Hey, check out the Altoids heat sink for the PA in my little 30 meter MEPT rig. Is this a new use for our beloved Altoids tins? I like the smoke-stack look.
This rig has evolved quite a bit. It started out as a frequency standard for QRSS and was mounted inside a paperback copy of Dan Brown's book. Then I matched the oscillator up with the multi-vibrator pattern generator from one of Hans Summers' rigs. This week I decided that I really needed a buffer and a PA -- I needed a bit more stability. I'll try to post a schematic tomorrow. In the meantime, watch for my little signal on the ON5EX grabber (off to the right). The pattern is small (3 Hz) bumps, about 4-5 per minute.
An Unintended Post-Mortem
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Many of us wind up in a similar situation, I'm sure: we impulse buy at
hamfests—great plans for some big old currently non-working piece of
gear—and then...
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Looks like a smoke stack!
ReplyDeleteMake it smoke with some oil, dry ice ;-)
Billy suggested putting some incense in there, but I said that it just wouldn't be right. Unless, of course, it smells like solder and rosin....
ReplyDeleteThis should do ;-)
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There is an incense that smells like soldersmoke - it's called Copal. It's a type of resin that is halfway to being amber.
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....Have you been in the Netherlands lately? Look's like one of those smoking ,illegal (or legal) stuff, devices! :)
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