Archive for April, 2018:

2018-04-05 Fake News And Right Wing Extremists – Guardian Article

From FB group Orange Talk Don Thompson All you have said, are, as you say, “a lot of fluff.” And the majority of Americans realize that. Sadly, you’re not in that majority. You say the “mainstream propaganda … is not saying anything about the good…” That’s because there is so little good to say. Never

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2018-04-04 Transformers In Series Parallel Part 2

For FB group Building Transistor Radios I rigged up two of the transformers, connecting six 600 ohm windings in series and two 600 ohm windings in parallel. I measured the voltages to find the turns ratio. I applied 6 volts to the 6 series windings, and measured 1 volt on the two paralleled windings. This

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2018-04-03 Transformers in Series Parallel

For FB group Building Transistor Radios This is the idea that I had about using more than one transformer to connect their windings in series or parallel to get a higher impedance and a higher stepdown ratio. My idea was to be applied to the Bogen T725 line matching transformer, but it could be applied

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2018-04-02 Student Financial Aid

From FB group Orange Talk I’d like to tell you a true story. Back before Direct deposit, we (SAC) had to set up check handout tables for the students on Financial Aid. We had four lines, A thru G, H thruvM, etc. Each had an accordion folder with the checks sorted alphabetically. One day I

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2018-03-30 Conserve Energy

From FB group Orange Talk “So what’s your secret?” Diligence. Turn the lights out. Use task lights like a desk lamp. Change every light to LED bulbs. Use cold water for washing. The gas dryer saves a lot on electricity. Don’t use a hair dryer. Don’t use a toaster. Don’t use an electric coffee maker.

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