08-27-17 11:12 Barry Martin wrote to Ed Vance about Permanently Erase Files
Howdy! Barry,
BM> @MSGID: <59A48167.5.ilelectr@capitolcityonline.net>
BM> Hi Ed!
EV> Thanks for the link, I will find a ROUNDTUIT and grab it soon.
BM> Friend of mine in Michigan has warned me they're on back order from
BM> China, so yours may be delayed also.
EV> Mine is here in the house somewhere, sneaky thing those
EV> ROUNDTUITS are.
BM> I've been trying to clean up up here in the Computer Room: "organized mess"
BM> probably best describes it. I know where (most of) the Stuff is, though
BM> have had that pleasant rediscovery as I go through.
It's O.K. when You do it, when the wife does it that's a different thing.
BM> ... Is it true that you lose brain cells every time you watch the
BM> radio?
EV> I'm writing mainly about the Tagline in the message.
EV> Amateur Radio Operators (HAMS) must be some of the least
EV> brilliant people in the world if the Tagline is true.
BM> :) I don't know: the main gentleman who taught me the basics of
BM> electronics was a Ham and an Electronics Engineer and he seemed quite
BM> bright to me! Another gentleman who was friend of my parents also
BM> 'discovered' the filament circuit for Dad's amplifer wasn't designed
BM> correctly, which is why it was always blowing two tubes. He sort of
BM> verified my point of view that just because someone sells or does something
BM> doens't necessarily mean it's right. (That's not being
BM> phrased quite correctly.) Sort of verified my thoughts shortcuts are taken
BM> and if I see something that doesn't seem quite right fix it.
BM> ...Like maybe a cabinet should be supported better.
Who made the amplifier? Bogen? Proably not Bogen, the one I saw in
the mid-1950's at a friends home was the first Hi-Fi (Monaural) I ever
knew of and it was a GREAT Unit.
I had a problem with my Heath AA-32 Stereo Amplifier making noise on one
side and went to a Clinic a Electronics Store held and was told there
was a loose wire between the Output Tube and the Speaker Terminal Board.
I went home and opened the case and soldered the loose wire back and
the Amp was quite on both sides after that job.
EV> I was a SWL (Shortwave Listener) before I took the Novice Amateur
EV> Radio Test.
BM> Good place to start: listening and then participating. I built (from a
BM> kit) a short wave receiver -- one of the bands never did work. Had it
BM> checked b y at least one of the gentlemen who taught me (was decades
BM> ago) but never did find the error. Plenty to listen to even with the
BM> one band not available.
At Church a Man and his Son built a Knight-Kit SW Receiver but couldn't
hear any stations on it except when they touched a part inside the
chassis.
They let me take their Radio with the Assembly Manual home to look at it.
The problem was a 2 Terminal Terminal Strip they put in turned the opposite
way it should had been.
The Isolated Terminal Had One Wire soldered to it and the Grounded Terminal
Had Two Wires on it.
I fixed it and told them what I found out.
If they didn't have the Manual I wouldn't had been able to help them with
their Radio.
I just started from Step 1 and when I got to see how the Terminal Strip was
mounted and wired in the illustration was different from what I saw in the
chassis I fixed it. Yeah, Me, Ed fixed it.
EV> SWL's have to look at the Dial on the Radio to see where to
EV> remember to turn it to the next time they want to listen to a
EV> Station they previously found when listening to their radio.
BM> Yup! Probably a lot easier with digital tuners, but back then (for me
BM> early 70's) analog tuning and display.
The only Ham Rig I used that had a Digital Display had trouble staying
on Frequency.
It would reset to the bottom of the band whenever it wanted to, so I Emailed the
manufacturer and was told to send it to a authorized repair center.
It couldn't be fixed so I told the repairman to keep it instead of mailing
it back to me.
He said it would go in the Junque Pile.
EV> As a Ham My radio also has a Meter that I can watch the needle
EV> wiggle as I listen.
BM> Ooo! Advanced equipment! <g> I remember S-meters, etc., but not on my
BM> receiver. Actually I do like S-meters on my various receivers, just
BM> don't always have that option.
EV> ... I'm a slef-taught proggrammer
BM> Speling miss-steaks r oh-kay az long az consistant!
Hey!, Tagline mis-spelling IS O.K.! they are suppose to make You <G R I N>.
BM> ... I'm in a class by myself. Everyone else graduated.
Good Tagline! Thanks!
... Have you checked your smoke detector batteries & Fire Ext, LATELY?!
--- MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.49
--- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux
* Origin: Ilink: CCO * capcity2.synchro.net * 1-502-875-8938 (454:1/105)
|
