Work approaching
Sunday, July 22, 2007, 09:29 PM
Well about 2 months left until work starts which is worrying. Time therefore to start brushing up (learning) some of the languages I might use and any other knowledge:
Java
Excel Marcos (Visual Basic)
C#
C++ (Panic!!)
Other than that Fsimzone is now being updated finally and just searching for a new idea for another site or application.
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( 3 / 1191 )ADS-B Antenna and Mast Head Preamp Installed
Monday, July 16, 2007, 10:23 PM
Well the ELAD preamp certainly makes a difference is getting those weak signals. Getting double the amount of messages than before and nearly double the amount of aircraft.
No ground contacts at heathrow and the blank spots in my coverage have not got better in some areas. That means sooner or later its going to be external antenna time. Even though the 10 metre cable might not reach above the chimey I would be happy with having it close enough.
Running the reception plotter and will compare without the preamp. Already a record in distance which is now 196 miles.
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( 3.1 / 1121 )ADS-B Antenna and Mast Head Preamp
Sunday, July 15, 2007, 10:26 PM
More testing on the RadarBox and tomorrow I should have my external antenna and mast head preamp.
Should be very interesting to see the difference. At present with my antenna on the wardrobe I get about 50-60 aircraft in peak periods and 50-60 messages per second.
In theory from other posts across the Internet I should see a 40-50% increase which would mean 100-120 messages per second and 120 aircraft at peak periods. If it does not go well I will need to move my antenna to the chimney stack however that's going to be unlikely.
Keeping fingers crossed for 100+ messages per second tomorrow and the magical Heathrow ground contacts.
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( 3 / 1068 )Three new Deal
Sunday, July 15, 2007, 10:19 PM
Well my contract was approaching expiration and I wasn't really impressed with 3s new phones (Where is the N95 ??) so was looking to cancel after 2 years of being with them.
However the sales person offered me a £5 every month with my normal traffic and no phone (my old traffic cost me £35). So I could not resist that kind of offer.
However that means I am stuck with my N80 for another year. Not a bad thing but if I need to use Three mobile Internet then I will need a new phone (N73, E65, E61)
Or maybe a PDA? Will be checking all mobile sites soon for any unlocked phones.
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( 2.9 / 970 )Tiscali take over of Pipex
Sunday, July 15, 2007, 10:15 PM
Tiscali have taken over Pipex which means I need move ISP as soon as possible.
While F2S (Pipex) has got better over the last few months the price £25 is getting expensive for a 4mb service. I am hoping to move to Sky Broadband via LLU Mac code (sounds dodgy)
If all goes well the migration should result in a few hours of downtime and speeds faster than 8mb should be expected. Fingers crossed everything goes well as even a couple of hours of downtime could be disastrous for me.
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