2017-07-13 Don’t Use Your Original Remote Control
From FB reply My remotes seem to go bad all the time. Batteries low or dead, battery juice leaking on the circuit board, broken wires from falling off the table, getting sticky or worn, etc. I try to minimize the wear and tear on the original remote. I never use the original remote, I use a cheap
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2017-06-19 FM Receiver Kit With Hex3653 Chip
I ordered these kits Several weeks ago and they finally arrived today. I opened up the package and found several parts rattling around loose in the box. I found one bag had been cut open, and whoever slit it didn’t tape or staple it closed. I got to work and assembled one of the kits
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2016-11-20 Books, Movies, City Lights
This is my answer to a question on Facebook about what movie have you watched five or more times. I think I watched UP! more than once. And Wall-e. But I can’t see spending that much time watching a movie when I know pretty much how it’s going to be after the second or 3rd
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2016-06-04 Crystal Radio Coils, Crystal Diodes
I was reading some of Geo John’s projects and came across a crystal radio set that he built using two tuned coils. A crystal radio set refers to the type of detector used, which was once a galena crystal and a ‘catwhisker’ to find a sensitive spot on the crystal. Nowadays, that is no longer
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2016-04-18 Coil For FM Microphone Bug Transmitter
I’ve built an FM microphone bug or transmitter before, but it’s been a very long time since I wound coils for one. Long ago I would wind too many turns on the coil and try it out. The usual outcome was the bug would be transmitting somewhere in the low TV channels 5 or 6,
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2015-12-11 Legacy Direct Himedia IPTV Box
Last night I attended a demonstration of the Legacy Direct BeyondTV streaming IPTV ‘system’ which apparently uses a Himedia box. The Legacy Direct company charges $400.00 for the system, and is sold by MLM (multi level marketing) methods. According to some (this discussion says it all), it uses a Himedia box, which has a quad
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