Following on from the very high level design in part one, the next stage was to mount the 8 cells securely in a safe location. This actually took a while to puzzle out and as you will find out, I’m… Continue reading
Ok before I start I gotta give a huge NERD WARNING, as this stuff is probably going to be of not much interest to virtually anyone. Except all 3 people building a LiFePO4 on their boat. So, sorry about that.… Continue reading
So I hadn’t done any work on the windvane for a while, mainly because the next big thing I had to do was planing down a plank of wood to form an aerofoil. This is Really Hard and combined with… Continue reading
So the last thing I had to do to finish off the ICOM 802 install was plug in an antenna to act as an emergency DSC antenna. ‘What – two antennas for one radio?’ I hear you cry? (although that… Continue reading
NOTE: ALL PHOTOS ARE STILL AWFUL. I still need a new phone camera so I can take photos without the manditory ‘grime filter’ but am procrastinating like a good’un So I decided to carry on with the Hebridean seeing as… Continue reading
WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?! My Hebridean Wind Vane project, last seen 9 months ago has resurfaced! Contrary to popular belief (mostly by myself) I hadn’t given up on it but the installation of the electric autopilot meant that it wasn’t as important a project as it… Continue reading
So after bolting everything in, turning it on and testing it, it seemed to work. I picked up USCG weather from Port Reyes, California (1440 km away) A bunch of russians nattering on a ship band Some people in alaska… Continue reading
After getting the antenna all set up, now it was time to install everything and plug it all in. First, I attached the tuner under the cockpit and plugged the antenna in Next, I had to find room for the… Continue reading