tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post4620698501227358655..comments2024-03-28T18:51:21.655-04:00Comments on SolderSmoke Daily News: ET Phone Home! With Minimalist QRSS!Bill Mearahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07662500663603350847noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-14561041667263666432009-03-05T07:59:00.000-05:002009-03-05T07:59:00.000-05:00Hi Again,Now this might actually work...Attach a l...Hi Again,<BR/><BR/>Now this might actually work...<BR/><BR/>Attach a long screw or fine pitch threaded stock to the second, minuite or even hour shaft of an AC mains alarm clock. Thread a nut on it and solder a stiff contactor wire to the nut. The contactor wire prevents the nut from spinning while simultaneously the nut drags the contactor wire across make/break sections of conductive tape or glued-down aluminum foil such that your call sign and message are sent in Morse over time.<BR/><BR/>You might even be able to rig the alarm and use it to stop the transmission after a given time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-70016663566643303242009-03-05T07:49:00.000-05:002009-03-05T07:49:00.000-05:00You could somewhow adapt one or more "Cup of Tanta...You could somewhow adapt one or more "Cup of Tantalus" as a fluid driven low speed device. Yeah, half-baked...<BR/><BR/>Quoting part of this site:<BR/><BR/>http://www.kleinbottle.com/Tantalus.html<BR/><BR/>"By adjusting the fill rate from your faucet,, you can make a Tantalus Cup into into an intermittant siphon ... it fill for 30 seconds, then empty, then refill and empty. It's a fluid dynamics oscillator!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-10708500455953697702009-03-05T00:09:00.000-05:002009-03-05T00:09:00.000-05:00I like the record player idea. Sort of taking our...I like the record player idea. Sort of taking our lead from ET.Bill Mearahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07662500663603350847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-54820002444359840642009-03-04T15:49:00.000-05:002009-03-04T15:49:00.000-05:00How about painting your message on an old vinyl re...How about painting your message on an old vinyl record with conductive ink? Run the record player really slow, and use a couple brushes to connect it to your transmitter. I guess you could do the same with a non-conductive paint on an old circular saw blade. Just mask out the 'space' sections and let the 'mark' sections complete the circuit.rsbohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08484228357584651944noreply@blogger.com