Tuesday 18 December 2018

Frozen

The antenna is completely frozen at the moment and return loss on the H Array is Close to 4 so not possible to work at this time.
Did work some last weekend and Adelio IZ2DJP who has a single yagi and 200W was -21 dB and good own echoes.
Plan to be on this weekend if the snow and frost melts as the open wire feed is completely covered with snow at some places.
















Managed to program the OE5JFL controller too and it seems like the serial port on the computer was not working properly as it worked when using an USB to serial adapter.
Will continue later this week with the encoders and buttons so I can make the necessary changes of time and location.
I have the H bridges for controlling of both axis with PWM which will be a nice feature as the azimut axis sometimes moves too fast and a ramped start and stop would be really good.

















Will take some time off work and relax after a very busy time at work where we have moved the whole office and all labs to a new location and someone thought it was a good idea to make me responsible for the whole thing. Puhhh.
Will do some carpentry work at the workshop in the barn and hopefully start the renovation of a rear axle to the summer car as it has a slightly bad bearing.

2 comments:

  1. Good Morning 33deg forecast for Us today ......... :)

    Apologies

    Good Luck with all the Projects

    73
    John
    ZS6JON

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  2. Tnx John.
    It has melted some but we will have a white Christmas here this year.
    Have a nice Christmas and a happy new year you and your family.

    // Sverker

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