Hey there,

Reasonably new participant to the blitzortung project here. 
I've got two stations. one that I will be bringing to Nepal if all goes well; the other will stay hosted in Amsterdam.

From tomorrow till the beginning of the 31st of Dec, i'll be at 34C3, the yearly conference of the CCC germany that'll be in Leipzig this year.

If there's anyone that'd want to meet up there; come look for 'Justa' somewhere around the HSNL/Techinc assemblies.
I'm also bringing a fridge with home-brewed beer; so that might also be an extra incentive to come meet up.

You can also , of course, drop a private message here; i'll try to look from time to time.

Perhaps see some (other) participants or tech-heads of the project, there.

-- 
 Justa

This is a two-part question:

•  Why do so many projects that I see are using basic linear transformer power supplies (i.e., mains->transformer->rectifier->regulator) but not have any kind of input protection beyond a fuse? Is a fuse really going to help prevent damage to the circuit? Are they assuming that it's going to be plugged into a surge protector, so it doesn't need to worry about excessive input voltage?
  
•  If it is a good idea to include more protection in a simple power supply, is a simple crowbar-type arrangement like this appropriate?
  

Hi I need to reset my password on Blitzortung.org but cannot find how to reset/request a new password.

http://en.blitzortung.org/login.php

and gives no clue as to how to reset the password.

Hello, 

Does any one know the range (km) that Electric signal can detect? My guess is that Magnetic antenna (H) detects strikes in longer distances than Electric antenna. I see more detections (signals and  effectivity L) with ferrite antennal than E antenna.  

I am also thinking of adding a filter to Magnetic channel. Of the 3 H field channels, which would work best?

Hello, 
What do Effectivity S and Effectivity M represent?

I know effective L represent the number of received signals used to calculate strike position with distance of up to 5000km.

Hello, 
I am in Kenya. Do we have a way of updating my region here to Africa? 

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Hi,
I created a stroke alert and cannot delete it,  it will appear again after I delete the alert.
any help please? 

hello, just got my station.

==ordering==
1 x main board
2 x ferrite antennas.
+ shipping
+ paypal

total 235.84 €

==box==
content [pic]

* PCB 20.5 
** pic
** schematics[1]
** board[1]
* two ferrite antennas
* thru hole components

content arrived with no issues in carton box (10x24x17cm) with some newspaper as filling. 
pcb was inside a zip bag, the pcb sharp corners tore through the plastic bag and were exposed.

the kit didn't come with the 3mm LEDs, luckily i ordered a LED kit a while ago.
there are built in smd leds, which i failed to notice. the holes are to connect to an external led.

==soldering==
i started soldering with my chinese soldering station but i felt it didn't have enough power for handling the F/SMA connectors. 
even the ethernet grounds gave it a fight. so switched to the metcal SP-200 with a fat head. it handled the rest well. with a bit of flux for some. 

i sent my "finished" board picture to @tonuonu (who nudged me into blitzortung) and i noticed i switched the ethernet and mcu crystals. 



so i had to do a little rework. 

first blink!

==power==

Quote:"The main board is supplied with a 5V USB power adapter. The plug must be a USB-B Mini 5 pin. The power supply is not part of the kit. It must be purchased separately. The power consumption is about 450mA. Please use a 1A or bigger power supply. We have made bad experiences with 500mA power supplies."

Quote:You can use any GPS antenna operating with 3.5 Volts. The Antenna is connected via an SMA connector with the main board. The built in GPS module is very sensitive and works with antennas connected by lines of up to 10 meters.

Quote:4.1.2 Ferrite rod antennas

It is not necessary to align the two antennas to north/south and west/east. The antennas only have to be placed horizontally
[...] strip the insulation of the copper enameled wires, before the blank copper wires can be soldered to the amplifier board.
[...] one of the two copper enameled wire ends has a knot. Connect these wires with the positive inputs of your amplifier and the other wire with the negative input of the amplifier

I just finished soldering system blue in Kenya. Now I want to I want to set up an account with Blitzortung, but I don't I can't locate it. On the manual documentation, it is stated: 

"On the web page of the internal web server, you find a link to request an account for Blitzortung.org. Follow the instructions in the email you will receive. The account is associated with your email address.
"

Where is this "Internal web Server"? and how do I get the link? 


Thanks, 
Gilbert

Hi all,

Got my system blue up and running! 

I see no "link to request an account for Blitzortung.org." 

What am I missing? I have looked everywhere (Except for the right spot, obviously!) but do not see it.

I want to update the firmware since it says "unknown pc board", but cannot download it without an account.

Please assist.