SAM III - Simple Aurora Monitoring

[higginsdj]

Well my semi built SAM III has arrived (minus it's temperature sensor) and I'm soon to wire it up. Need to pay JayCar and MagnetMart a visit on the weekend to pick up some shielded twisted pair cable and some electrical conduit and connection boxes.

Mine may have a tentative 'first light' sometime this weekend.

DN, how is yours coming along?

Cheers

David

[higginsdj]

HHO's monitor is up and running though not finished and no auto FTP publishing as yet.

http://www.david-higgins.com/Astronomy/sam/construction.htm

Cheers

David

[higginsdj]

After lots of issues with temperature stability, a solution has been found and HHO's SAM has joined the World Wide Network. We are awaiting the latest CME to see if we can detect it. We've certainly been able to detect the unsettled conditions of the last 24hrs.

http://www.sam-magnetometer.net/
http://www.david-higgins.com/Astronomy/sam/samData1.htm

To achieve thermal stability I had to do a little extra work (see here)
http://www.david-higgins.com/Astronomy/sam/construction2.htm

Cheers