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Mongoose M60 Programming

Posted by on October 11, 2011 No comments

 

So, I tend to go nuts every few months, trying to find the Programming instructions for the M60/M80 Mongoose Alarms. So rather than bookmark the post I eventually find each time, and hope it doesn’t dissappear, or that I don’t lose my bookmarks, I’ll just reproduce it here :)

Instructions:

  1. Drivers door must be open
  2. Within 15 seconds of opening the door (note: Seems to really just be within de-arming the immobiliser), turn the ignition ON/Off the number of times for the programming charg (e.g. 3 times for remote code learning)
  3. Siren will then chirp the same number of times as the programme number.
  4. Press button one to turn the feature ‘ON’ – siren chirps once, lights flash once.
    Press button two to turn feature ‘OFF’ – siren chirps twice, lights flash twice.
  5. Leave system for 10 seconds – system quickly chirps 3 times (lights flash 3 times) to show exit of programming mode
Feature Button one (on) Button Two (Off)
3 Remote code learning
4 Ignition Door Lock ON OFF
5 Siren Chirps ON OFF
6 Turbo Timer Each press = 1 minute
Siren chirps for minutes set, max 5 mins		 N/A>
7 Last Door Arming ON OFF
8 Door Diagnostics ON OFF
9 Engine Immobiliser ON OFF
10 Siren or Horn Siren Horn
11 CDL Pulse 0.8 Sec 3.5 Sec
12 NSW Siren Timing ON OFF

And it’s gone!

Posted by on December 14, 2010 No comments

D’oh!

Was just having a fairly decent chat with VK4ALO (fantastic reception!), and up came the noise! currently sitting here listening to the noise sweep up and down the band.. sigh!

Though proved that the vertical was my problem! Interestingly, Paul (VK4ALO) is using a squid pole – so says something for our area, since I tried my squid pole with a wire cut for 40m, and didn’t get any better performance than the TEV-1 (though MUCH better SWR!)..

Wow, 11pm, might be time to head in and get some sleep :)

–edit– Ahh, noise dissappeared, and was able to finish my QSO with Paul!

Was a good night!

Woohoo, a contact

Posted by on December 14, 2010 No comments

WOW!

Just WOW!

Turned on the 897 tonight, and WOW, 8 simultaneous stations on 7.03515!! That’s just incredible – says a LOT about just how insanely bad the TEV-1 was on 40m! AND I managed a contact! Well, kind of.. – I couldn’t get a lot of what JA2GSD said, but he was hearing me, and I was hearing him :)
VK2TDG VK2TDG de JA2GSD JA2GSD

GA ur RSQ 599 599

eiame : Kiichi Ki chi ichi

QTH ShizuoØa Shizuopa

Loc :P M94dv [348.4° 7,704.0km] PM94dv

BTU VK2TDG de JA2GSD KN

.g. VK2TDG VK2TDpée JA2GSD J
2GSD

NtQ 599 599

Ntme : Kiichi Kiichi Kiii

QT= whi, e eka Shizuoka

Loc :P M94dv PM94dv

BTU VK2TDG JA2GSD KN

Yep, not a very good decode.. but he could hear me! That’s the first time EVER I’ve been heard – not bad for the first minute of firing up on the dipole.. Well, not really a dipole when you look at it – even using the MD gal pipe, both end pipes have a decent bow in them – and the dipole centre is a good 2 metres below where it *should* be.. so I guess it’s an inverted inverted-V? does that make it a V? lol!

Close, but not quite

Posted by on December 14, 2010 No comments

Well the 40m dipole (top dipole only, haven’t done the rest) is up! Although it is 1:1 swr on 6.625MHz, not 7.10MHz as calculated..

Thankfully I left a fair bit of overlap (3%, 30ish cm) incase I needed to lengthen it.. with 35cm per side (70cm total) added to the length, it is now 1:1 at 6.480MHz. Ahh of course, it needs to be shorter! Now, 35cm lengthening (per side) made it 0.145MHz lower. I want it 0.475MHz higher than the starting point.. which would make it 3.28*35cm which I want to shorten each end by? That is 1.14 metres per end?!?! That seems a little short?! And MMANA-GAL says it should be horrid! But we’ll give it a try ;)

Ok, it gets down 1.05:1 at 7.290MHz.. Hrrrm! Let’s add 40cm to the length and see if we can get it closer to 7.1 ;)

Ok! measured it to 75cm longer than original (so 10.91m per side), and it’s now 1:1 at 7.05MHz. Woo!

Seems to work quite nicely on 15m as well.. we’ll see how we go on PSK31 on 40m and 15m tonight :)