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Dead End PC?

Posted on Jan 11, 2014 | Comments Off on Dead End PC?

I finally ran into one. Ok, so it is a 9-year old Dell Dimension XPS Gen 4, but I’ve upgraded her over the years…XP to Vista...

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New Tech Toys Pt.2

Posted on Jan 5, 2014 | Comments Off on New Tech Toys Pt.2

On to the workbench! The holidays brought an abundance of technology which I started to describe in Part 1: Overcome with technology.  Now...

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Overcome with technology!

Posted on Jan 4, 2014 | Comments Off on Overcome with technology!

My-oh-my I was inundated with technology throughout December! It all started in November when I received a Kindle Fire HDX 8.9,  ordered...

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W2NSD (SK)

Posted on Sep 18, 2013 | Comments Off on W2NSD (SK)

It was sad to hear that Wayne Green, W2NSD passed away last Friday the 13th. I met him once at a hamfest in the 70’s, but I was an...

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What’s a Gadgeteer?

Posted on Sep 6, 2013 | Comments Off on What’s a Gadgeteer?

After the Arduino came out and before the Raspberry Pi, there was a subdued hacking platform created by Microsoft called the Gadgeteer....

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Is Heathkit back?

Posted on Aug 25, 2013 | Comments Off on Is Heathkit back?

So I went to a Tailgate Fest sponsored by the Cuyahoga Falls Amateur Radio Club today. I didn’t find anything I was looking for...

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Tracking down bad caps

Posted on Jul 29, 2013 | Comments Off on Tracking down bad caps

I just added a new tool to the workbench and I’m loving it: Atlas ESR70. I work on a lot of power supplies, computers, transceivers,...

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