So I got part of the A8 assembled last night but ran into some issues with the linear bearings on the Y axis. They are pre-tapped M8 holes… Well they are supposed to be pre-tapped. When looking closely there is one of the 5 supplied bearings that have no threads at all. I contacted the […]
ANet A8 Unboxed
Here are some pictures of the parts after being unboxed.
3D Printer
Hello… Is this thing on. Anyone out there. Ok so it’s been years since I posted on this page so I’m going to try and make an effort to add more content. I have recently received a beautiful ANet A8 3D Printer from Gearbest.com My task over the next few days will be to assemble […]
Playing with the DV4Mini
Here’s a quick video clip of the DV4Mini interface on Windows
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New ADS-B receiver on the air… or at least listening
So I finally got around to installing my ADS-B receiver outside. For the longest time it was sitting in my office. And for an inside antenna no longer than 5″ it was picking up stuff about 30km away. After moving it outside to it’s new house (in the new enclosures I installed, pics to […]
Back on the air
Finally got the website back. As they say… Cobbler has the worst shoes… Well it’s true I migrated to a new server and with that all the other websites that I host took priority. So far everything is going smoothly. I’ll be posting some new content on what I’ve been up to in the next […]
Tower Update Part 5
So the snow is melted and another winter has gone by. I’ve finally gotten the chance to dig the trench for my conduit. I’m using 4″ IPex PVC conduit used in standard electrical work, I used nice long sweeping elbows to minimize the frustration of pulling coax around a bend. In the future there will […]
Coax Calculation
Well now that the snow has melted and the ground is defrosting a few inches every day it’s time to get into the full swing of my tower project. My next step is to get my conduit installed and running my coaxes. I have a good source to get the coax from so the sky […]
CQWW SSB
Here we are again and another CQWW contest. This is probably my favorite contest of the year by far!. I’m operating at the station of VE3RM and so far it’s been great. 15M is open so far and we’re making some good headway. If your on the air we’re on 28.510. Stop in and say […]
Tower Building Part 4
So I finally got around to building my own Jin-Pole. ( I’ve seen it spelt about 100 different ways. This is how I spell it ) Used two 8′ lengths of Schedule 80 2″OD pipe connected with a 2′ Schedule 40 1 1/2″ pipe to join them. So far this is extremely solid and works […]
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