[AFMUG] Site Monitor Solar Monitor

2021-09-29 Thread Jason Wilson
I am wanting to monitor our solar controllers. I was cheap and did not buy morningstar. Chinese knockoff with a 6 wire rs232. Would I need to modbus or the serial interface? I know I should have bout morningstar but it happens. Jason -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Inside an old AM station

2021-09-29 Thread Jaime Solorza
The guy who opened up station room was old as dirt...i think he was dead but no one has told him sosmart RF guy...he gave keys to new guy and said Adios! On Wed, Sep 29, 2021, 10:49 AM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > Love that spark gap. Nice when the frequencies are low enough you can > just

Re: [AFMUG] Supply Chain Issues

2021-09-29 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
My worst supply chain problem was 30 years ago. I use a chip that was a DTMF decoder, generator and something else. Maybe it had a dial tone detector in it. The fab broke the mask when moving some equipment. Nobody told the supply chain until they were totally out of parts and lead time

Re: [AFMUG] Inside an old AM station

2021-09-29 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Love that spark gap. Nice when the frequencies are low enough you can just wire up stuff without much regard to impedance. Just wire it like AC house wire. When I first started playing with HF radio, all my previous experience was with VHF and UHF and microwave. I saw a guy that switched

Re: [AFMUG] Good system for remote access to tower site when no Internet

2021-09-29 Thread Brian Webster
Them implement a free program like Zello which is basically a push to talk system over whatever data network you connect to. You can put a free app on the phone or go so far as to buy dedicated radios. Thank you, Brian Webster www.wirelessmapping.com From: AF

Re: [AFMUG] Supply Chain Issues

2021-09-29 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Yeah, if it was JUST that one, then I wouldn't be whining. The part which set me off is a "ACS711ELCTR12AB-T" Here's a snip from the most recent email from Digi-key: [image: image.png] Note that the "original delivery date" is NOT the original delivery date as expected initially. Both of