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I'll try to document the bits as I put it together. I received the GPS module and made up a 2" PVC housing for it with an end cap and short section of pipe. The controller will go in the same style NEMA box as the Eastern Voltage Research detector and look similar.
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#Utp receiver radio shack install#
I am going to install the controller near my other weather stuff in the computer/weather room in the basement. I am going to mount the antennas/amp in an upstairs closet and route the CAT5 antenna cable down the side of the house outdoors, then into the basement. I also received today outdoor grade shielded CAT5 for the antenna cable. I hope to start building up this weekend, but I am going to take my time and do it right. The ferrite rod antennas slide perfectly into 1/2 inch PVC pipe. They are very nice circuit boards and all the parts look first-rate. It might be due to my regular temporary UTP CAT5 routing picking up noise. I had to tone down the gain since it was continuously triggering. The Yellow LED is highly responsive to my BBQ sparker. Without the GPS, I can't get it on line yet. I am still waiting on a shielded CAT5 Leviton block and the Sparkfun GPS breakout board. I have the antenna/amplifier assembly mounted in an upstairs closet. UPDATE (4/13): The kit has been built up and is partially installed. (he also wrote the "tracker" program that handles GPS/strike uploads to the server.) I also installed "Lightning View" from Edmund Korffmann which is a good way to view the blitzortung data without a browser. It is working well and I am very impressed. I am able to pick up strikes as far as eastern Nebraska and just off-shore of Virginia. With the gain set to 28x, fully shielded wiring the nocturnal interference is under control. UPDATE (4/22): Finally got the breakout board for the GPS and shielded CAT5 jack.