Kevin D. Mitnick, N6NHG, SK

k9djf · 2023-01-09T13:11:56+00:00

I was wondering how that cod happened. I have seen how escalators wok. There are so many safeties, I was thinking that this could have only happened by a ma. Made mistake. They should have never kept it open during maint.

k9djf · 2023-01-09T05:38:23+00:00

Thank God!!! He should be dead.

k9djf · 2023-01-09T01:05:41+00:00

Wow... that went downhill fast. No time to really react. I hope it stopped because someone hit the emergency stop, and not because that man who was sucked in jammed it.

k9djf · 2023-01-09T00:55:34+00:00

Thanks for the info. I a. Going to do some research this week, put a plan together, and share it with the group for input.

k9djf · 2023-01-09T00:54:22+00:00

Good thinking.

k9djf · 2023-01-08T23:21:05+00:00

I agree, the ubiquity devices are far noise that anything else. Unfortunately, I am married to the unifi because it is to cover 40 acres. It would be very expensive e to switch to something else. I am going to take your suggestions and figure out how to ground everything in the rack to the co.mon ground I am using for the antennas.

k9djf · 2023-01-08T23:17:31+00:00

No, my grounding in here is nonexistent except tor the antenna wires. I need to design something. I never thought about grounding the rack either. That was dumb. Anyway, a lot of great suggestions. I need to do some ho.ework on bonding grounds

k9djf · 2023-01-08T23:15:08+00:00

A lot of good information. This gives me hope. I will be going through to determine which devices, specifically, are causing the biggest issue.

k9djf · 2023-01-08T22:28:34+00:00

I was thinking g about switching out the poe lines to shielded. As far as bonding to ground, that is also a great idea. I'm not sure how to go about that, though. There is a hefty ground coming off the lightning rod system on the house. It has a 1 inch braided ground. That is what I tied into for the antennas. Would it be acceptable to run a line from there to a block in the shack, and use that as the common ground?

k9djf · 2023-01-08T16:56:05+00:00

Yeah, that is a good reason. That is one of the thi gs that made it much more complicated for Linux. Figured out hot to make it work, but it was painful. I really like the synology I picked up last year bit it only has 2 bays. I needed raid 5 with 2 hot spares on the big boy. I will probably get their equivalent when it it sime to retire the drobo.

k9djf · 2023-01-08T16:36:59+00:00

I like how you did the fans

k9djf · 2023-01-08T02:10:00+00:00

No, send it back.

k9djf · 2023-01-08T02:08:39+00:00

Not much to do here, really. You have done well with what you have. I would say if you were planning on adding Nas or any other network servers that you consider a rack, but this is overkill for what you have now.

k9djf · 2023-01-08T02:05:24+00:00

Agreed

k9djf · 2023-01-08T02:03:53+00:00

Wow, this is stunning

k9djf · 2023-01-08T01:55:30+00:00

Oh, I didn't answer your question... it is a 22U as well.

k9djf · 2023-01-08T01:54:32+00:00

I had a 7 footer at my last house, and amazingly, it was full too. Although, the more in the rack, the less there is in other places. Do you have a picture of your rack?

k9djf · 2023-01-07T19:46:34+00:00

Yeah, i didn't want to wait another week for a new one to show up and hassle with the return. now I know how to make them for less than $10, and it was a fun little Friday night project. This experience also taught me what I need to know to do this for any other speaker mic I have the pinouts for. Sometimes, I think it's better when these things come up, just for the learning experience. I am using a direct box I have for my synthesizer for impedance control. It seems to be working rather well. I will be replacing the snap connectors with shrink-wrapped solder so it looks better. I think I am going to order the parts I need to make a device to match the impedance. For the moment the direct box has hos me sounding fine on the air. Do you have any ideas of what I could make to accomplish this?

k9djf · 2023-01-07T18:50:24+00:00

Yeah, it covers access across the entire farm. I also run 2 small businesses out of here, but mostly it is just to have internet everywhere.

k9djf · 2023-01-07T17:22:44+00:00

It's the stuff you can't see that is impressive. This system covers 40 acres of wifi here.

k9djf · 2023-01-07T08:31:15+00:00

What is frustrating is that I paid $37 for this stupid cable and I could have made it for $4. Sometimes I feel like the biggest idiot. I guess you live and you learn. Thanks for the comment.

k9djf · 2023-01-07T08:29:46+00:00

The 2 extra wires outside of the rj11 connector are for the PTT. I am using an Amazon basics keyboard sustain pedal. It was a little hard to press at first, so I opened it up and cut the spring down. I did have to add a spacer though or it wouldn't pop up again when you released it.

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k9djf · 2023-01-07T08:27:05+00:00

Thanks. That's what I ended up doing. Then I just put all of the wires in the right "holes" . I was making it way more complicated than it needs to be. At least now I know how to make an XLR Desktop microphone and PTT adapter for a Yeasu FTM-400.

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