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  1. John K
    Not entirely dismissive Ron. The huge benefit of the JMRI plus smartphone solution is that anybody who arrives as a guest operator with a phone can pretty rapidly join the system. And very importantly, it's a solution that works for most DCC systems - I doubt many of my friends are going to be walking around with a £260 ESU wireless controller in their pockets, but they all have phones. John K
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    I'll stick with JMRI's WiThrottle and my iPhone thanks. John
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    We all have our favourites. I think most experienced user would agree that you will not get the best results from bargain basement, own brand decoders. John
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    Free advice. Do not mix DC and DCC. However clever you think you are, it will end in a tiny puff of blue smoke, a slightly acrid small; and tears. John
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    Check that the transformer supplying the command station is delivering at the correct voltage. John K
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    JMRI works well with Linux Mint. John
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    I have a 7mm scale LMS Garratt and I have gone the other way with a single decoder driving both motors wired in parallel. The decoder has a peak output of 1.8A. It's worked well for 10 years. John K
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    Don't forget to complain to Heljan . If nobody complains about poorly running models, Heljan will carry on selling poor quality, high priced items to the UK market. John K
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    The DCC decoder manuals are all here: https://www.dccconcepts.com/category/product-related-advice-and-information/dcc-loco-decoders/?cat_name=dcc-loco-decoders&term= John
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    It's a brick! John
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    Make sure you are in 28/128 speed step mode. John K
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    I have experience with a number of systems. I'm happy with Lenz, Digitrax, NCE and Uhlenbrock. As for ZTC, if you can't say anything nice, say nothing. John K
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    The Virtual Com Port drivers you need are contained in this zip file. http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/CDM/CDM%20v2.12.26%20WHQL%20Certified.zip The cable you have is fine. John K
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    There is a pdf Show Guide available here http://www.gauge0guild.com/doncaster_2017.pdf John K
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    Dubmill is also featured in the May Gazette. The Halifax venue hasn't been used for some years now and the subsequent venue, the school at Cleckheaton, has been the subject of major remodelling. So the Doncaster Dome is likely to be the Summer Show venue for a while - so long as it remain affordable it's a nice location. Best, John K
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    Come to the Show and join the Guild while you are there. The £5 that you paid in excess of the members fee will be refunded. John
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    Here is a link to some more info: http://www.gauge0guild.com/events/doncaster.aspx John K
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    Come to the Guild's second major show of the year at Doncaster Dome. 10am - 4pm I will post some layout and trader details next week John
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    Event Name: Gauge O Guild Summer Show Doncaster Classification: Exhibition Address: Doncaster Dome Leisure Centre Bawtry Road Doncaster DN4 7PD Day 1: 03/06/17 Opening times Day 1: 1000 - 1600 Prices: Guild Members £5Non-members £10 Disability access: Yes Car parking: Yes Website: Organising body: The Gauge O guild Organiser: Tony Kelltonykell@hotmail.com The Gauge O Guild Summer Show
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    Hi Sandy, I've seen wear something like this with a driven gear eccentrically mounted on the axle (bore too large and grub screw too tight). If it was eccentric, how have you attempted to ensure concentricity of the new one? Did you file a flat on the axle to accept the grub screw? John K
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    Event Name: Gauge O Guild Spring Show Kettering Classification: Exhibition Address: Kettering Leisure Village, Thurston Drive, Kettering, NN15 6GN Day 1: 4 March 2017 Opening times Day 1: 10 - 4 Prices: Members £5Non-mmebers £10 Disability access: Yes Car parking: Yes Website: http://www.gauge0guild.com/events/Kettering_traders.aspx Organising body: Gauge O Guild The Guild's Spring Show
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    Event Name: East Anglian Model Railway Exhibition Classification: Exhibition Address: Britten Arena,Wood Green Animal Charity Centre, London Road, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE29 2NH Day 1: 11 March 2017 Opening times Day 1: 10am - 5pm Day 2: 12 March 2017 Opening times Day 2: 10am - 4pm Prices: Adult £7.00 Child £4.00 Family £20.00 Disability access: Yes Car parking: Yes Website: www.stneotsmrc.com Organising body: St Neots MRC Organiser: Jackie Younger jfmyounger@gmail.com St Neots MRC is proud to host the fifth East Anglian Model Railway Exhibition. We again have secured the Britten Arena at the Wood Green Animal Charity Centre. The big ground floor exhibition space allows us to present more and bigger layouts. This is the biggest show in the East; There will be 38 indoor layouts to see, plus outside live steam. Our admission prices have stayed the same for the past five years so bring the family. We have selected 38 of the best layouts in the country and combined them with 27 specialist traders to produce the biggest show in the East. There is easy access direct from the major road network and there are ample public car parks. Once there, you will find all the facilities to be expected in such a great venue. Again there is a free vintage bus service from Huntingdon railway station on the East Coast Main Line. The entire exhibition is wheelchair friendly. Please see website and our facebook page for more details. Again there is a free vintage bus service from Huntingdon railway station on the East Coast Main Line. The entire exhibition is wheelchair friendly. Please see website ( www.stneotsmrc.com ) and our facebook page ( http://www.facebook.com/East-Anglian-Model-Railway-Exhibition-308140952659301 ) for more details. Advance tickets are on sale on the website now. There are other things to do at Wood Green Animal Charity Centre - See the www.woodgreen.org website.
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    I agree that it may not look the most excreting throttle in the world, but I will bet heavy money that it will work. John
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    I use good old bulletproof Lenz on two O gauge exhibition layouts (and on my home layout) I also link the Lenz system to JMRI running on a laptop so those who want to can use phones and tablets as controllers. I use Lenz because it has never failed in 16 years John K
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    Event Name: GUILDEX Classification: Exhibition Address: International Centre St Quentin Gate, Telford TF3 4JH Day 1: 3 Sept 2016 Opening times Day 1: 1000 - 1700 Day 2: 4 Sept 2016 Opening times Day 2: 100 - 1600 Prices: Members £5Non - members £10Excess refundable on joining the Guild Disability access: Yes Car parking: Yes Website: http://www.gauge0guild.com/events/events.aspx Organising body: Gauge O Guild Organiser: Gauge O Guild Guildex is the Annual Convention of the Gauge O Guild This year marks the 60th Anniversay Two days of specialist Trade sales, Demonstrations, Models, layouts All of the Guild Services and for those who wish to attend, the Guild AGM on Sunday 4th for part of the afternoon. An Event not to be missed to see the best in 7mm modelling. A temporary list of traders who have booked space at Guildex 2016 follows. 7mm NARROW GAUGE ASSOCIATION ABC Gears ABS Models Ace Products Airframed Cases Alphagraphix Aquitrain Assocaition of Larger Scale Railway Modellers AW Adams Bill Hudson Transport Books Black Dwarf Lightmoor Publications Ltd BRISTOL O GAUGE GROUP Buffer Books Bunnig Modellbau C&L Finescale Ceynix Railway Trees Connoisseur Models CPL Products Crecy Publishing Crossingate Models CRT Kits D&S Models Dapol Ltd DC Kits & Models DCC Supplies Ltd Detailed Miniatures Digitrains Ltd DJH Duncan Models Easy Build Coach & DMU Kits EDM Models Eileens Emporium Electrifying Trains Ellis Clark Trains Finescale Brass Finney7 Furness Railway Wagon Company Geoff Stratford/Javelin Gladiator GNRS Golden Age Models Ltd Great Cenral Railway Society Haywood Railway Heljan A/S Helmsman Model Rail HMRS Hobby Holidays Hurn Models & Orion Rail Kits Ian Kirk Invertrain Model Railways JPL Models Just Like The Real Thing Ken's Profiles Kirtley Model Buildings KS Laser Design Lanky Kits Laurie Griffin Miniatures LCUT Creative Lee Marsh Model Co Lionheart Trains LMS PATRIOT PROJECT LNER SOCIETY LNWRS M&J Models M&M Models Marcway Masterpiece Models Megapoints Controllers Mercian Models Metalsmith (Leeds) Ltd Midland Railway Centre Minerva Model Railways/Dragon Models &Sanspareil Minx Microdrives Modelu MOK/PR Components MSC Models Nick Tozer Books Northants Model Railway Supplies NW O GAUGE MODELLERS Omen Miniatures (Scale Figures) Parkside Dundas Parkwood Arts Ltd Parliamentary Trains Peartree Engineering Peter Clark Models Peter Cowling Phoenix Precision Paints Ltd Polak UK Poppys Woodtech PR Model Railway Products Premier Components Ragstone Models Railway Nameplates UK Ltd Ray Heard Model Railways Roger Carpenter Photographs Roxey Mouldings SBT Developments Scale Link Ltd SCALE SEVEN GROUP Scale Signal Supply Scenic Solutions Scorpio/Seven Models SCOTTISH LINE SOCIETIES Sidelines SIGNALLING RECORD SOCIETY Skytrex (2013) Ltd Slaters (Plastikard) Ltd SM Models South West Digital Squires Model and Craft Tools Steamline Ltd Streetscene Models Swanage Model Co The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Society Timber Tracks Tower Models & Co Treemendous W Haywood Painting & Lining Wagon&Carriage Works with Lynx Models Walsall Model Industries Walsworth Models WARLEY MRC Warren Shephard Wealistic Models Western Wagon Works Layouts attending: 82G Arakoola "Blackshaw Yard/ Coopers End" Caithreay Cragganmore Eigh Bay Halt Gosfield Junction Lancaster (Green Ayre) Lochty Lane Matthews Yard New Andil Yard Porters Lock Runswick Bay Scale 7 group St Georges Quay St Michaels Bridge Test Track 1 Test Track 2 Tussen Klei En Leuzze Washday on Houghton Street Worcester South Quay Demos:Derek Mundy Semaphore signalling Ruth Redgwick Figure painting Ted Kanas Prizewinning loco builder Fred Lewis Bespoke loco building David Wright Creating scenery and buildings Brian Flanagan Coaches from etched brass kits Bob Savage trees Peter Silvester Wagon building Nick Baines Scratch building Workshop Malcolm Green Resin casting, card cutting John Walker Tips and ideas from workbench Brian Daniels Diesel, elecrtric locos with sound Norman Solomon Bespoke trackwork Ian Rathbone Painting and lining Please watch the website for further details
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