Jonny 290 posted:

filters get switched in and out, it's not an uncommon thing. my ic-746 does the same thing on the transition from 3699 to 3700 khz

cursedshitbox posted:

Original ni-cad capacity was 500mAh, new capacity is 8400mAh. It's wired in series as a 3S configuration running 9-12 volts. The radio uses 1350mAh in UHF mode to transmit, 150mAh to receive. In a perfect situation it'll net a little over six hours transmit time and 56 hours receive time.

longview posted:

There's a good chance the radio was sold as a CB radio then IMO.

If the importer/dealer installed the crystals for CB and tuned it they would also have adjusted the power etc. compared to a hypothetical commercial use case that might want something else.

From what I know back when CB was used a lot in Norway the authorities would mainly just check that radios only transmitted on the allocated channels and that the output power was within spec.

Motronic posted:

Looks like a pretty standard speakermic connector.

Motronic posted:

What?

Crankit posted:

If you're having ethernet crap up your 10Mhz and harmonics, try a wifi dongle?

Partycat posted:

Are you getting enough RF in to disrupt it ?

Shield your equipment ?

That RF is in everything else if you’re blowing Ethernet link as well.

Motronic posted:

I just looked that up as I was completely unaware of them, and even after reading several manufacturer's sites touting how much better they are than twinax DACs I still can't figure out a use case for them that isn't better served with multimode SFP+es an a multimode jumper.

(the only real reason to use twinax DACs is cost - and the cost of optics + cable doesn't seem much different than an active optical cable. With the optics+cable solution you have easier cable runs, the ability to use "parts you should already be stocking as spares" and choose your cable length from your box of "other parts you should be stocking as spares")

Pham Nuwen posted:

sounds like fiber is exactly the network technology for you then!!!

edit: oops i stepped on it again

Motronic posted:

Okay...maybe we're missing each other here.

1.) a twinax dac will not solve your problem and
2.) two SFPs and a piece of multimode costs the same or less than this things you found. Because that's what it is, just with the fiber permanently connected.

The rest of the content was commentary on how, as someone who does datacenter buildouts for a living, I don't understand the application/advantage for those things.

Sniep posted:

i can't tell the difference between it any any other ham s/w UI/UX

it's all poo poo

you just learn where the brain genious put the buttons that do the things and dwi, as far as i am concerned

longview posted:

Update: the $10 gigabit media converters work great with $1 4G FibreChannel SFP modules, making this by far the cheapest way to get fiber ethernet somewhere.
The electronics are cheap enough that the cost of multimode vs. single mode fiber cables is significant.

longview posted:

SFP Fiber media Converter to RJ45 Gigabit Media Converter SFP 10/100/1000M
Same one that I bought except this one has a case around it (which adds around $1 per unit).
I'd throw the power supply they include in trash as usual, I've got mine powered via USB right now.

I used DS-SFP-FC4G-SW SFP modules that were used for 4 Gbit/s FibreChannel storage arrays, but SFPs are simple enough that they'll mostly Just Work even if they're not explicitly sold for something.
The exception is name-brand network gear, which will check the internal EEPROM to make sure the module says it's made by the right brand and possibly also the right model (it's an I2C EEPROM, so reprogramming it to say whatever you want is usually simple). In this case these things don't care what you plug in, so almost anything rated for 1Gbit/s or higher will work.

LOT OF 10 Cisco DS-SFP-FC4G-SW
Here's a chinese seller that has a 10-pack for $7 with free shipping.

Once you've got that you need a multi mode lc-lc duplex cable. I've got these right now:
3 meters LC-LC Multimode Fiber Optic Cable Duplex 10 Gigabit

I've also ordered: 10M OM3 Laser LC-LC 10 Gb Duplex 50/125 for longer stretches.

If you want to chain multiple cables together there are special adapters:
LC-LC /PC Multimode Simplex Coupler

With multimode, cleaning is less critical than single mode and for short runs like I'm assuming you're after it's probably fine to not have special cleaning tools. The old-school trick to cleaning is to dab the tip of the fiber against the sticky side of normal office tape, and it's fairly effective (just never re-use the same spot).

If you want to do 50m+ runs I'd suggest that getting single mode SFPs off AliExpress is better, the cost per meter of multimode is significantly higher in bulk but the SFPs are much more expensive ($10+ per unit is typical).
The SFPs I linked report their max link length as 150 meters, but for ethernet and modern multimode fiber that number will probably be higher in practice.

longview posted:

Glad to help, to be sure, you did buy two media converters right?

Also under the sofa is not the right place for a router or anything powered - if anything catches fire under there it will go from minor to house-destroying in no time - please move your router

MullardEL34 posted:

Welp, the recent snows caused a huge tree limb to fall and take out my 150ft End-Fed Half Wave dipole. It happened once last year but I was able to fix it with a Lineman's splice soldered with a cigar torch and heatshrinked. Of course, the splice held up fine. I'd fix it now but it's about 8 degrees F outside and most of it is lost under two feet of snow. I really should have went for the heavier gauge radiator, or ran the antenna out of the drop zone of my lovely Tulip Poplar that loses limbs like an untreated leper every time the wind blows. Doing so wasn't really practical because the tree is like 130ft tall and towers over my entire yard. Oh well.

MullardEL34 posted:

Jonny 290 posted:

holy poo poo there are so many hams on my TL talking about completing contacts, including digital tv, with super modest setups. i've got hemisphere jealousy

longview posted:

Looks a little bit like STANAG 4197, but could be anything with digital coding + fading too.

Those signals are pretty strong in parts of Norway since the military seems to operate a HF network at several sites with very powerful transmitters that could cause intermod.

But if it's intermod they should move around based on the SDR tuning so that's pretty easy to test for (unless the receiver is single band only).

mycomancy posted:

What band and where are you to be getting all those hamwaves coming at ya?

manero posted:

Nice radio, Jonny! I'm running a TS-590S, and I get jealous of everybody with band scopes or IQ outputs on their radios. I'm tempted to sell it and put the money towards an amp for my KX3.

The 9700 looks awesome as hell, I don't do nearly enough VHF/UHF SSB or satellites to justify it.

mycomancy posted:

You're not. Go on...

Partycat posted:

If they are running a TNC can you talk to it ? Is it in a network maybe you can get near it and grab MHEARD or something ?

Partycat posted:

Oh you’re running it . I have no idea how software TNC emulation works to be honest .

Kantronics KPC3s should be cheap as dirt since no one cares about packet BBS any more - we use those for winlink email and whatever other packet here

Partycat posted:

Well, I’m not super familiar with Winlink but I can ask my winlink guy anything. Normally the issue is that the TNC is hosed up or someone touched the link radio so it is doing tone decode or is on a split program or something.