Back home from Fiji

....and my photos even have a tenouous motorcycling link, to ensure that
I'm on-topic:

http://one.fsphost.com/smallsolar/success/mar2006/index.htm


BTH

 

Why would you bother no one else seems to give a shite .

 

Yeah! Someone's gotta find what's causing that and stop it!
He'll make the rest of us look bad!

What he said!


GB

 

shit BT...
you do more work on your holidays than I do at work!!

well done

Marty

 

I had a good long rest when I got back to Suva. ;-)


BTH

 

Great Photos BT!

And good job with the mast... reminds me of putting up radio masts from
local bits and pieces in remote areas

Looks like a fun (if busy) trip.


G-S

 

Cheer up Atec! Remember:

Some things in life are bad
they can really make you mad
other things just make you swear and curse.

When you're chewing on life's gristle,
don't grumble, give a whistle!
And this'll help things turn out for the best.
And...

(All together now!)



BTH

 

Spose you wanna "hang about " as well ?
Incidentally where did you get the Genny from ?
might just be a solution for a problem our wireless club has .

 

Oatley Electronics stock them: http://www.oatleyelectronics.com

Also Jaycar: http://www.jaycar.com.au

And there are a few sellers of the same unit on Ebay.

They cost about $450 now, and the kit is fairly complete. The one I
used for testing had either a defective or poorly designed charge
controller though. The Oatley 200W machine looks like a better one for
real world use (ie. low winds most of the time) IMHO.

Solar is better though, if you can afford it. Much lower maintenance,
and no moving parts.


BTH

 

That sentence makes a lot more sense if you know that, before I left
for Fiji, Oatley were also selling a 400W turbine with a smaller
diameter rotor (ie. it was better in high winds, not so good in low
winds).


BTH

 

Thanks , 200 watts should keep our 3 band repeater working ok , solar
sometimes can be better but this is a group of Hams , do you understand
tight like a fishes arse ? I have the controller all built so will
investigate a suitable Genny

 

We have a 70 cm on Mt Tambourine (438.50 irlp), the 2 meter was up and
is down again but we snagged a 75 watt Motorola and the 6 meters is here
on the bench ( 45 glorious watts), sadly the current location doesn't
allow much room so we are looking at two sites , one in the Beaudesert
Shire without power but council land and free with good access 10 k from
here and the other is a commercial site on Tambourine so of course we
would prefer the free one as its to service Logan West

 

The other thing to remember is that it takes quite a stiff breeze to
give you a genuine 200 watts output - you really do need a good site.
In Australia at least, solar is more reliable (especially in the
summer, when it's usually not so windy).

Is the site remote and/or unattended? Security can be an issue too.


BTH

 

In the middle of private property on a decent rise , unless we can get
some free panels that wont happen ,

 

No hand-cranked "grinding" then?

 

My disturbingly-strong right arm got quite a workout cranking that
grindstone.


BTH

 

It's probably worth a try then. The $399 that they cost (Oatley has
them on special) is probably less than it would cost to hire a logging
anemometer to test your site.


BTH

 

In aus.motorcycles on 29 Mar 2006 12:18:08 -0800

Paging Big Iain to the Emergency Booth Joke Area.

Zebee

 

For some time, I was too afraid to click the link, images of BT half
nekkid (or worse, a sarong) on some idyllic tropical beach sprung to
mind.

I was alsmost dissapointed when I did open it, you worldly chappie,
hope you get as much out of it as the Fijians do.

Stu

 

He won't touch that one, I've made it too obvious. Pat should be along
shortly though.


BTH
(With the massive, powerful right arm and the pathetic, wimpy left one.
It's from tenpin bowling, honest!)