Images of items I have purchased (except trainers)

Feek · 21 Oct 2019 at 12:21

mrbell1984 said:
@Feek what project you going to be doing with it? I was tempted to get another pi 4 to play with ubuntu 19.10.

A D-STAR hotspot. I've got a Zumspot which I use for DMR but decided to put my own one together for D-STAR. They'll work on a Zero but as soon as you start doing anything in the config, the CPU pegs at 100% and it really slows down. Even at idle, the CPU load reported by the OS is rarely below 1.50.
I've ordered this HAT which is the same physical size as the 3A+ so it makes sense to use one.

Deleted member 77746 · 21 Oct 2019 at 12:37

Feek said:
A D-STAR hotspot. I've got a Zumspot which I use for DMR but decided to put my own one together for D-STAR. They'll work on a Zero but as soon as you start doing anything in the config, the CPU pegs at 100% and it really slows down. Even at idle, the CPU load reported by the OS is rarely below 1.50.
I've ordered this HAT which is the same physical size as the 3A+ so it makes sense to use one.

ah just looked, looks pretty neat.

Feek · 21 Oct 2019 at 12:51

mrbell1984 said:
looks pretty neat.

It's an area of the hobby I've not experimented with before. There are DMR and D-STAR repeaters nearby but I wanted to learn about hotspots. I was recommended to buy the Zumspot which I did but at £160, I think it's expensive as to build my own will be a lot cheaper. They also mean that I can access networks that aren't available through the local repeaters.
The chap in that video has the same radio as me, the Icom 5100 and I've already set it up to work with the hotspot once I've built it. All good fun

Dis86 · 21 Oct 2019 at 13:26

@GinG love it!

GinG · 21 Oct 2019 at 21:29

Dis86 said:
@GinG love it!

Its a right cool little car. Auto lights, auto climate control, reverse camera!, and android/apple play. It is only a 1l or 900cc or whatever but its great for what we need it for and the kids can fit in the back.

We currently have it on a PCP 0% for 2 year. Put a big deposit down so only costing £25 per month, will decide what to do come 2 years as it will still have 2 out of the 5 year warranty left.

Yadda · 21 Oct 2019 at 21:54

I bought this a little while back, I swear (affordable) synths weren't this much fun in the 80's.

NoobCannon · 21 Oct 2019 at 21:58

GinG said:
Its a right cool little car. Auto lights, auto climate control, reverse camera!, and android/apple play. It is only a 1l or 900cc or whatever but its great for what we need it for and the kids can fit in the back.

We currently have it on a PCP 0% for 2 year. Put a big deposit down so only costing £25 per month, will decide what to do come 2 years as it will still have 2 out of the 5 year warranty left.

Plenty of space for hair dryers and curling tongs?

GinG · 21 Oct 2019 at 22:05

NoobCannon said:
Plenty of space for hair dryers and curling tongs?

Sadly not, the small pushchair we have fills the boot.

The Superb can carry that no bother.

Edrof · 22 Oct 2019 at 17:51

A recent purchase of mine: an antique 1845 Pattern Sabre. This would have been owned and used by a British officer of infantry during the height of the Empire.

Efour · 22 Oct 2019 at 19:20

Someone had a brain fart at my Local Supermarket....

£4 for the bulbs and switches and £12 for the hub and 2 more bulbs... lol

I found them in the reduced to clear bin with a load of summer junk....

Ill be replacing my Ikea stuff soon

and integrating whats left.

robfosters · 22 Oct 2019 at 20:21

Yadda said:
I bought this a little while back, I swear (affordable) synths weren't this much fun in the 80's.

Synths are getting so reasonable nowadays. They’ve had to come down in price to compete with soft synths.

AndyCr15 · 22 Oct 2019 at 21:55

LuckyBenski · 22 Oct 2019 at 22:23

AndyCr15 said:

Didn't even put the phone right on the wall. It's like you don't care any more.

Or are you saving those photos for paying punters :mad:

Minibiker · 22 Oct 2019 at 22:33

LuckyBenski said:
Didn't even put the phone right on the wall. It's like you don't care any more.

Or are you saving those photos for paying punters

I want to see that phone screen resting on the wall

the usual AndyCr pics

Yadda · 22 Oct 2019 at 23:34

robfosters said:
Synths are getting so reasonable nowadays. They’ve had to come down in price to compete with soft synths.

The thing with analogue hardware synths, and this is something I didn't appreciate before, is the awesomeness of knob-twiddling at your fingertips. You can do so much to the sound, live, as a loop is playing, and on the Monologue you can even program your knob twiddling into a loop ("automation").

I've lost many an hour to it.

Efour · 23 Oct 2019 at 05:29

I've also lost many hours to knob twiddling.

ChrisD. · 23 Oct 2019 at 08:43

Efour said:
Someone had a brain fart at my Local Supermarket....

£4 for the bulbs and switches and £12 for the hub and 2 more bulbs... lol

I found them in the reduced to clear bin with a load of summer junk....

Ill be replacing my Ikea stuff soon and integrating whats left.

You lucky bar steward.

randomshenans · 23 Oct 2019 at 09:11

LuckyBenski said:
Didn't even put the phone right on the wall. It's like you don't care any more.

Or are you saving those photos for paying punters

hahaha

Yadda · 23 Oct 2019 at 13:04

Efour said:
I've also lost many hours to knob twiddling.

Self oscillation is bad for the soul.

Spook187 · 23 Oct 2019 at 14:12

Something for me and something for the Mrs