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Comment on Micro PV two years on. by Micro PV | John’s Blog

Micro PV | John’s Blog — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:20:13 +0000

[...] having moved the garden shed and the PV panels in August/September 2011 to a more sun friendly position, I was pretty sure that there would be [...]

Comment on Ham Radio – A contact sport? by YFKtest on LHS#86 | John’s Blog

YFKtest on LHS#86 | John’s Blog — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:16:55 +0000

[...] have mentioned YFKtest explicitly before (here and here), its the only contest logger I use as my “roadkill” laptop is a bit too old [...]

Comment on Micro PV two years on. by j0n

j0n — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:35:53 +0000

Comment on Micro PV two years on. by ei6iz

ei6iz — Fri, 25 May 2012 23:17:44 +0000

Hi John
Nearly enough power to run the compter drawing the RRD graphs

Comment on Micro PV, one year on. by Micro PV two years on. | John’s Blog

Micro PV two years on. | John’s Blog — Fri, 25 May 2012 22:46:40 +0000

[...] changes since last year. Firstly the panels have a different orientation from last year. I moved the shed last August/September and both panels are now facing South West (220deg), still [...]

Comment on iPod and “Keys out of order” by iPod and “Keys out of order” | John's Blog | restore ipod

iPod and “Keys out of order” | John's Blog | restore ipod — Sun, 13 May 2012 00:11:13 +0000

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Comment on TH-D72 Battery Life by John Goerzen: Review: Amateur Radio Handhelds (HTs), APRS, and Battery Tuning Tips | Linux-Support.com

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:45:12 +0000

[...] you don’t care about received beacons, you can dramatically raise the battery life on the D72A by setting the power saver to 1 second or greater — as high as 14 hours by one report. On either [...]

Comment on More on TH-D72 battery life. by Review: Amateur Radio Handhelds (HTs), APRS, and Battery Tuning Tips | The Changelog

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:17:19 +0000

[...] the battery life on the D72A by setting the power saver to 1 second or greater — as high as 14 hours by one report. On either unit, raising the squelch should have some effect (though not as much; but in any case, [...]

Comment on TH-D72 Battery Life by Review: Amateur Radio Handhelds (HTs), APRS, and Battery Tuning Tips | The Changelog

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:13:19 +0000

Comment on Ham Radio – A contact sport? by CQIR and Yfktest | John’s Blog

CQIR and Yfktest | John’s Blog — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:03:08 +0000

[...] Previously, I mentioned that I have used yfktest, in fact at SSB field day last year, I did a svn checkout, just before the contest as we had a problem with the software the other guys regularly used. So, this time, instead of waiting until just before the contest started, I thought I would have a look at it slightly beforehand. Boy was I surprised. While the web page is a bit dated, the latest check-in to the repository was 29th of February 2012. It seems that Bob, W9YA has been busy working with a group of hams finding some bugs and making lots of improvements. Good job Bob (and everyone else), I am really looking forward to trying it out on the day. [...]