rhtrudder

Three wires , three phase, l guess HV, feeding dairy’s, anyway worth a try

A L2 ASP is a Level 2 Accredited Service Provider - basically a Sparkie who can work on the network infrastructure, as opposed to simple electrical stuff inside your house. You can buy them (the markers, not Sparkies ?) from the link in my previous post, or probably the manufacturer directly, and yes, they simply clamp around the wires.

 

Looks like the way to go , thanks for that, l know a few sparkies hopefully one can do it, do they use the same rod  to replace the fuses on the pole 

Looks about 12 meters, could stand on top of a cattle truck and get a lot closer, what’s a L2 ASP , who sells the rotamark, do they clamp around the wires

Anyone had a go at putting those orange balls on power lines , what’s involved, cost, I’m with powercor and a bit terrified what they will charge , the balls cost $600 for three, 

Okay, thanks I’ll give it a go

I’m guessing it’s the h button 

Below the sliders there is the blue tooth button , then plus and minus buttons that control the music volume, then below them there is another button , is that it, Greg 

As I said above Aj it is designed to do that and is easy to switch off.

 

Switch on Bluetooth on your headset and wait for it to connect to your phone. Once connected open your music player and play a song or call MessageBank so you can hear when you fix it, say something into your Mike and the music should drop volume for a second or two, once the volume is back to normal press the black button twice and the test again. The volume will not drop once you have done this.

 

Having the same problems, unsure which black button you are talking about 

Is Kyabram closed now? That’s another oldie gone by the sound of it.

 

Paddock is under crop

How very cautious 

 

I guess we approach life (at least in some respects) frome from opposites side of  the spectrum - I accept risk, as a fact of life, seek to manage it rather than insure against (yes I can see how insurance can be part of management). Its not just this conversation but my observation on the Australian psyche, which to me, seems to be increasingly risk averse  and prone to risk paranoia (no offence intended) all to the benefit of underwriters lawyers and the like. We must be the most over regulated English speaking country in the world and our people have become  so timid they are dependent on authorities for every decision - such is the "Cotton Wool" society.

 

I was more concerned with a 230 left here as has two owners , so they they share in all the ongoing costs including insurance and if it was damaged in my paddock whether there would be no issues with a claim , l was told buy a sceptic once that the claims department is made up of a team of barristers that throw every big claim out, Greg 

Sorry skip, it’s now 2 paddocks with a couple of hay sheds we park planes in. Greg 

No problem with the neighbors complaining , same farmer owns land south and north of my strip , and his father flys a jab from his strip due west from mine, mostly dead dairy farms around me so never really a problem. Greg 

Thanks skip ,  basically that’s all my strip is , got 3 mates that hanger their planes here and have plenty that fly in but know the risks also had the odd plane come in who has contacted me asking to use the strip as the local strip has closed down , Kyabram, l point out the what’s involved  and leave it up to them to make that call , maybe l should stick to people l know. Greg 

Been operating for about 15 years with no incidents ,  have farm public liability insurance to cover anything  personnel injury wise ,discussed all the risks with our broker , providing there was no negligence and  pilots understood  they needed to be competent it was okay, l was more worried about damage to an aircraft and the insurance company reneging on a claim and if that turns out to be the case it’s hardly worth the insurance in the first place, l think the next move will be contacting them and seeing where we stand , thanks everyone for the advice, Greg 

Just after some advice on insurance on our private strip , 800 m long 50 m wide with trees lining both sides , got some mates who hangar  their planes here , l don’t charge them , but was just informed by a pilot, that they might not be covered by their comprehensive insurance if they spear off and end up in the shrubbery because the strip doesn’t meet certain standards, or is it a matter of  notifying the insurance company of the added risk to see where we stand 

We buy bulk 98 fuel , usually 600lts , pumped into a 1200 lt  fuel tank that l use compressed air to fill bikes , mowers and my plane, just found out the supplier doesn’t use a dedicated petrol tank on the truck but supposedly drains any previous diesel out and then fills with my 98 , wondering how much diesel would end up in my fuel , been using this fuel for 10 years so l guess it’s okay 

Mates 912 won’t charge his battery, fitted new reg , have no current coming from the charging coils, has anybody come across this , talked to wal and he said it was rare for these to fail, can this been checked with a resistance reading across the coils , maybe a broken wire 

I have Zulu 3, iPhone 8, Xcom intercom, have discovered you can set phone to headsets, worked unplugged inside ok ,don’t know if this will make any difference in the plane, l can receive clearly but my transmission is just static,

I have Zulu 3, iPhone 8, Xcom intercom, have discovered you can set phone to headsets, worked unplugged inside ok ,don’t know if this will make any difference in the plane, l can receive clearly but my transmission is just static,

Headsets work good on the intercom, running out of ideas

rhtrudder

 

The radio should have a mic input gain control in the setup section of it unless it is a very old radio. The phone should have one as well for your external input. The key is to use and adjust the headset mic gain while listening say n another radio..just go to a free channel and try it. Basically you want to adjust the gain on the mic in the headset as low as you can and so far it seems on the litespeeds they need to be turned almost all the way down this way you dont pickup the cabon/motor noise from inside the cockpit.

It would be great if it works, to be able to phone ahead to make arrangements would make life a lot easier

You may have way too much gain on the mic in the litespeed. Under the mic muff there is a plastic cap you pop that off and can adjust the mic gain. I have found so far that most of the Litespeeds are set too high. This will cause massive noise pickup through the mic. Adjust it to the opposite end of the potentiometer range then readjust your radio mic input gain and also on the phone. You need to get the mic gain in the mic lower

Maybe try the Bluetooth, I have a Sierra and samsung5, works great in the musketeer a very noisy aircraft. The cable could be acting like a antenna.

Having trouble transmitting on my phone while airborne at cruise , new Zulu and new iPhone 8 hard wired through the jack , l can hear clear but the other end is just noise ,is the racket coming off the engine , Rotax, playing havoc with the voice activated mic