The joys of a decent work shop

@M0YKSHamRadio

4 ай бұрын

Yes it's difficult to give it up having plenty of nice machines and kit, that is the reason I have been here since 1992 and not quite ready to stop yet. 😁

Excellent use of a camera tripod Simon, lucky for me i have a few old ones sat doing nothing. Thanks for sharing.

@M0YKSHamRadio

4 ай бұрын

Always good to keep hold of old bits and bobs. Have fun setting up. Look forward to hearing how you get on. 73

A just looked at the other videos on the satellite antenna. I've ordered some parts. I need to get going on this. Thank you for the inspiration, 73 Ron

@M0YKSHamRadio

4 ай бұрын

That's brilliant news. Glad to hear you are going to be on the Satellites soon. Its great fun building up the little set up and the results are quite often better than in the shack. I am going to have a play with my old FT-817 through the ARROW and see if I can work SSB Sat's when I get chance. You will definitely enjoy yourself with the Sat band the operators are very friendly and fresh call signs to the sat bands are popular so everyone will be calling you 😉

Great work Simon. Nice workshop 😊

@M0YKSHamRadio

4 ай бұрын

Thank you, it seems to be good so far. Glad you like the workshop 👍

Always fun to see you tinker in the shop. ☺️. I like the modification you did. Thanks for the video. Felt like I was there observing. Have a great day bro 😊. Just getting started for the day here. Talk soon. 73.

@M0YKSHamRadio

4 ай бұрын

Have a great day yourself it's raining heavy so might not get to try out the new mods just yet. Catch you later bro

@simontemplar0468

4 ай бұрын

@@M0YKSHamRadio It's raining here too. Will say hi to the lads at the shop for you. And will say hi to my ladies for you and your ladies. 73 bro 😊

Looks like a great bit of kit I’ve made there and I must say the room hasn’t changed much since I was last in there 😊 brings back so many memories standing round the table on the left 😎 hope all is well mate.

@M0YKSHamRadio

4 ай бұрын

Hello Danny I remember you hanging out at the marking out table well. 😂 hope you're doing OK 👍

@dannyhields6858

4 ай бұрын

@@M0YKSHamRadio doing great thank you. It does make sense why I went down the 3D modeling / printing path when I see that room haha

Liking your sat vids, great reference and impetus to get on with my own setup. (Hope the bolts for the compass aren’t magnetic - I had to be that guy… 😆)

@M0YKSHamRadio

4 ай бұрын

Thanks very much, I'm glad you are enjoying the Sat vids. it's definitely a good point regarding the magnetism with the bolt, it doesn't seem to bother it but i might swap it for a plastic or brass screw. ,😉👍. I usually try to plot the path by carrying out a dumby run/sweep with the antenna pointing at the start, then I find where the central part will be (and how elevated I should be) and then the end of the pass. After a few passes I kind remember where for example 235° roughly is so I don't really look at the compass during the actual pass. But it is very useful for the setting up. Thanks and best 73.

Great idea, mate.. mice workshop as well. 73

@M0YKSHamRadio

4 ай бұрын

Thanks bro. Glad you like the workshop It is pretty cool in there. 73

Very cool upgrade Simon! It definitely looks more balanced. I have found with my Arrow II I get best performance VHF Horizontal on AOS & LOS, then I just run at a 45 Degree Angle the rest of the pass. It is almost flawless at a 45 other than on SO-50, which has been getting really weak the past year. On SO-50 I still have to change polarization a bit during the pass, but it's not bad at all. 73!

@M0YKSHamRadio

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Rob, it definitely seems smoother to turn. I tried it earlier but the ISS was not active, so maybe tomorrow, if it's back up and running. Still a bit cold and raining, so I'm limited to which passes I can work outdoors. I will try the 45° tilt next time. I used to be pretty good at it, but the auto tracking in the shack has been spoiling me for too long and left me a bit rusty on the manual operating. Keep up the good work at your side. 73.. Btw... I have been enjoying your satellite videos. (For anyone else reading this, check out Rob's channel for more satellite operating)

@W0CYC-HamRadioEndeavors

4 ай бұрын

@@M0YKSHamRadio Absolutely! I only do manual tracking with the portable rig. I study the passes and find the degrees of the pass with my compass, then find reference points to help track by in the distance. I set my phone up on the stand and record the passes with it via 2 microphones, one on me and the other on the rig. That way I am free to operate like a madman HI HI. The FM passes over here are so nuts I cannot waste time with gadgets. But it has made me a much better operator for portable and have developed my own style of finding the Sats just by listening and knowing the terrain. You are 100 percent correct though, the auto tracking QTH station REALLY spoils you after some time. I appreciate the kind words Simon, I learned tons from watching your videos over the last couple years. You are the MAN! You definitely help promote the hobby and are a joy to listen to. 73 my friend..

super!👍

@M0YKSHamRadio

3 ай бұрын

Thank you 😁

Bro, you should get the design how you want it and file a patent...I bet you could sell those! Is that your machine shop? I work for an electric motor, drive, and generator company. We used to be called Baldor Electric but we were bought out by ABB industries about 13 years or so back...I like machine work, very satisfying..But I'm a perfectionist and I wouldn't let parts go that were on the border of being out of spec...I'm a quality not quantity type of guy..So they started getting on to me about my production numbers so I transferred to the distribution center..I miss machining parts but I'm just not wired to send out junk!..Anyway enough of that, I seen your daughter's video and subbed to her channel...She did a good job, you are teaching her well bro!!!

@M0YKSHamRadio

4 ай бұрын

Sounds like we have plenty in common. Its good to have a few skills under your belt. quality should be priority but greed is always close unfortunately and the numbers seem to rule rather than pride and satisfaction. The workshop is pretty well set up for most fabrication and welding tasks. I pretty much can do what I want so it's cool. I have often considered making ham radio metal products and probably might when I pack in full time work in just less than 3 years. I really enjoy fettling things so who knows. Glad you managed to catch M7ELC working ISS on her video. lol, yes she is pretty cool at it. A bit more practice and she will be working everyone. Catch you later and I am still laughing about the comment you left with you in the tin foil suit whilst sat operating 😁

@bassangler73

4 ай бұрын

Lol...yes, i think im going to put some antennas on my tin foil hat 😂😂😂😂​@M0YKSHamRadio

You must be a shop instructor :)

@M0YKSHamRadio

4 ай бұрын

That's correct 😁 I am a fully coded welder in MIG, TIG, FCAW and MMA and College lecturer. also carry out welder codings as a welding inspector for the college. It's hands on and still good fun even though I've been doing it for over 30 years at the same college 😁

@MichaelJantzen42

4 ай бұрын

@@M0YKSHamRadio nice your workshop reminded me of high school metal shop - I can still remember my shop teachers all these years later :).

Nice one Simon. Do the speaker magnets in the radios mess with your compass at all or are they shielded enough that they don't matter?

@M0YKSHamRadio

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Ronan, to be honest, it doesn't seem to be a problem when I'm out in the back. Only time I noticed was when I was near to one of my iron fences at the house end other than that it works perfectly. I have been enjoying it all since 2008 and it's always been good. It is very good up at my holiday shack on the Moor top. I first started with it up there back before I had kids lol. I also have an electronic angle finder with a digital display, but I have decent eye for guessing angles, so I do not really need it.