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General discussion forum / Re: Heartbeat

« on: 2015-01-11, 09:28:20 »

This lot of cattle are younger ones I am told. Usually we leave the fence wire down across the driveway to the shed and hangar the cattle will actually stop and won't cross it even though it is sitting on the ground. Once they have had a couple of zaps thy know what that red and white twisted wire does. The more  I use it now then more I am convinced the switched powering the CAI networks board is the source of the "noise" I am getting there other than the fence of course. The fence isn't shorting anywhere that I know of as we keep the grass under the wire always cut so it doesn't touch. I will be back up there at the end of this month so I will attend to looking if the insulators are breaking down at all and fix that switchmode.
I have to say I am so impressed how well the Remoterig works with the 7100 and the AH4 tuner it is just so easy especially since my 3G connection can get pretty slow at times up there. There are so many people in the bush around the mountain the cell site is on using mobile broadband it isn't funny. I use a VPN to log in now to the CAI unit and the RRC. It just all works so well I certainly would recommend the remoterig system to anyone.

Mark

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General discussion forum / Re: Heartbeat

« on: 2015-01-07, 12:59:08 »

Ok the issue is now known. I have cattle agisted on my farm but due to the drought they had been taken off to a state forest lease that still had some grass. Since it has rained over the last 5 weeks the farm has come alive again the grass you can almost see it growing and is over 500mm high. The people rang me last week about putting the cattle back onto the farm. I thought they said it would be this friday coming as I set the remoterig up last friday night here. They rang today to let me know they have got cattle back on there  which they did last saturday so that explains why on friday night when I got it working it was great but the next day I was getting this heartbeat....because they turned my elec fence on...So now the next job is to get my home automation system I have up there which I can control the power to the 7100 and also the RRC radio end also some other gear I will make a unit that when I want to play HF from here at home I can turn the elec fence off then turn it back on when I am finished

Mark
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General discussion forum / Re: Heartbeat

« on: 2015-01-06, 05:24:38 »

This is weird

On FM I see the S meter bounce but it doesn't open the mute and when someone is talking on FM there is no hint of disturbed audio. On HF the heart beat seems to come and go sometimes its there other times not but when it is there then it does hit the received audio but on FM you see that S meter bouncing up to 10 over 9 every 1 to 2 seconds

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General discussion forum / Re: Heartbeat

« on: 2015-01-04, 00:17:17 »

I don't have my elec fence turned on at all...its funny this morning the heartbeat isn't there....maybe a neighbour has a fence. I will have to find out if that is the issue. My elec fence doesn't cause any issue

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General discussion forum / Heartbeat

« on: 2015-01-03, 12:45:14 »

I have just setup my remoter on a 7100 some 300km away from my home site. At the remote site I had both units working fine. I have bought the control and head back with me to the home site and have got it working all ok except for this issue. My remote site is on a 3G connection and works surprisingly well on audio both ways. The issue is I seem to be getting a heartbeat about once every 2 seconds or so, On FM it does not break the mute but I see the S meter bounce up but can not detect any noise or sound on incoming audio or my tx audio. On HF though this heartbeat gives a S9 hit on HF and it obviously effects the receive signal. Has anyone else found this. It worked when both units were at the same site perfectly and no heartbeat but now when live via the internet and 3G I have this heartbeat issue. Any advice would be appreciated

Mark

VK4OI

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Configuration of Routers, Firewalls, etc / Remote DYNdns router

« on: 2014-11-23, 09:36:58 »

I have just got my 7100 working here at home but will be putting the radio end up at my farm some 300 km away. This connection is on 3G. The 3G is connected to a Draytec Vigor 2820 router and that router is configured with a dyndns so I can log in and look at a couple of cameras and a weather station. I have all this sorted with a port number as most of the devices are easy to setup for it. But this remoterig may be a bit curly. I am looking for advice on how to do it.

Do I just give it a fixed IP off my router up at the farm and then somehow direct the control end here to the dyndns but what about how to config the port. I can log into my router from home at anytime

Mark

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Hardware, Cabling, Installations / Re: 1258MK!!s and new IC-7100

« on: 2014-11-20, 15:06:59 »

I have a late serial number so the 7100 I have is a new modified by Icom version

And I have the latest 1258MK2S

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Hardware, Cabling, Installations / Re: 1258MK!!s and new IC-7100

« on: 2014-11-20, 12:29:28 »

Do you have a circuit for the comparator..I have some here in sm. that may do the job anyway

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Hardware, Cabling, Installations / Re: 1258MK!!s and new IC-7100

« on: 2014-11-20, 12:27:54 »

SMD is not a problem for me Just really need to know the RdsOn resistance so I can get the appropriate get but if it isn't that critical then I suppose any transistor and low rdson get will do?

But I also take it to mean that I DO need to have the mod board fitted to the latest version Remoter and my new version 7100

Mark

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Hardware, Cabling, Installations / 1258MK!!s and new IC-7100

« on: 2014-11-20, 04:36:17 »

I have just taken delivery of the 1258MK!!s and I have a late version the "modified" one by Icom of the 7100. I have read the info page about the mods board but am I correct that you can use the new version 7100 with the MK!!s WITHOUT the need for the 1258M pcbs that is required in the control end?. I read it that you need the small pcbs if you have a older 7100 and the new MK!!s.  Can someone tell me if I need this board as the local supplier here in Australia does not have any in stock but I can make the necessary board easily but I do need to know what the FET device number is and also the transistor they are using

Mark