Re: [Aus-soaring] Non Aviation Radio Communication Issue

2014-04-07 Thread Gary Stevenson
Mark, You seem to be receiving some good ideas, but I wonder if they are really addressing the issue? If I read you correctly, in comparison to (relatively recent??) good past performance, thing have got worse without anything material being changed in the system. If that is the case then

Re: [Aus-soaring] Non Aviation Radio Communication Issue

2014-04-07 Thread Terry Neumann
' Afternoon Mark, Certainly you should expect a better range than what is reported.I can reliably get a signal to the International Space Station when it's over Australia with 50 watts on 145 MHz (or thereabouts) Further information might narrow down the number of potential problem optio

Re: [Aus-soaring] Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 127, Issue 11

2014-04-07 Thread Richard Frawley
Big bright LED displays can have noisy internal power supplies. taxis seem to have lots of them. If they have internal batteries, try disconnecting the ext power and see if that makes a difference. If so, then isolators on the power feed might help, depends on the freq of the switcher in the de

[Aus-soaring] Non Aviation Radio Communication Issue

2014-04-07 Thread Mal Bruce
Have you tested your antenna and radio with SWR Is it as pictured on google earth the dipole. Get a good camera zoom in and photograph the antenna of some binoculars or pull it down and have a look. https://www.google.com/maps/place/98+Samaria+Rd/@-36.559637,145.994856,3a,90y,281.55h,83.25t/da

Re: [Aus-soaring] confor foam

2014-04-07 Thread Gary Stevenson
Thanks Daryl. I earlier mentioned that there were alternative brands to Confor. Sunmate (as mentioned in Daryl’s post) made by Dynamic Systems Inc is such an alternative. Just like Confor it comes in various thicknesses and firmness, and is available in different sheet sizes. Check out th

Re: [Aus-soaring] Non Aviation Radio Communication Issue

2014-04-07 Thread Mike Borgelt
Mark, Can't help much on the base station aerial. 1/4 wave with ground plane whips angled down should help radiate horizontally though. Higher you can get it the better. Mike At 09:59 AM 8/04/2014, you wrote: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_NextPart_000_000B_01

Re: [Aus-soaring] Non Aviation Radio Communication Issue

2014-04-07 Thread Erich Wittstock
Hi Mark, for trouble shooting: use your hand held airband radio in the car. You don't even have to transmit. Dial in a frequency and reduce the squelch until you get the static / noise. Take the radio a short distance (1-2m) away and see if the noise still exists. There are a lot of cheap mobile de

Re: [Aus-soaring] Non Aviation Radio Communication Issue

2014-04-07 Thread Mark Goodley
We are running a mobile eftpos machine but have been for years. What type of base station aerial would you recommend ? Thanks Mark From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Mike Borgelt Sent: Tuesday, 8 April 2014 9:3

Re: [Aus-soaring] Non Aviation Radio Communication Issue

2014-04-07 Thread Mike Borgelt
Mark, Are you running GPS or other computer type equipment also? Sounds like you are getting some RFI from other equipment in the car. Could be coming in via the power lines to the radio or just radiating and being picked up by the receiver. Mike At 08:33 AM 8/04/2014, you wrote: Cont

[Aus-soaring] Non Aviation Radio Communication Issue

2014-04-07 Thread Mark Goodley
Hello All, As some of you know I work for the taxi company here in Benalla. We are having issues with our VHF radio's. Was just wondering if some of you with more knowledge than I could offer some advice ? The problem we are have is with receiving transmissions, a lot of static and a lo

Re: [Aus-soaring] confor foam

2014-04-07 Thread Anthony Smith
Sounds like a business opportunity doesn't it? >These people get the foam in a large billet, and will cut you a piece to the size and thickness required. From memory, their price was NOT competitive, but that was years ago - maybe they now do a better deal?

Re: [Aus-soaring] confor foam

2014-04-07 Thread Daryl Mackay
Dr Tony Segal wrote a series of six articles for Gliding & Motorgliding International commencing Issue 12/2000 where he was afforded the following introduction: *Tony started gliding at Lasham, England, in 1956 and has worked as a family doctor for 30 years. On retiring he took a six months� cour

Re: [Aus-soaring] OAMPS going offshore

2014-04-07 Thread Peter Champness
Wesfarmers booked a substantial profit. It seem the operation is financially successful, even if it is surplus to requirements Peter Champness On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Nelson Handcock wrote: > OAMPS is one of the few underwriters for gliding and other aviation risks > - I wonder if there