Archive for March, 2018:

2018-03-12 Phones Too Hot 

From FB group Bell Telephone of… That brings up a thorny question. We moved into a brand new bldg, and when it got hot over the weekend, Monday morning I had to go out to the other campus and find out what happened to a few phones. The phones in 2 of the second floor

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2018-03-05 Grownups Don’t Act Grown-up

From FB group Orange Talk Art Rosen said, “The state of this group is really sad. I joined another group for a city where I have a second home. Nobody was name calling or obsessed with being a conservative or a liberal. They spoke of things that bind people together. New restaurants, where to get

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2018-03-04 Move To A “Free” State

From FB group Orange Talk I wish at least ten million Californians would take your advice and move to a “free” (red) state, like Texas.  That would change California’s real estate market from a seller’s market to a buyer’s market.  It would change to lower demands for all those things that are overpriced, such as

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2018-03-02 One Transistor AM Radio

FB group Building Transistor Radios In JF1OZL’s voluminous archive I found his version of a MW receiver.  It is labeled [2] …. MW-RADIO (see link).  He used a long wire antenna, and an IF transformer with the ceramic capacitor removed for the tuning coil.  He also said to use a ferrite loopstick, which is what

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2018-03-01 What’s Your Least Favorite -Ism?

In reply to people complaining about socialism, etc., ruining the state. I get tired of hearing all the whining on the FB group Orange Talk.  Everyone talks about isms.  Conservatism, Liberalism, Socialism, Populism, and on and on.  Everyone is chronically whining about their least favorite -ism.  They attempt to categorize every person or group into a

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