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by thisnews 7y ago
Absolutely! There have been too many attempts by management to push our technical team towards devices with replaceable batteries as a means of reducing operational expenditure. Such loggers fail, often.
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by thisnews 7y ago
I wonder how easy it would be to convert, or design something similar to the Enviro+ that is in a waterproof enclosure with battery. Could be useful for collecting data on some basic water quality(turbidity,conductivity,pH,temp) alongside w
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by thisnews 11y ago
A related story featured on HN a couple of days ago [1]. I'll echo JonnieCache and recommend Jordan Peterson's lectures [2]. If you are concerned about investing the time in an entire lecture, check out the video "Dragons, Di
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by thisnews 11y ago
We currently use Iridium. On Ku band I beleive. I'll look further into this and see what our options are for L-band. Outernet looks like a great project. How small of a satellite can be used to achieve the connection? Any more info&#x2
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by thisnews 11y ago
It's heavily dependent on river/climate conditions. During the dry most loggers will only need to be polled once every hour. However, during the buildup and wet, the stations would ideally be sending back every ~5 minutes.
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by thisnews 11y ago
I am a hydrographer in the NT working out in very remote areas- Phone reception is rarely possible for such monitoring sites. Currently we use satellite Comms. to relay water data home, but this is very expensive and prone to failure. I&#x
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by thisnews 12y ago
If it is not too personal, can you elaborate on how you manged to work with your subconscious rather that fight against it? Was it through meditation and/or other simple practices? Jordan Peterson - in his personality series - talks of