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Thanks for dropping by and a warm welcome.

Initially my blogs were related to my personal weather station and its setup, this soon grew into blogs on all manner of projects, electrical, plumbing, DIY, Ham Radio etc, bit of a mixed bag really 🙂

Enjoy having a browse.

Ian – M0HTA

Home Assistant – Journey Start

/ home assistant, home automation, IT & Networks

Convert manual lever valve to automatically close when a water leak is detected

/ auto close valve, automatic lever valve, DIY, home assistant, irrigation system, leak detection, mobile leak detection alert, remote valve operation, shelly uni

Reversing Manrose Extractor Fan Motor

/ blow instead of suck fan, extractor fan reversal, General, manrose fan reversal

BK-G4M Gas Meter – Home Assistant

/ bk-g4, esp8266, gas meter reading import, home assistant, Plumbing & Heating, secondary gas meter, z61 switch, zetter pulse meter

Ideal Vogue 18kW System Boiler – Monitoring, Controls, Weather Compensation and Boiler Performance

/ boiler efficiency, hive, ideal vouge 18kw, Plumbing & Heating, system boiler, weather compensation slope

Adding Sulphidation Filter to Gas Boiler

/ gas boiler, gas filter, Plumbing & Heating, sulphidation filter

You (formally Youfibre) Installation

/ IT & Networks, you, you installation, youfibre, youfibre installation

Immersion Heater Smart Switch

/ DIY, immersion smart switch

WindowBridge Ladder Support Across Window Openings

/ aluminium profile, DIY, ladder bridge, window access, window ladder support, windowbridge

Air Conditioning Installed

/ air conditioning, Plumbing & Heating, Samsung AC, split unit

Qualcast Classic 35s Replacement Throttle Cable

/ Classic 35s manual, DIY, lawn mower cable, maintenance manual, Make qualcast throttle cable, Qualcast classic 35s, Qualcast Manual, scarifier manual, throttle cable

Replacing Wire Rope in 12m MM0CUG Mast

/ Ham Radio, mast rope replacement, mm0cug mast, motor overcurrent detection. latching relay, replace wire rope, snapped mast rope

Sonoff eWeLink New Lawn Irrigation Scene

/ lawn irrigation, overseeding lawn, Projects, sonoff watering scene, timed watering

Screwfix Concrete Mixer Electrical Repair

/ Electrical & Security, faulty concrete mixer repair, NBB553BEQ, screwfix concrete mixer

Condensing Gas Boiler Swop

/ Automatic Balancing Valve, boiler, central heating, diy boiler install., ideal vogue system boiler, Plumbing & Heating, priority hot water, weather compensation

Iceland Trip

/ Iceland, northern lights, tectonic plates, volcano, Weather Site

Flowzone Sprayer Battery Repair

/ cell replacement, cyclone 2.5, DIY, flowzone, new battery cell, sprayer battery fix

Pyronix Euro46 Alarm Automatically Locking the Garage Door

/ automatic garage door lock, Electrical & Security, euro outputs, euro46, linear actuator, pyronix

Surprising what snow reveals

/ dno fault, failing supply joint, General, joint melting snow

Water Meter Replacement

/ anglian water, General, shower timer, water meter

House Heat Loss Calculation

/ boiler sizing, delta temperature 55, General, heat loss calculation

Lawn Mower Blade Sharpener

/ General, Model 5005, mower blade sharpener

Home Manual – Asset Management

/ asset tags, Brother QR Code, E550W, General, home manual, O&M, qr codes

Trooli in Chatteris

/ broadband, FTTP, IT & Networks, trooli

Lawn/Garden Irrigation Project

/ esp32 code, Hunter valves, irrigation control, lawn irrigation, Projects, shellyuniplus, sonoff sprinkler control, sprinkler system

Netomnia Wholesale Full Fibre Broadband – Chatteris

/ FTTH, FTTP, full fibre broadband, IT & Networks, netomnia, youfibre

Virgin Media using Openreach Ducts in Chatteris

/ General, openreach pia chatteris, virgin footway connections, virgin ftth, virgin fttp, virgin use BT duct, Virgin using openreach ducts

ESi Electronic Hot Water Cylinder Thermostat – ESCTDE/B: Part 2 – Wiring Centre Modifications

/ ESI bacteria relay, ESI Hot water cylinder thermostat, ESi Part 2, Plumbing & Heating, S Plan wiring, wiring centre

Making a Lawn Lute

/ DIY, lawn lute, welding

Solving Mixer Shower Problem

/ balancing valve, mixer shower, Plumbing & Heating, poor temperature control, pressure reducing valve, trevi ctv mixer shower

Replacement Roof Tile

/ General, roof tile, storm damage

Hiding reCaptcha v3 badge on WordPress

/ hide recaptcha, IT & Networks

Block Paving Path

/ Block paving path, DIY

Pyronix Euro 46 Home Alarm Installation

/ Electrical & Security, euro 46, house alarm system, pyronix, wireless

Chatteris Weather & Blog moved Hosts

/ General, godaddy, hostgator, moving hosts

TalkTalk Future Fibre Installation

/ future fibre 65, IT & Networks, talktalk future fibre

MiniSun 19500 Dimmer & Switching Modification

/ 19500, ceiling fan light. modifying minisun fan, Dimming fan light, Electrical & Security, MiniSun

TRV Insert replacement for HIVE Room Control Stability

/ Hive TRV Insert, Honeywell Insert change, Honeywell TRV, Plumbing & Heating, TRV Insert Replacement

Repairing knightsbridge walk over deck lights

/ Deck Lights, Electronics, Knighsbridge, LED light repair, Replace deck light LEDs

Faulty knightsbridge spike light cable

/ Electrical & Security, knightsbridge

Kinetico Low Salt Alert

/ Kinetico, Low salt alert, Low salt App trigger, Plumbing & Heating

Kinetico Water Softener

/ Kinetico, Plumbing & Heating, salt blocks, soft water, softener running costs, water softener

Ezviz DB1 /Ring Video Door bell

/ DB1, DB1 relay, Electrical & Security, ezviz DB1, Ezviz relay switch, ring doorbell pro, video cam

Garden cabin electrics

/ Cabin, cabin wiring, Carsare Grande, Dunster House, Electrical & Security, Electrics

Replacing Rotten Porch Support Post

/ DIY, replacement porch support

Intruder Alarm Circuit Test Box

/ Electrical & Security, pyronix, test box

BRK Smoke Alarm Relay Interface

/ BRK, Electrical & Security

Carsare Grande Log Cabin

/ Carsare Grande, DIY, Dunster House, sx70 application tips

SGC Auto-Tuner SG-237 Repair

/ Ham Radio, SG-237 repair

Bird Bath Auto Water Fill

/ auto fill bird bath, bird bath, Projects

UFH Controller Upgrade

/ BHT-002, Ketotek, ketotek instructions, KTF0155 instructions, Plumbing & Heating, TS700, UFH

Longwire supporting steel tube replacement with GRP

/ Composite Pole, GRP, Ham Radio, longwire

Spirovent RV2 Installation

/ air seperator, Plumbing & Heating, Spriovent RV2

Electric Mat Under Floor Heating Installation Alert

/ alarm, Damaged underfloor heating alerter, electric mat, Electronics, UFH Alert, underfloor heating mat alarm

Sonoff to Homebase Air Conditioning Unit – 636212

/ Homebase Portable Air Conditioner, IT & Networks, Sonoff

Project Lightning Chatteris Roll Out Map

/ Cabinet locations, General, virgin media cabinet map

Installing Boiler Condensate Runoff

/ 32mm condensate, Boiler Condensate, condensate pro, pipe clamp, Plumbing & Heating, runoff

Center for Computing History Visit

/ cdarc, computer history, General

MFJ 1786 Magnetic Loop Modification

/ bracket, Ham Radio, Magnetic Loop Modification, MFJ, MFJ 1786

LED Emergency Light Kit

/ Electrical & Security, emegency light, led, MJ-LED-DZ09, zenergy

PCB Etch Tank

/ Electronics, PBB Etch Tank, Perspex

Central Heating Inhibitor Testing

/ dosing heating system, fernox, Plumbing & Heating, sentinel x100 test, testing inhibitor

Magnaclean Pro 2 Installation

/ central heating, magnaclean., plumbing, Plumbing & Heating

Central Heating Frost Protection

/ Frost Stat, Honeywell frost protection, L641B1004, Pipe Stat, Plumbing & Heating, T4360A1009

BRK 86RAC Smoke Detector Replacement and Additions (UK)

/ 670MBX, BRK 86RAC, Electrical & Security, Smoke detector

ESi Electronic Hot Water Cylinder Thermostat – ESCTDE/B – Part 1

/ Electronic Dual Cylinder Thermostat, ESCTDE/B, ESi, ESI Controls, Hot Water Cylinder, plumbing, Plumbing & Heating, Santon Premier Plus, Thermostat

Central Heating Enhancement

/ automatic bypass valve, plumbing, Plumbing & Heating, PRV filling loop

Sonoff POW – Power Measuring WiFi Switch

/ IT & Networks, remote power measurement, Sonoff, Sonoff POW, wifi Kw

Sonoff Basic Voltage Free Relay Changeover Modification

/ Electronics, Relay modification, Sonoff, Sonoff Basic

Sonoff Power Switching & Hive Light in Workshop

/ Electrical & Security, hive light, power switching, Sonoff, sonoff basic smart switch, workshop safety

Sonoff 4Ch Pro WiFi/Internet Switch Linked to Alexa

/ Alexa, Amazon Dot, Ham Radio, remote mast operation, Sonoff, wifi control

Davis 6410 Anemometer Reed & Bearing Replacement (2000 – 2013 version)

/ broken reed, Davis 6410, Davis wind, Weather Site, wind repair

Davis Wind Speed Sensor Failed

/ Davis 6410, Davis 6462, Scaled Instruments, Weather Site

Land Drains

/ DIY, garden, land drains

Home Generator & Backup Switching

/ Electrical & Security, Generator backup, standby power

GoDaddy Data Migration Fail

/ GoDaddy weather site server problem, IT & Networks, weather site problem

Vehicle Inspection Pit

/ build inspection pit, DIY, inspection pit, rebar schedule, vehicle inspection pit

Smart Meter Installation

/ British Gas, Electrical & Security, IGT, Independant Gas Transporter, octopus energy, smart meter, smart meter upgrade, smets 2 meter

Davis FARS Upgrade to a Monitored PC Fan

/ Davis Fan, FARS, PC Fan, Weather Site

Shack/Office Refurbishment

/ Cable Tester, DIY, edgerouter x, home network, netgear, office, SC8108, shack

Davis 7346.174 – Pro2 Upgraded Digital Temperature Humidity Sensor

/ 7346-174, humidity, sensor, SHT15, Temperature, Weather Site

Cat5e Network Port Quick Finder

/ Cat5e, IT & Networks, Port Identifier

PLC Simulator

/ Electronics, PLC, PLC Simulator, Rievtech PLC

Boltek LD-250 Relay Interface

/ boltek LD-150, Lightning Detection, Relay interface, Weather Site

Virgin Media FTTH – Chatteris

/ cabinet, Cable, Chatteris FTTH, fibre optic, FTTH, FTTP, General, microduct, rfog, Virgin Media, Virgin Media street cabinets

Voltage Control Relay

/ Electronics, voltage relay

Mast and Wire Rope protection & lubrication system

/ Ham Radio, Home-made lubricator, mast maintenance, Wire rope lubrication

Radio Mast Automation – Part 5: Control Modification

/ Ham Radio, Mast Automation, Mast Control, mast wind speed alert, PLC, Rievtech PLC

UK Weather Network & Meteobridge Pro

/ MB_Stickertags.txt, UK Weather Net, ukwx, Weather Site

Weather Station for WordPress added

/ Weather Site, Weather Station app

Chatteris.biz SSL secured

/ secure, ssl, Weather Site

Stopping MM0CUG Mast Rattle

/ Ham Radio, Mast rattle, mm0cug, shim

Meteobridge Pro

/ Meteobridge Pro, Weather Site

Pulsar Evolution 800 UPS Repair

/ Electrical & Security, Pulsar Evolution 800, UPS

Arduino Windspeed Switch

/ Arduino, Ham Radio, Wind Speed

Meteobridge Pro failed hardware

/ Meteobridge, Weather Site

Hot Water to Outside Tap

/ blended water tap, hot water outside, Outside tap, plumbing, Plumbing & Heating

Replacing PC with Meteobridge Pro

/ Meteobridge Pro, Weather Site

Bat Detector

/ bat detector, Electronics

SDRPlay and WX Satellite Decoding

/ Ham Radio, QFH, Quadrifiliar, satellite decoding, SDR Play

JT65 Mode – Mini Milestone

/ Ham Radio, JT65

Privacy Policy Addition (V0.4)

/ General, Privacy Policy

Radio Mast Automation – Part 4 – FINISHED (or so I thought)!

/ Ham Radio, Mast Automation

Radio Mast Automation: Control – Part 3

/ current draw, Ham Radio, Mast Automation

Cloud Cam Installation

/ cloud cam, ip camera, iptimelapse, Weather Site

Radio Mast Automation: Controller Wiring – Part 2

/ Ham Radio, mast controller, PLC

Ameritron RCS-8V interface with Ham Radio Deluxe

/ Ameritron, Antenna relay, Ham Radio, HRD

Mag Loop

/ Ham Radio, Magnetic Loop, Vacuum Capacitor

Widow Maker Plug Top

/ dangerous plug, Electrical & Security, safety issue

Another Blitztortung on the Network

/ Blitzortung, kit build, lightning detector, Weather Site

Radio Mast Automation Proximity Sensors

/ Ham Radio, Mast Automation, mast sensor, sensor

Orbitron & PST Rotator Interface with Easy Rotor Control

/ Ham Radio, orbitron, pan and tilt head, PT head, rotator interface

4m band dipole finally fitted

/ 4 meter band, 4M dipole, Ham Radio

Radio Mast Automation – Part 1 – PLC or Relay Control

/ Ham Radio, Mast Automation

Blog Guestbook Link Fixed

/ General, link repaired, WordPress

Dummy Load Refurbishment

/ dummy load, Ham Radio, refurbishment

iPhone 6 WiFi Connectivity Issues and HG633 Router Solved

/ General, iPhone 6 issue, Mobile phone, WiFi

Router & RAM Upgrade

/ FTTC, General, HG633 router, TalkTalk

Davis Vantage Pro2 Fan Change

/ Davies Fan, Davis, FARS, motor change, Weather Site

Construction of More Blitzortung Lightning Detectors

/ Weather Site

Added new web site links

/ community pages updated, General

General Web Site Maintenance

/ maintenance, Weather Site

CCTV Pan & Tilt Head Interfaced to Orbitron and Ham Radio Deluxe

/ cctv head, easy control, Ham Radio, orbitron, pstrotator

Weather Station – Relay Outputs

/ Ham Radio, Weather Site

ON8JL D’Star BabyStar Node

/ Ham Radio

Removing Mains Hum From Kenwood TS-2000

/ Ham Radio, Kenwood TS-2000, mains hum

Ham Radio Mast Automation – Sensor Type

/ Ham Radio

Lightning Storm

/ Weather Site

Shack Clock Modification

/ Ham Radio

First Australian Receive of M0HTA

/ Ham Radio

Completed Crowbar Circuit Build

/ Ham Radio

Kenwood TS-2000 Footswitch PTT via SignaLink Interface

/ Ham Radio

Blitzortung Station Ident Changed

/ Weather Site

Crowbar Overvoltage Circuit to Protect Transceiver

/ Ham Radio

Easy-Rotor-Control Interface with HRD & G-1000DXC Video

/ Ham Radio

G-1000DXC Rotator Interface

/ Ham Radio

Second Hard Drive Added to Weather PC

/ hard drive, HDD, Weather Site

Changed Weather PC

/ Weather Site

Installed zbblock Spam & Hack Prevention Tool

/ Weather Site, zbblocker

Windows Live Mail – Sending Problem Resolved

/ General

Chatteris Weather PC Mods

/ Weather Site

Privacy Policy V0.3

/ General, Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy Amended to V0.3

/ General, Privacy Policy

Mag Loop – Part 4 – Initial Values

/ Ham Radio, Magnetic Loop

Partial Solar Eclipse

/ Solar Eclipse, Weather Site

Mag Loop Part 3 – Capacitor motor drive

/ Ham Radio, Magnetic Loop, Motor Control, Video

Mag Loop – Part 2

/ Copper Pipe Bending, Ham Radio, Magnetic Loop

Mag Loop Bender Rig

/ Bending Jig, Copper Pipe Bending, Ham Radio

Replacement Anti-Virus Installed

/ Anti-Virus Software, General

Added Daily Records Page

/ Weather Daily Records, Weather Site

Mag Loop Vacuum Capacitor

/ Ham Radio, Magnetic Loop, Vacuum Capacitor

Arduino Uno

/ Arduino Uno, Ham Radio, Mag loop motor control

Heathkit GD-1U GDO

/ 1U. GPO, GD, Grid Dip Oscillator, Ham Radio

Added Aurora Alert

/ Aurora Alert, Link, Weather Site

Added Snow Depth

/ Snow Depth, Weather Site

MFJ 269C Pro Analyser

/ Ham Radio, MFJ 269C

Noise Cancelling Speaker

/ Ham Radio, Noise Cancelling Speaker

Guestbook Added to Web Site

/ General, Guestbook

Privacy Policy Amended to V0.2

/ General, Privacy Policy

New Blitzortung Power Supply

/ Blitzortung, Lightning Detection, Low Noise PSU, Weather Site

CCTV Pan/Tilt Controller – Part 2

/ Ham Radio, PTZ Controller

Lightning Analysis Reinstated

/ Lightning Analysis, Weather Site

PayPal Button

/ General, Paypal, Site Upkeep

Weather Station Equipment & Software

/ Station equipment, Weather Site, Weather Station

Dramatic Difference with Lightning Detection Signal

/ Weather Site

Electrical Interference – The hunt with my mate Billy.

/ Ham Radio

Web Site – Alerting of Inaccurate Data

/ Weather Site

UK Extremes Script

/ Weather Site

Weather Site 1st Year in Operation

/ Weather Site

Weather Site Tweaks

/ maintenance, Weather Site

CCTV Pan/Tilt Controller – Part 1

/ Ham Radio

Changing Call sign

/ changing call sign, Ham Radio

WSPR – Propagation Report on 10 Watts

/ Ham Radio, WSPR

Advanced Exam – Update

/ Ham Radio

General Status Update

/ maintenance, Weather Site

Sun & Moon Script

/ php script, Weather Site

Ham Radio Page

/ Ham Radio

Change of Web Host after Outages

/ change host, eRice, Weather Site

Added Trains Information

/ Weather Site

Modification to my setup

/ Ham Radio

Study – Never to Old

/ advanced licence, Ham Radio, study

SWR of Inverted ‘L’

/ Ham Radio

Pt 4 Longwire Installation – Final

/ Ham Radio

Modifications to Wind & Direction Height

/ Weather Site

Pt 3 Longwire Installation

/ Ham Radio

Weather Display and PSK Digital Master 780 Macro in Ham Radio Deluxe

/ digi mode, Ham Radio, HRD EX report, psk

Home Made 300w Dummy Load

/ Ham Radio

Pulley Arrangement – Longwire Pole

/ Ham Radio

Pt2 SG-237 Tuner and Long Wire Installation

/ Ham Radio

Privacy Policy Amendment V0.1

/ General, Privacy Policy

Privacy Page

/ General, Privacy Policy

Web Site Modifications

/ site modifications, Weather Site

July 14 update on getting on air progress

/ Ham Radio

Neat Feature of Ham Radio Deluxe

/ Ham Radio, HRD radio interface

Fire Index Added

/ fire index, Weather Site

SG-237 Tuner Control pt1

/ auto tuner, Ham Radio, SG237

Intermediate Call Sign

/ Ham Radio, intermediate call sign

Weather Site Minor Additions

/ Weather Site, web page tweaks

Lightning Detectors Working Overtime

/ Lightning Detection, Weather Site

My Humble Radio Setup

/ Ham Radio, Radio Shack

Passed Intermediate Test

/ Ham Radio, Intermediate exam

Front Page Season Countdown Error Fixed

/ Script tweak, Weather Site

Weather PC Backup

/ Acronis backup, Weather Site

Weather PC Enhancements

/ PC update, Weather Site

Weather Station Down For Maintenance

/ Site down, Weather Site

Added more information to Ham infrastructure

/ Blog information, Ham Radio

Weather Station Update

/ Intermittent weather data, Weather Site

Started on Ham Infrastructure

/ Ham Radio, Radio ham infrastructure

Rain & Temp Trends

/ rain and temperature trends, Site tweaks, Weather Site

Registered with QRZ.COM & Echolink

/ Echolink, Ham Radio, QRZ

VFO Project

/ Ham Radio, Intermediate Project, VFO

Twitter image not updating

/ Twitter image error, Weather Site

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