The beginning isn’t clear about how it looks. First, scroll to end and look at the photo. https://www.randombio.com/capacitor.html
2020-01-20 Costs of Radio Assemblies and Parts
From FB group Vintage Transistor Radios A thought occured. Do you think that Motorola may have had a lot of parts for tube sets and they decided to use them up by putting a transistor chassis in them? If you break down a radio into its assemblies and/or parts, which of them has the highest
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2020-01-02 Coax Cable and Crimp-On Connectors
FB comment Years ago at work (community college) we had an IBM mainframe and the terminals were connected with coax cables. We also had thin Ethernet cabling. I had the proper connectors and thousand foot boxes of coax, and most importantly the proper stripping and crimping tools. I installed hundreds of coaxes, and I was
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2017-09-10 How Long Can An Arduino Circuit Last?
My answer to a FB Arduino group question on Sept 17 Dan Rogers has the right idea. The protoboard, with all the holes in it, was never meant to be permanent. The contacts in each hole lose their springiness as they are used to hold wires. The contacts can become intermittent after awhile. As time
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