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• Before and After - Improving the way things work

  • Toward Safer Tower Lighting Systems - Richard Rudman
    4/25/13 - Properly wiring those sample transformers.
     

• Keeping track of coax and other lines - Clay Freinwald
  3/21/13 - A way to make sorting out what goes where easier.
   

• Draining Winter Gremlins - Rolin Lintag
  3/7/13 - Dealing with static buildup without spending a dime.
   

• A Very Inexpensive Temperature Alarm - Richard Rudman
  9/28/12 - Stop worrying about unknown temperature swings.
   

• ExpressPCB makes small project PCBs easy - James Pollock
  9/20/12 - Taking a small project schematic to the next level.
   

• A Modification on an FIM-21 Allows use of AA or D Batteries - James Pollock
  7/16/12 - Solving one problem adds flexibility to an industry workhorse.
   

• The Cheap Channel: Great Deals to Stretch Your Budget - Dana Puopolo
  8/2/12   - Earbuds good enough for Evaluating Audio.
  6/21/12  - A Great Value Headset.
  5/16/12  - Two great Class T Audio Amplifiers that will not break the bank.
  1/6/12    - Low cost earbuds that rock and another really cheap phone service.
  11/10/11 - Amplifiers and such at bargain prices.
   

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• Rebuilding a JBL 4301B speaker cone - Alan Alsobrook
  9/21/11 - A video tutorial makes it easy - and saves money.
   

• Saving Serious Cash Repairing a Comtech Dish Mount - Alan Alsobrook
  8/4/11 - Dealing with a feed horn mount that has reached its end of life.
   

• Clear Channel's ERT Restores Signal to Dickinson, ND
  6/7/11 - When a Disaster Plan comes together successfully.
   

• Adjusting a Harris 30 Amp Motor Driven Contactor
  3/24/11 - Some help for those with balky contactors.
   

• Checking it Out: The BW Broadcast RBRX1 - Robert Reymont
  3/11/11 - A high performance tuner for studio, transmitter or translator sites.
   

• A Very Low-Cost Monitor Mount - Jonathan Bowen
  2/9/11 - Mounting a monitor without spending a lot of cash.
   

• Testing UPS Batteries - John Stortz
  10/28/10 - Do it yourself battery evaluation
   

• Audio Pads Made Easy - Mike Callaghan
  9/28/10 - A easy way to build H-Pads, T-Pads, and L-Pads
    

• Solving the calendar year problem on a Sine Systems RFC-1/B Remote control
  1/4/10 - Without the firmware update, be sure your remote is not in the year 2000.
   

• Threading Throught the Wire Maze - Richard Rudman
  12/29/09 - Here is how to light your way.
   

• Replacing Electrolytics in Tight Spaces - Scott Todd
  What you can do when the parts do not fit
   

• DX-50 maintenance tip - Warren Shulz
   
• Death By Capacitor - Warren Shulz

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