446209374399121192014-10-10T23:53:00.001+01:002014-10-10T23:53:46.602+01:00Apparent Intermittent RX Sensitivity.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As some of you may be aware GB3JB, has been playing up a bit, over the last few days - Intermittent sensitivity.</div>
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One moment a signal being nice and strong, the next very noisy.</div>
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There was also the sort of effect that you would associate with "<i>Rusty Bolt Syndrome</i>".</div>
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Managed to get to the site, late this morning, Friday 10th.</div>
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Initially, did the waggling of cables & connectors bit ... no not that ...</div>
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Checked the VSWR into the antenna ... that's gone up a bit ... but nothing drastic. Now 1.5:1.</div>
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However, one of the radials is at a strange angle and appears to move slightly, in a strong wind.</div>
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Checked the VSWR, looking into the 2m / 70cm diplexer, from the cavities ... looks OK ... 1.2 : 1 (?)</div>
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But, I took it out of circuit, more on a whim than anything else, and signals went back to normal. </div>
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No intermittent variation in received signal strength, no "<i>Rusty Bolt Syndrome</i>".</div>
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I've brought the Diamond duplexer, back home, and will take apart to see if anything is a miss. On the basis that it's lumps of L & C, I'm currently working on the assumption, that perhaps over the last few days an internal component has been damaged, by static discharges, with all the lightning that's been around. Having said that, though, we do have a lightning arrestor in the feeder.</div>
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Although 'JB' appears to be back to it's normal capability, the Antenna will need to be looked at in due course.</div>
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Thanks to Dave, G0AYD, for his assistance today.</div>
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Please let me know if you notice any more peculiarities in the performance. I don't monitor the Repeater, all the time .....</div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Cheers & 73's</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121829054766226568.post-87315202924357228832014-08-23T19:45:00.000+01:002014-08-23T19:47:40.102+01:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Hi All.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />If you must use a "<span style="color: red;"><b><i>Hands Free</i></b></span>" system in your vehicle, please, <b>please</b>, <b><u><span style="color: red;">PLEASE</span></u></b> make sure that you cannot inadvertently switch your mobile rig to TRANSMIT.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Over the last few of weeks, I have lost count of the number of times that GB3JB has been put into transmit, for us all to have to listen to: engine wine, the changing of gear, other vehicle and wind noise through an open window, the cars broadcast radio, heavy breathing and the occasional cough, squeaky wind screen wipers, the occasional conversation, the occasional tut and exclamation at other drivers, and mobile flutter, etc., etc.,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;">After 3 minutes the repeaters time out will kick-in, but it makes the system un-available for anyone else to use.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;">Of course, when the culprit goes through a bad patch and momentarily drops out, the timeout re-sets, and off we go again with all the background noises.....</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;">So, please do NOT mount the hands free TX switch on the Gear Stick, or anywhere else where you can put your rig into TX, without YOU knowing it.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;">Please put the switch in a position where YOU can clearly see if it's in the TX position, and i</span>f you cannot see the front of your rig, when driving, please, also install some VISIBLE indication, in an obvious position, that will tell you when you are transmitting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Thanks.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: black;">Cheers, 73's</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Dave, G3ZXX - Keeper GB3JB.</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121829054766226568.post-27849407106403338462014-07-21T16:43:00.005+01:002014-07-21T16:43:58.616+01:00GB3JB - Off Air For Maintenance<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Just to advise that </span><b><span style="color: blue;">GB3JB</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"> will be going off-air at approx., </span><span style="color: blue;"><b>10:30 am</b></span><span style="color: #222222;"> local time, tomorrow morning, </span><span style="color: blue;"><b>Tuesday 22nd July</b></span><span style="color: #222222;"> 2014.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Nothing major, just checking battery volts, solar panel connections and outputs, TX output power and antenna VSWR, etc.,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">This should not take more than 30 mins .... with a bit of luck .... hi hi. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Cheers & 73's</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121829054766226568.post-83435557954396739962014-03-14T00:39:00.001+00:002014-03-14T00:47:40.250+00:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>*</b></span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Change in CTCSS Tone Requirements.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Hi All,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">As some of you may be aware there have been QRM issues with the Eastbourne repeater, GB3EB and GB3JB.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">These issues result from the the fact that it has been licensed on RV63 and with an 88.5 Hz CTCSS tone, as per GB3JB.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Following communications between myself, the GB3EB keeper, and ETCC, it has been agreed that GB3JB will change its ctcss tone, to help alleviate the issue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">*</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">It has been decided to change from the current </span><b style="color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">88.5 Hz</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13px;"> to </span><b style="background-color: yellow; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">103.5 Hz</b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13px;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">This change will take affect at approx., <b><u>3 pm local time, on Sunday 16th March 2014</u></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Please change your equipment's ctcss encode and decode frequency, with respect to GB3JB.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Checked the battery system at 10 am this morning, and all was OK, as expected.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Panels providing between </span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">33.2</span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">3</span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">9.8</span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> volts, at between 2.4 and 3.1 Amps.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Batteries floating at 27.3 volts.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">No variation in voltage, between RX or Full TX.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I switched GB3JB up onto full power - 14 dBw - 25 watts ERP.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121829054766226568.post-19018961925983870532014-03-07T19:33:00.002+00:002014-03-07T19:58:39.005+00:00GB3JB Back On Air.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GB3JB was switched back on at 4:30 pm local time, today, 7th March 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is currently running at approx., 12 watts ERP.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will check the battery system tomorrow, and if all is OK, I'll put it up to full erp, 14 dBw, 25 watts erp.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is still some work to do, in terms of removing the redundant turbine regulation equipment, but I'm NOT rushing to do that.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would just like to thank all those who have assisted in anyway what so ever, in getting the tower, turbines, and solar facilities, sorted.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is very much appreciated by myself, and I hope by all of the users.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you all very much.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cheers & 73's</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I've been to the site, twice today !</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I've been to the site every day this week !</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Should I be listening more closely ?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Is someone is trying to tell me something ?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">You know, sometimes you get the feeling that enough is enough !!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The following two pictures, say it all .............</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I've only found bits of the nose cone, and have not found the nut that held the blades to the turbine !!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to David, G0AYD for coming up to the site to help me to shut the barn doors !!!!.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">If you want to see what the WX was like take a look here: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/0wz4zm64otsg1l5/VID_20140125_155920.mp4" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><b>https://www.dropbox.com/s/<wbr></wbr>0wz4zm64otsg1l5/VID_20140125_<wbr></wbr>155920.mp4</b></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Notice the almost horizontal rain and the bend in the antenna.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">However, the antenna is specified to 38 m/s (87 MPH) ... still OK</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The turbine is specified to 45 m/s (100 MPH) ... now in bits !!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">When I've built up enough enthusiasm to sort the mess out, I'll see what I can organise.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just a quickie, to advise that I switched GB3JB, back on at 3:40 pm, today 21st January 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It having been off air, since 6:30 pm yesterday evening.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is running at full nominal power.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Battery volts were back up at 24.9 volts on TX load, and 25.2 volts RX squelched mode.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Despite the Met Office web site indicating that there would be little breeze today or tomorrow, and there being little sign of any breeze here in Wincanton, when I got to the site, there was a very strong wind blowing, which got stronger the longer I was there.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The site has now been taken over by the Water company and their team of Archaeologists, who are doing some detailed assessment and recovery work, prior to the big diggers moving onto the site to lay the new water main.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, provided you are prepared to walk through 6" of mud, or the car will get you to the barn doors, you are OK.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The heavy plant and machinery, thats already arrived on site, has churned up the ground, in just one day.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The site gate has a new security padlock, and loads of security fencing, around it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So currently, if there is no work going on at the site, access is zero, although there is no problem carrying out work on the site, provided they are there.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I understand that work on the site will be ongoing for the next 6 to 10 weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cheers & 73's</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121829054766226568.post-15806986820026034712014-01-17T18:09:00.001+00:002014-01-17T18:11:37.228+00:00System Update .....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I went to the site again today, to have a look at the batteries.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The turbine, is just about keeping on top of things. Although the d.c. rail has dropped a bit.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">On full TX load it's now down at 23.8 volts. On RX, squelched, it's sitting at 24.2 volts. This is of slight concern, but I'll keep an eye on it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I have noticed that as soon as the d.c. output from the controller reaches around 24.7 volts, the turbine kicks round out of the wind, and slows. This could well be to do with the electrical breaking circuit, causing the turbine blades to stall.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">There are a couple of preset potentiometers on the board, so it may be a simple adjustment, to increase this voltage.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I'll see if I can get a copy of the circuit diagram, from the suppliers. I think they owe me at least one ... !!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I understand that they are shipping me a new controller, but have not yet been advised that it has been shipped.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Where I had been re-installing the equipment, I had used some fairly long rf cables. Longer than necessary. This was to facilitate the use of power meters, for setting up levels. I have also replaced these with shorter one's, today, having re-checked the power settings.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Cheers & 73's</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121829054766226568.post-250068709007544072014-01-15T19:36:00.002+00:002014-01-15T19:36:18.800+00:00Turbine, Controller & Battery Voltage<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Just a quickie, to confirm that GB3JB, is now fully operational.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The re-wired (<i>by me</i>) controller appears to be working correctly, at this time, and the battery voltage has held steady, over the last 48 hours.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">However, I have been unable to assess the turbine "<i>breaking</i>" function, which cuts in when the turbine is producing too many volts, and exceeding the charging voltage of the batteries. There has not been enough wind / volts, yet.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Of course the battery voltage at this time is no where near high enough to invoke the facility.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The off-load voltage being 24.6 v; The on-load, RX squelched, voltage being 24.5 v; The on-load, system in repeating mode voltage being 24.3 v.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I will now not return to the site to carry out any further system checks, until Friday, unless of course something goes wrong.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I have been having discussion with the Turkish manufacturer of the system, and I am currently awaiting feedback regarding the life expectancy implications for the turbine, as a result of the system having been installed, with an incorrectly assembled controller / rectifier unit. This having placed the turbine winding's directly across the 24 volt battery supply - BIG sparks, loads of current flowing through the winding's.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">They have at this time offered to ship a replacement controller / rectifier unit.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I am pushing for the complete system to be replaced.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Cheers & 73's</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121829054766226568.post-53899929060920710322014-01-14T18:19:00.002+00:002014-01-14T18:19:26.269+00:00GB3JB BACK ON AIR<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The subject says it all.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I switched it back on at approx., 2:00 pm local time today, 14th January 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">It is also now running at it's full 14 dBw (<i>25 watts</i>) ERP. Be interesting to see how the batteries hold up.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">It would appear that the +/- 24 volt dc output wires from the PCB had been wired to two of the three ac input terminals, and the other two ac input wires had been connected to the +/- 24 volt dc output terminals !!!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Obviously NO inspection or testing done at that manufacturing plant !!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">No wonder I was getting a big spark, and a lot of current flowing, I was basically putting two of the three turbine winding's directly across a 24 volt 250 AH supply.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I have corrected the wiring, and installed the unit.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">However, having spoken to the Turkish manufacturers this morning, (<i>the German distributor having handed me directly on to them</i>), I am awaiting confirmation from them as to the implications for the reliability of the turbine as a result of the incorrectly wired controller, and a delivery confirmation with regard to a replacement controller.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I had previously advised the German distributor, that I expected both items to be replaced without charge.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">We'll see what happens ...</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">There is still a way to go, we only have the turbine available for charging at this time, although it is anticipated that the solar panels will be installed fairly shortly.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Not sure if the controller is actually working, as there was no wind on the site today ... Someone's LAW !!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I'm going back to the site tomorrow morning to check the batteries, and hopefully there will be some wind to get the turbine going, so that I can check out the re-wired regulator / controller.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, depending upon the battery state tomorrow morning, we'll know if it's been charging or not over night. Although, the Met Office web site indicates that after a quiet day and first part of the night, the winds will pick up again early tomorrow morning.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Cheers & 73's</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121829054766226568.post-3927574769925329452014-01-12T17:58:00.001+00:002014-01-12T18:02:37.186+00:00Test Activity & Antenna Install Videos'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Test Activity</u></b><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">A little bit late getting the system switched on. I was there, just gone 11:30, bit it took a while to get a few additional bit cabled into the system.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, it came on at approx., 12 noon, and was switched off again at approx., 3 pm.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Good contacts were being made, but there was something not right. Signals were going up and down like a Yo-Yo, with lots of crackling !!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">But no one was reporting any real changes in the TX signal, and there was no change in either the TX output power or the VSWR.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Eventually, I decided to work my way through the system, checking cables and connectors, just in case.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, I found the problem, after about an hour of flexing, twiddling, and poking at the cables, couplers, general interconnection wiring and plugs/sockets.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">An inline back-to-back male "N" type coupler, for joining two "N" type sockets together.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">It was part of the new assembly that I installed this morning, and was being used to join the output of the 2m/70cm duplexer to the input of the lightning arrestor, which then connected to the antenna feeder.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I replaced the coupler and all the problems went away. Somebodys' LAW !!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">So, to those of you who may well have tried to use GB3JB, before about 2:00 pm, my apologies, if it all seemed a bit inconsistent and broken up ... it was at times.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">However, the following contacts were made. The data relates to their signal strength into the repeater and their power.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">F/Q = Fully Quieting.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">R/N = Rough Noise, but still Q5.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">G6DZM - East Knighton - F/Q - 25 watts - S/N - 12 watts - R/N - 5 watts</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">G0IUE - Nr. Corsham - F/Q - 5 watts</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">M3OPW - Nr. Dorchester - F/Q - ?? watts</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">G1CLH/M - Old Sarham - S/N & Flutter - ?? watts</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">G6POW - Trowbridge - F/Q - 5 watts</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">G0AYD - Wylye - F/Q - 5 watts</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">M6CTP - Nr. Trowbridge - F/Q - 5 watts</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">G4VPJ - Verwood - F/Q - ?? watts</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">M6KTJ - Sturminster Newton - F/Q - 5 watts</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">M6ZDA - Poole - S/N - 5 watts</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">G7OPI - Lyneham - F/Q - ?? watts</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">G0VZY - Swanage - S/N - ?? watts</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">G3XUX - Nr. Fareham - S/N - ?? watts</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">G4DMC - Melksham - F/Q - 2.5 watts</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">FYI. The repeater was running with approx., 14 watts ERP. Unfortunately, the next power setting up, on the FT2600, produced about 35 watts ERP, so we stayed on the lower setting.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Before the system becomes fully operational, I'll get into the engineering menu and make adjustments, to enable the 25 watts ERP.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">In case you have NOT looked at the videos' yet, or if you tried and the link to Stuarts video was NOT working, I suggest that you take a look now.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The links are at the top of the "<a href="http://gb3jb.blogspot.co.uk/p/pics-vid.html" target="_blank"><b>Pics & Vids</b></a>" page.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121829054766226568.post-51101291304316116432014-01-11T19:26:00.000+00:002014-01-11T19:28:00.657+00:00Test Transmission and Rectifier Update.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought that it would be useful to let you know that I am planning to go up to the site tomorrow morning, Sunday 12th January.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />I will be on site from about 11:30 am, and will switch <span style="color: blue;"><b>GB3JB</b></span> on as soon as I get there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />So, if anyone wants to test the coverage, it will be available for a couple of hours, or so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Hopefully a few of you will be able to come up and put a signal through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />While I'm on site, I will be carrying out a few tests on the Turbines' Rectifier unit, prior to a scheduled telephone conversation with the German distributor, which is booked for Monday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />So it may be that the repeater will go off occasionally, but I will make an announcement prior to any short breaks in availability.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />I hope to be able to talk to a few of you tomorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Cheers & 73's<br />Dave, G3ZXX.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121829054766226568.post-34851276414204033882014-01-10T11:21:00.003+00:002014-01-10T11:23:36.445+00:00Antenna Install, Regulator & Pictures.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Hi All,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b><u>Antenna</u></b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;">Thanks to the sterling efforts of Stuart Witcombe, M6MFW and Chris Bull, both of Festival Site Services, the antenna got installed yesterday. Despite the wind gusting up to 28 mph at ground level.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;">My sincere thanks go to both these individuals.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;">I also wish them good luck, not that they will need it, as Stuart is taking his intermediate licence exam, and Chris is taking his foundation licence exam, in a few days time. I'm sure that they will both be successful.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span>Thanks also to David, G0AYD, who came along and provided assistance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span>The repeater was powered up for about 30 minutes, from approx., 3:20 pm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With good reports being received from Les G0FAJ, Lou G1ULZ, and Harold M6OPW.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;">Les being able to open the repeater running just 200 mW to a 7/8th wave in his loft - very noisy, but getting in.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: black;">Les and Lou, had a very comfortable QSO through the repeater, using just a couple of watts, from their respective stations, near Ferndown.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;">Chris, G6WHI, reported being just about able to hear GB3JB, but was unable to get into it from his QTH in Weymouth.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;">Colin, G4SXR, called in from Amesbury, not that far away, but he was fully quieting, running low power from his handy, with it's whip antenna, inside the house.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;">This all looks very promising, for the future.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b><u>Regulator</u></b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;">I am still awaiting a response from the German distributors, regarding the turbines 3 phase rectifier / controller, which a few of you have confirmed as being DEAD, if it is taking current from the battery.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;">Hopefully, they will get a move on and I will be able to report what is happening, very soon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;">GB3JB, will be back on as soon as this issue is resolved.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b><u>Pictures</u></b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">If you take alook at the Pics & Vids page you will be able to view a selection of the images taken during yesterdays antenna installation.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;">Cheers &73's</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Dave, G3ZXX.</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121829054766226568.post-25825407174927184632014-01-08T21:51:00.000+00:002014-01-08T21:51:08.799+00:00Turbine & Antenna Installation ...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's not quite "<b><i>bad news</i></b>" and "<b><i>bad news</i></b>", which is what I thought it would be earlier this afternoon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><span style="color: blue;">The Turbine</span></u></b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Simon M6CTP, and I, installed the turbine today. It was only supposed to take us a couple of hours.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Having arrived at 10 am, it was nearly 4 pm by the time we eventually left the site.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><b><u>The good news</u></b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />The repeater system fired up, without any problems. Hurrah !!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />We got the turbine installed. Hurrah !!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><b><u>The bad news</u></b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />The 3 phase rectifier / regulator, appears to be faulty. Boo !!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />At first we thought that we might have been supplied with a 12v turbine, (<i>hence the bad news, bad news</i>), when we were initially trying to check the system.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />However, some rather long winded investigations, which involved lower the turbine assembly and then putting it back up again, eventually revealed the following:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />When the output from the turbine is NOT connected to the input terminals of the 3 phase rectifier / regulator, it appears to spin up relatively freely and when at speed, it is possible to measure 24 to 25 volts ac, between any two of the three phases.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />When the output from the turbine IS connected to the input terminals of the 3 phase rectifier / regulator, it seem to struggle to spin up, even in a strong gusty wind.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />When the +/- 24 volt dc output terminals of the 3 phase rectifier / regulator are connected across the battery, there is a significant spark, and the voltage across the battery terminals starts to drop.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />I do not have the circuit for the 3 phase rectifier / regulator, but simple logic suggests that current should NOT be flowing back through the device !!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />I have e-mailed the supplier, and am awaiting their response.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />The plan at this time is still to install the antenna, tomorrow (Thursday 9th), as planned. With arrival on site at about 10'ish.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />However, the weather forecast has changed quite considerably over the last two days, and there is now concern regarding the stability / safety of the "Cherry Picker" in what are forecast winds of 17 mph, but gusting up to between 25 to 30 mph. I believe that the safety limit for the system is around 25 mph.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />If anyone is planning to come up to the site tomorrow, please check directly with me, before you leave.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Also. If there is <b><u>NO</u></b> posting on this web page, prior to 9:30 am tomorrow morning, then we will be proceeding to the site to install the antenna, subject to finding that the conditions are un-acceptable, when we get there.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Cheers & 73's<br />Dave, G3ZXX.</span><br />
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Hi All,</div>
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Yesterday (<i>Thursday</i>) actually gave me the few hours of dry WX I was hoping for.</div>
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David G0AYD, and myself managed to get the preparation work more or less completed, i.e. moving the turbine support mast to the other end of the barn, and getting the power feed to the batteries modified from the DC feed to the now required 3 phase. The output from the new turbine is 3 phase, instead of DC.</div>
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This move also meant that we have been able to reduce the cable length from the turbine, to the batteries etc., by about 75%.</div>
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Fortunately the 60A armored cable, had 4 cores, so no new cable was needed for the change from DC to a 3 Phase feed.</div>
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We also got the batteries and the 3 phase rectifier, installed into the battery cabinet.</div>
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We ran out of time and good weather, so the turbine itself did not get installed. Unfortunately, the turbine has to be the last bit of the system to be installed.</div>
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Anyway. More progress achieved.</div>
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If anyone is any good at controlling the weather, can you please ensure that on the 9th, we only have:</div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Keep your fingers crossed, for the 9th.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I just want to say a <span style="font-size: medium;">BIG</span> <span style="font-size: x-large;">THANK YOU</span> ...... t</span><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">o all those who have helped with GB3JB funding and specifically the Tower project, over the last 12 months or so.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">As always, your assistance and support is very much appreciated.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I hope that 2014 turns out to be a Happy, Healthy and Rewarding year for you all.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121829054766226568.post-8563879810953483822013-12-13T15:31:00.001+00:002013-12-13T15:50:48.297+00:00New Turbine ....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Good news, the new turbine system has arrived.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Not bad, 4 days from Germany, standard parcel delivery.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I've had a quick look, and all appears to be physically OK, despite some minor damage to the packing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">At the earliest opportunity, I will get the turbine installed at the site, along with the batteries and the repeater system, itself.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">This will enable the system to be checked out and well warmed up prior to going live. It's all been switched off, for quite a while. Irrespective of where the kit has been stored, some re-alignment of cavities may well be required.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Obviously, until the antenna is installed, hopefully on the 9th January (<i>subject to weather conditions</i>), you will NOT be able to use the repeater.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121829054766226568.post-39237328715904445552013-12-08T13:30:00.000+00:002013-12-08T13:30:10.108+00:00New Turbine Ordered.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">A replacement wind turbine has been ordered.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">It's a 500 watt 24 volt unit. The previous, was a 1 kW 24 volt unit.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Yes it's electrically smaller, but it's is hoped that although we will still have a 1 kW capability, with the Solar, that we will not overcharge the batteries since both systems are unlikely to be producing maximum output at the same time, and consequently neither will we be likely to burn out the dump load, which is rated at 1 KW.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">It is also perceived that with an even split between the Wind and Solar, when there is little wind available, the additional solar capability will stand a better chance of keeping the batteries topped up.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Not too sure on delivery time, but it should not be too long - I hope ...... It's only coming from Germany.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">"<i><b>Best laid plans of mice and men</b></i>" .... and all that.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Sorry, but GB3JB will not be back on air, by the end of the month (<i>November</i>), as I had planned. This is very much to my own personal frustration and disappointment.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Despite the turbine having had new bearings and new rectifiers fitted, it would appear that the winding had also burnt out.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">This was only found when I and my son Paul went up to the site to install the turbine, last week.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">My plan was to get the antenna and turbine installed, and away we go - JB back on by the end of November, as planned. The now permanently dead turbine has scuppered that plan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">My need to get things sorted by the end of this month, was also being driven by the fact that the water company will be cordoning off the site, as of the 2nd December.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">This is so that they can start work on digging some very large trenches, right across the site, in relation to a new water main being laid, which is part of the new system to pipe water around the country.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, I have the two Solar panels, but in this respect, I have not yet completed the manufacture of a suitably strong mounting bracket arrangement, to hold them in place, up on the top half of the tower, some 9m AGL, just below the antenna.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The decision to put them on the tower, is an attempt to make them less accessible and therefore, less likely to be stolen, as was the outcome with the previous wall mounted installation. They will be mounted above the towers anti-climbing measures.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The <i>'Cherry Picker' </i>which is to be used to install them, is not available until early January. However a provisional date has been set, this being the 7th January, subject to wind and weather conditions.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">As will be appreciated, with two panels, each measuring 1.6m x 1m and with a combined weight of 35 kgs + a further 20 kgs or so of mounting frame etc., this is not an assembly that I would even consider installing without the '<i>Cherry Picker</i>', and then only on a calm day.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Discussions and research are currently taking place, with a view to possibly funding and sourcing of a replacement turbine. Several potential units are currently being investigated.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">If I manage to source and fund a suitable turbine, between now and 7th January, then I will get JB back on air, at that time, assuming I can gain access to the site.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">If I'm not able to source and fund a suitable turbine, then I afraid GB3JB will remain quiet until we can hopefully gain access to the site, and install the Solar panels, on the 7th. Wind and weather permitting.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Sorry, folks. Not good news, but I'm afraid I cannot work miracles. Well not this time of the year, when it's cold, wet and windy ... anyway !</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I will keep you up to date, as best I can.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Please be assured that I will get GB3JB back on air as soon as I possibly can.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OK, so the next move is to wait .... a month or so to ensure that the 3.5 cubic meters of re-enforced concrete cures properly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">About 7.5 metric tones, and just short of £400.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We need a drop of rain each day, otherwise I'll be having to go up each day to water ... Just a shower, first thing in the morning would be nice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once it's cured, then we can install the tower.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next requirement is to engineer some means of attaching the two 1m x 1.6m solar panels to the upper section of the tower.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is also a requirement to straighten several bent/distorted cross braces in the tower sections.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In addition, we will need to obtain some means of preventing Mr. Idiot, from attempting to climb the tower or even attempting to unbolt it from it's base.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So with a bit of luck, if everything comes together, somewhere around about the middle of October, GB3JB, should be just about ready to put back on air.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My sincere thanks to David, Carl, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, Frank, Mike and Stuart, whose help with sorting the hole and base, etc., was invaluable. If I have forgotten any one, my apologies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I cannot thank all you guys enough, and just hope that all the users of JB will appreciate all the time and effort, you have put in, and will undoubtedly continue to provide to make sure the project reaches a successful conclusion. I could not do it without your help.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cheers & 73's</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dave, G3ZXX.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121829054766226568.post-4148240951589606112013-04-29T23:40:00.000+01:002013-04-29T23:40:19.538+01:00GB3JB Up-date 29th April 2013<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Hi All,</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to the Andover Club for allowing me to set up a pitch, free of charge. Very much appreciated.</span><div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks also to Dave, G0AYD, for his very kind donation of items, that were sold at Boot Sale. His bits, along with a couple of bits and pieces of mine, enabled me to generate £23.40p for GB3JB funds.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks also to Colin G4SXR and Daphne 2E1CMZ, for their donation of £5 for GB3JB funds.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to Jon G0IUE, for donating a coax lead, for sale. However, since this was constructed of RG-214 double screened coax and with good quality "N" connectors, with Jons' approval, it has be put into the GB3JB spares box.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I was hoping that perhaps more individuals would have supported JB, by donating items, or allowing us to sell items on their behalf, for a small commission, but alas, no. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">As many of you will be aware, I am currently selling-off Clem G3UGRs' kit. Mostly via eBay, but I was also able to sell a few items at Andover, raising over £35 for the charities.</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Regarding the Tower.</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to Chris, G6WHI, we will hopefully see the construction of the base for the tower being started, this week.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Between Chris and myself, we have provided Radio Structures with all the information they require to build the base. This is costing around £300, delivered.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">However, our hole, now needs to be cleared of the slippage which has reduced it in size somewhat, over the intervening months since the tower was obtained and the hole dug, and it now also needs to be increased in size from it's current 1m cube, to a 1.5m x 1.5m x 1.5m cube, i.e. 3.375 cubic metres.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I am hoping that we will see the base being delivered to the site within the next couple of weeks. So, if anyone is feeling suitable energetic, your services would be much appreciated in sorting the hole.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I would like to think that we can have the base installed / concreted in, by the bank holiday at the end of May. If this can be achieved, then with allowing the concrete the nominal 28 days to set properly, we could have GB3JB back on at the end of June.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">When it comes to the actual installation of the tower. Thanks to Stuart M6MFW, we have secured the services of a 15m "<i>cherry picker</i>" and a 15m self-erecting "<i>PA tower</i>", a "<i>3PH 16A generator</i>", and a "<i>7.5 ton truck</i>", to enable the the tower to be erected and installed on it's base and the antenna system, etc., to be installed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I really do hope that the users of GB3JB, appreciate all the efforts and commitment that others are making to enable the repeater to be put back on air, and I also hope that they will show their appreciation by not just using it, when it's back on, but also by financially supporting it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">With this latter point in mind. I've been having a brief look around on the web, and 3.375 cubic meters of concrete, suitable for a tower base, seems to come out at around £430.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Also, as previously, advised, we have a single Solar Panel. The replacement for the stolen unit. However, to successfully enable the system to keep running, from just Solar power, we need another panel. The cost of a second panel, of the same type as the existing panel, is around £230.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">So if any of you feel so inclined, any donations would be VERY much appreciated.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The cost of the new base and associated installation expenses, will leave the kitty, <u style="font-weight: bold;">EMPTY, to say the least</u> ..........., as the finances currently stand.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">It should also be considered that in addition to the above expenditure, there will be a need to install anti-climbing devices on the tower, to deter any idiots, either sober or otherwise, from attempting to climb up it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Huw M0WDX, has basically offered to take a look at the beast, and to fit an up rated bearing, if that is at all possible and if it is not damaged in any other respects and subject to the up rated bearing fitting within the physical constraints of the enclosure.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Although the new tower base is being constructed with the possibility of the Turbine being re-installed, and therefore the additional wind loading this will add, it is by no means certain that the turbine can be salvaged at this time. It all depends on what Huw finds when he fully strips it down.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Hence the need for the 2nd Solar panel.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The RSGB public liability insurance is now due for renewal, and this will be dealt with in the next couple of days.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Good job we made some money at the Boot Sale.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Cheers & 73's</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>To those who I have previously provided with my HOME telephone number, please note:</i></b></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121829054766226568.post-6663251477702135482013-04-02T21:15:00.000+01:002013-04-02T21:15:01.157+01:00Light At The End Of The Tunnel ... Possibly .....<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hi All,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As far as the group and I personally, are concerned, I guess you could say that we have been going through quite a DARK patch, what with all the problems at the site, and the recent loss of two of GB3JB's biggest supporters, Peter G3BPM, and Clem G3UGR.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To be perfectly honest I found the loss of these two wonderful characters, to be devastating.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, things move on and you will be aware that I have, with the blessing of his Sister, been selling off Clems' kit.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is now being done via <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_ipg=25&_from=&_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ssn=cabged2010&_sac=1#seeAllAnchorLink" target="_blank"><b>eBay</b></a>. The link will take you directly to my eBay selling list. Apart from all the Brownie / Guiding stuff, you will find Clems' bits.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I suggest that you check the listings in the Mobile Phones & Communication, Computers/Tablets & Networking<span style="line-height: 13.524306297302246px;">, and </span>Business, Office & Industrial categories, which you will find in the menu to the left of the actual listings.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You will note that, in all cases, all the money raised from the sale of the item, after the deduction of Ebay & PayPal fees, is going to charity.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The money raised will be divided equally between: Cancer Research UK, Cats Protection and Royal National Lifeboat Institute.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So far this has raised <b>almost £500</b> for each of the charities, with plenty more kit to go.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am gradually pulling things together regarding GB3JB, as well.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With the assistance of Chris, G6WHI, we have arranged the construction of a NEW base for the tower.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This will be made for us, by <a href="http://www.radiostructures.com/index.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Radio Structures</b></span></a>, and will be compliant with the requirements for our Rasmusen Tower. They will also be providing the specifications for the hole and concrete.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope to be able to report that the construction will soon be underway.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll then be looking for volunteers, to assist with the enlargement of the existing 1m x 1m x 1m hole. To take the new base.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would like to think that we could be installing the tower, by the early bank holiday in May. So keep your diaries free, for around that time.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With regard to power on the site.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The turbine is effectively dead ! I have no intention of paying to have the bearing replaced, yet again.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So what funds are left after the installation of the Tower, and a set-aside for this coming years, <u>increased</u> site rent, will be put towards, a second solar panel, to support the replacement that was obtained, after the first one was stolen.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, if there is some kind individual out there, who has the time and effort available, and would like to strip the turbine down and repair it, for us. I would not decline their kind and generous offer.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You will note that I have added a new page to the website - <b>ANDOVER BOOT SALE</b>.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is taking place on the 28th April 2013. Take a look at the page for all the relevant information.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GB3JB, will be having a pitch / stand at the event, so why not come along, support the Andover Club, and of course GB3JB.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would be very interested to hear from anyone who can help me with running the GB3JB, pitch / stand.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As well as anyone who has surplus kit (<i><b>NOT JUNK</b></i>), that they would like to offer for sale, via our pitch / stand. Repeater funds taking a small fee. Details available on request.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OK, that's it for now.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you all had a nice Easter.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cheers & 73's</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dave, G3ZXX.</span><br />
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