I bought a new Ramsey FM30 FM broadcast band transmitter kit. I have it in hand. I was also sent gratis the repair and upgrade parts for the old transmitter shown here. The most critical item was the final amplifier which is a GAL5 surface mount technology (SMT) amplifier chip. This is the part I determined was bad in the previous report. The part is very tiny and has no leads (wires) off of it...
Continue reading...Observation
No FM
Wahhh! I just discovered another victim of the lightning disaster at the ol’ homestead. I have a small FM broadcast band transmitter (1/4 watt) that I use to transmit Christmas music for my computerized light show. Yesterday I discovered it had become a paperweight. It was setting among the computer gear on my large desk and was plugged in but turned off using the button on the front. It is powered by one of those...
Continue reading...Facebook (part 2)
I have been playing with Facebook (FB) for about two months now. I have developed mixed feelings about the so called networking service. First I never trust anything free. There is always a reason for something like this to be given away. This holds for other networking services such as LinkedIn and all the rest of its kind. There is a definite reason behind this entire personal information gathering. Don’t lie to yourself and pretend...
Continue reading...Sick Acorns
Here is something different. I have a pin oak tree in my front yard that has been raised from an acorn. This is a cluster of acorns on that tree that have some kind of disease. My son Steven and I were looking at several clusters like this so he took this picture. Nice shot Steve. He had just come off the roof of my house and I had given him his mom’s camera to...
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