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PCB manufacturing for Blitzortung systems - meteodelta - 2025-02-25

Dear experts !
Are you familiar with the following or similar PCB manufacturing ?
Is it good to try to manufacure a small batch of Red/Blue systems at this factory ?

https://www.pcbway.com/pcb-assembly.html

Since there is a long waiting list for regular boards, is this a possible speed-cutting solution
Providing of course parts and assembly has to be done elsewhere ?

Sincerely,

MD

RE: PCB manufacturing for Blitzortung systems - neilj9 - 2025-04-15

(2025-02-25, 10:47)meteodelta Wrote: Dear experts !
Are you familiar with the following or similar PCB manufacturing ?
Is it good to try to manufacure a small batch of Red/Blue systems at this factory ?

https://www.pcbway.com/pcb-assembly.html

Since there is a long waiting list for regular boards, is this a possible speed-cutting solution
Providing of course parts and assembly has to be done elsewhere ?

Sincerely,

MD

I would say so otherwise Egon would not have made them available, and I think I saw a post from him to that effect.
I had 10 bare unassembled H amplifier boards made by PCBway just recently and I have successfully assembled some of them and they work 100%.
I'm considering getting some E preamp boards made and possibly a red system.

RE: PCB manufacturing for Blitzortung systems - Egon - 2025-04-17

Hello everyone,

These are the empty circuit boards I still have. I'm happy to give them away free of charge to anyone interested. The only problem is the shipping costs. 100 x PCB 16 (H-field preamplifier for system blue) 100 x PCB 17.1 + PCB 16 (H-field and E-field preamplifier for system blue, separated from the PCB 20.x panels) 2 x PCB 20-7 (panel for system blue) 2 x PCB 10.6 (main board for system red) Perhaps one of you can distribute the boards, or some of them, to other participants.

I think it only makes sense to ship them to EU countries. Shipping them to other countries from Germany would be more expensive than having them manufactured in China.

   

/Egon

RE: PCB manufacturing for Blitzortung systems - Arturo - 2025-04-21

Hello

Can we get the eagle files for pcb 23.1?

Thanks in advance.

Arturo

RE: PCB manufacturing for Blitzortung systems - Egon - 2025-04-27

yes,

https://www.limaps.org/Hardware/

/Egon

RE: PCB manufacturing for Blitzortung systems - Art_Brown - 2025-05-19

(2025-04-17, 08:11)Egon Wrote: Hello everyone,

These are the empty circuit boards I still have. I'm happy to give them away free of charge to anyone interested. The only problem is the shipping costs. 100 x PCB 16 (H-field preamplifier for system blue) 100 x PCB 17.1 + PCB 16 (H-field and E-field preamplifier for system blue, separated from the PCB 20.x panels) 2 x PCB 20-7 (panel for system blue) 2 x PCB 10.6 (main board for system red) Perhaps one of you can distribute the boards, or some of them, to other participants.

I think it only makes sense to ship them to EU countries. Shipping them to other countries from Germany would be more expensive than having them manufactured in China.



/Egon
Hello Egon,

My Blue E-field preamp died, so I could use one of the System Blue preamp boards for a replacement project if it could be mailed to California. I will happily pay the costs.

Thanks and best regards,
Art Brown, San Ramon, CA USA
User 1781

RE: PCB manufacturing for Blitzortung systems - Art_Brown - 2025-05-19

Hello Egon,
I just located the root cause of my e-field preamp failure (a cable issue) and it is now working. However I am still open to obtaining an empty System Blue preamp PCB if you want to follow that course of action. It would now be an insurance inventment on my part rather than immediately building a replacement preamp.
Regards,
Art Brown

RE: PCB manufacturing for Blitzortung systems - Egon - 2025-05-19

(2025-05-19, 16:14)Art_Brown Wrote: Hello Egon,
I just located the root cause of my e-field preamp failure (a cable issue) and it is now working. However I am still open to obtaining an empty System Blue preamp PCB if you want to follow that course of action. It would now be an insurance inventment on my part rather than immediately building a replacement preamp.
Regards,
Art Brown

Dear Art,

please send me your address to blitzortung@gmx.org and I will include as many circuit boards in the letter as postage allows.

/Egon

RE: PCB manufacturing for Blitzortung systems - Art_Brown - 2025-06-02

Hello everyone,
I have 9 System Blue preamp boards (E-field + H-field), without any components mounted, available in California, thanks to Egon.
The boards are free and the only cost to you will be the shipping, and obtaining the components to mount on the boards.
If you want one, contact me at artb45123s@gmail.com and we can work out the details.
Regards,
Art