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		<title>Talking Like an Old Hand</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; [April 2026] Original post July 2015. As times and technology change, common terms often change their meaning, and can create curious turns of phrase. Sometimes the younger guys and gals do not know exactly why they say certain things. Today, we want to rewind Clay&#8217;s comments on definitions. I thought [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Keep Your Copper in the Ground</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[January 2026] Have you read any reports lately about copper theft from transmitter sites? Likley the weather has kept many of the thiever away for the moment. But you can be sure that as the weather warms up over the next few months, they will be back around. As Clay Frienwald originally wrote, site security [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Recovery in the Aftermath of a Disaster</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[June 2025] With the summer severe weather season already affecting a number of locations, this is a good time to consider whether your plant is prepared to cope with the aftermath of a local disaster. As you may imagine, Clay has some thoughts to share on the subject. Floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, forest fires, chemical [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>RCA Connectors Are New Again</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[April 2023] Earlier in the year, Clay talked about the range of solderless connectors now available. This time, he goes deeper into the “Phono Connector,” discussing what is available, but also delving into the history of the connector. Simply finding ways to avoid using a soldering iron is good, but knowing more about the tools [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Use Your Greenie and Avoid Soldering</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[February 2023] Among the first talents a new engineer used to learn was to solder something cleanly, with no solder bridges or cold solder joints. But, like all else in the world, everything is new again. Clay shares a way to use a tool we had almost forgotten to do a lot of things. Although [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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