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YAMR [Yet Another Monitor Repair] ViewSonic VP191b
A little while ago, I picked up a set of seven LCD monitors in various states of not working to work on repairing and maybe eventually reselling. The first one was quite easy – it just needed a wire...
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October Projects
September was a good month for projects. I accomplished all the things I set out to do and more: I’ve finished the Hornyphon radio for my customer Repaired and began using the Hallicrafters Got the...
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October Recap
Recapping the projects I completed in the month of October. I started out with a few goals: GE LF-116 Radio Repair Sanyo Solid-State Receiver Repair EICO 460 Oscilloscope Overhaul and Tune-Up I jumped...
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Why I’m excited about the Raspberry Pi [$25 Linux PC]
I generally write about radios and older projects here, but I do in fact work on a lot of other projects as well. This one is pretty interesting, a new and intriguing product that stands a very solid...
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March Projects
February was a pretty slow month for projects, about the only one I managed to accomplish was fixing the Firestone car radio. March should be a bit more productive, though. I have a list of a few...
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Build Log and Review: Mable Audio VT-86PP Kit Hi-Fi Amp Project [Chinese Gear]
About a year ago, someone left a comment that really looked like spam on one of my pages advertising a web store selling tube audio gear and parts for guitar and audio amplifiers. Against everything...
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July Projects
July is always a pretty busy month – it’s finally summer in the Pacific Northwest and so my attention is divided between my electronics work and spending time in the great outdoors. I have a few things...
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Shortwave Radio Reception with the RTL-SDR Dongle
I bought and did a quick setup on my RTLSDR dongle using SDR# a few weeks ago, where I used it to listen to FM radio stations around my area and a few public safety frequencies. That’s all well and...
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Back from Vacation
I’m back from a short vacation and moving apartments, and ready to tackle new projects. My new location has a lot more available space to set up a work bench which should be online in a few days. In...
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First Look: 1934 Grunow 750 “World Cruiser”
I’m getting ready to sell some of my radio collection to make room for new ones, but until that happens I’ve been under something of a self-imposed moratorium on new purchases. This one came up on eBay...
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Building a Better Voltage Regulator
Glancing through my feeds, I stumbled across a note on The Paleotechnologist describing a new replacement for the venerable LM7805 linear regulator IC. It turns up in a ton of devices, pretty much...
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