Author: John
Those adverts are intense!
I’ve disabled Google adverts on my website as they are just way too intrusive. Most of my readers use an ad blocker, but for those that don’t, it’s just way too much! I’ll try and find a happy…
Read More »Solar heated Spa Pool (hot tub)
I’ve managed to enjoy reasonably priced electricity at my home over the last few years but prices are now going UP, UP, UP!
Read More »Beer Fridge Repairs
It took almost a week, but the parts arrived from DigiKey Because I was using an exact replacement, it was an easy job to solder in the new part. I added extra solder to the PCB traces. The…
Read More »Broken Beer Fridge!
My beer fridge that chills three kegs of beer broke overnight! An urgent fix is on the cards!
Read More »Laird RG191 gateway on TTNv3 (AU915)
Before the advent of cheap(ish) LoRaWAN gateways, the most cost effective option for me was to put a Laird RG191 in a waterproof enclosure, add PoE input and an external antenna connector. These gateways worked fine on The…
Read More »RFE TPA-PAF Slant 45 Mod
Here’s how to modify an RF Elements Twist Port Adapter from H+V to Slant 45. Note that this change DOES NOT change an attached antenna from H+V to Slant 45, it just corrects the orientation of the Twist…
Read More »RFE Ultrahorn Slant 45 Mod
RF Elements make an excellent lineup of horn antennas with a twistport waveguide antenna. Unfortunately they come out of the box in a H+V (Horizontal + Vertical) configuration. Slant 45, or X polarity simply means that the H+V…
Read More »Giant Kiwi from a drone
We recently bought a drone for our business so I took advantage of a “training” session to get some photos of the kiwi. I’ll mow it again soon and get some better phtos, but here’s the first photo…
Read More »Giant Kiwi on Google Earth
Google has finally updated their satellite imagery. It shows the kiwi (and my TARDIS). I need to work on the contrast as its not super visible.
Read More »TARDIS build – Window boxes
Each window of my TARDIS has a 100mm deep light box behind it. The plan is to use frosted perspex for the window and then use white LED strip lighting to make the windows light up. I didn’t…
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