SLA batteries come with 2 different size spades, narrow 4.7mm or wide 6.3mm. When getting a replacement SLA, you don’t always have the choice on the spade size. You can get away with plugging a 6.3mm female to a 4.7mm male, but the other way around will just not work. I found an easy way to make adaptors, if you don’t […]
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Ding-Dong Car Alarm
A couple of xmas ago, some friends stayed at our place and got their car broken into during the night in our driveway, so I decided we needed a car alarm. As an amateur, I went for the homebuilt stuff. I got the cheapest remote door bell I could find ($15 at Bunnings!). Since the remote works on a 12v battery, […]
VK2RMB gets wifi
A few years ago the club was lucky enough to be selected to host one of a handful of ICOM supplied D-Star repeaters. As D-Star uses the internet to link repeaters around the world it was necessary to have our repeater shack setup with an ADSL connection, which the WIA graciously funded until recently. We […]