Radio Paradise

Posted: Sep 2, 2011 - 8:50am
ScottFromWyoming wrote: I mostly meant, I can follow written instructions. Ikea instructions are all pictures and shit. at least the people in the pics seemed to have a successful end to their day!!! in all seriousness do not buy an IKEA bed if you have any children, or if a child might visit you or lives within a few blocks of you as THEY WILL BOUNCE ON THE BED AND TRASH IT

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Posted: Sep 2, 2011 - 8:46am
ScottFromWyoming wrote: I mostly meant, I can follow written instructions. Ikea instructions are all pictures and shit. Indeed. Which ties in with 'Things I Miss': written instructions. I don't really mind ten pages of different languages, if I can tear off the section I need. But that would require translators and $hit, which costs money. Love the cartoon though.

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Posted: Sep 2, 2011 - 8:39am

cc_rider wrote:

Yeah, I'm kind of that way with circuits too. I know electrical components have a mechanical correlation, but I don't 'see' it the way EEs do. I can calculate out the values according to the formulas, but visualizing it is a whole 'nuther story.

I am so over KD furniture a la IKEA. I can't stand particle board stuff anymore. I'll make something myself first.

I mostly meant, I can follow written instructions. Ikea instructions are all pictures and shit.

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Posted: Sep 2, 2011 - 8:18am

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I spent a lot of time in Jr. High & High School soldering together shortwave radios & stuff. Didn't learn a single thing except that I'm pretty good at following instructions even if I don't know wtf they're talking about. Tab A? Slot B? Got it.

Ikea furniture is a whole different ballgame tho.

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Posted: Sep 2, 2011 - 8:13am

cc_rider wrote:

Parts Express has pre-printed circuit boards for several passive speaker crossover configurations, I use them when I build speakers. Makes 'em look like somebody knew what they were doing...

Ikea furniture is a whole different ballgame tho.

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Posted: Sep 2, 2011 - 8:10am

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

YOU THE KIT BUILDERS HAVE SPOKEN!

Thank you for your overwhelming response to our announcement that Heathkit is back into the Do-it-Yourself kits business. We received many great suggestions for kits you would like to build.

We will be releasing Garage Parking Assistant kit (GPA-100) in late September and soon after the Wireless Swimming Pool Monitor kit will be available.

Based on your input, we are looking at developing amateur radio kits. Our goal is to have kits available by the end of year.

Please keep your suggestions coming so that we can continue to bring you interesting, unique Heathkit products

Parts Express has pre-printed circuit boards for several passive speaker crossover configurations, I use them when I build speakers. Makes 'em look like somebody knew what they were doing...

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Posted: Sep 2, 2011 - 8:00am

cc_rider wrote:

I read somewhere those kits are coming back. Velleman still makes a few also. I have enough fun repairing hair salon equipment already.

YOU THE KIT BUILDERS HAVE SPOKEN!

Thank you for your overwhelming response to our announcement that Heathkit is back into the Do-it-Yourself kits business. We received many great suggestions for kits you would like to build.

We will be releasing Garage Parking Assistant kit (GPA-100) in late September and soon after the Wireless Swimming Pool Monitor kit will be available.

Based on your input, we are looking at developing amateur radio kits. Our goal is to have kits available by the end of year.

Please keep your suggestions coming so that we can continue to bring you interesting, unique Heathkit products.

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Posted: Sep 2, 2011 - 7:45am
oldslabsides wrote: The hair on the top of my head. Great quote I heard regarding this subject: "I had it when I needed it."

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Posted: Sep 2, 2011 - 7:32am
cc_rider wrote: I read somewhere those kits are coming back. Velleman still makes a few also. I have enough fun repairing hair salon equipment already. I built the Vellemen K4040 90 wpc tube amp about 10 years ago. It wasn't a very good design and took a lot of mods to get it sounding decent and reliable.. A friend of mine I sold it to still uses it daily.

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Posted: Sep 2, 2011 - 7:26am
Umberdog wrote: I miss Heath Kit and Popular Electronics Magazine. I loved assembling electronic gadgets. I was into Ham Radio (KA7CRB) for a while and I miss that too. Aw well. I read somewhere those kits are coming back. Velleman still makes a few also. I have enough fun repairing hair salon equipment already.

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Posted: Sep 2, 2011 - 7:23am
The hair on the top of my head.

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Posted: Sep 2, 2011 - 7:23am

Umberdog wrote:

I miss Heath Kit and Popular Electronics Magazine. I loved assembling electronic gadgets. I was into Ham Radio (KA7CRB) for a while and I miss that too. Aw well.

My first job ever was with Grief Kit as a kid wiring up "factory wired" stuff for them. They farmed it out. My Dad was an engineer and a Ham (W9ETP) and got me into electronics at a very early age. He made sure I had an FCC first class before I was HS age. I never became a Ham but it came in handy for when I volunteered for the HS FM station as an "engineer".

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Posted: Sep 2, 2011 - 12:41am
I miss Heath Kit and Popular Electronics Magazine. I loved assembling electronic gadgets. I was into Ham Radio (KA7CRB) for a while and I miss that too. Aw well.

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Posted: Apr 28, 2011 - 9:08am
Alexandra wrote: Being able to go take a walk on the beach after a long day of work. And Santa Barbara's dry but not too dry climate. Are you moving back??

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Posted: Apr 28, 2011 - 9:02am
jadewahoo wrote: Two sweet little girls, 2 years old and 5 months old. It will be a while... Oh that's right! that will be fun. You know they'll be pre-teen girlies in no time.

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Posted: Apr 28, 2011 - 9:01am
jadewahoo wrote: Taking my kids out on hikes, bike rides, wrestling around with them, to the movies, etc... all grown up now, they are. Could you borrow some? why does that sound so wrong?... I mean, check in with friends or communities you're part of and give a parent a break.

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Posted: Apr 28, 2011 - 9:01am
jadewahoo wrote: Two sweet little girls, 2 years old and 5 months old. It will be a while...

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Posted: Apr 28, 2011 - 9:00am
Alexandra wrote: Any grandchildren yet? I know it's not quite the same, but..... Two sweet little girls, 2 years old and 5 months old. It will be a while...

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Posted: Apr 28, 2011 - 8:57am
jadewahoo wrote: Taking my kids out on hikes, bike rides, wrestling around with them, to the movies, etc... all grown up now, they are. Any grandchildren yet? I know it's not quite the same, but.....

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