Over 400 views and no replies? Really? None of you have any thoughts on the available converter boxes?
For what its worth, I'm hoping the APEX Digital DT250 becomes available before my coupons expire...
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- Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Converter Box Recommendations?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4670
- Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: TV Digital Converter Box Coupons & Sales Tax
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5595
Philba, Some of the converter boxes, (an allegedly available RCA DTA 800B1 for example) support something called smart antenna, by which the box can select appropriate antenna phasing to change directivity on a channel by channel basis. Said smart antennas run about 80 bux or at least the ones I've ...
- Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Converter Box Recommendations?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4670
Converter Box Recommendations?
Have you guys figured out which Digital TV Converter Box has the best receiver and feature set yet? I got coupons burning a hole in my pocket! I've Been trying to find and RCA DTA 800B1 (not the 800, 800A or 800B). Walmart is supposed to have one flavor, but the two I went to last night only have Ma...
- Sun Nov 12, 2006 5:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Diode Dilemma?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5031
- Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: D Cell Battery Leak Clean up
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2468
D Cell Battery Leak Clean up
Does know a way to clean up that brown pasty goop that sometimes oozes from old batteries? Backing soda? Lemon Juice? Coke a Cola? Sand blasting?
- Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What do you call this, SWR or what?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3354
The SWR is sort of a side effect of the, and therefore an indication of the resonance mismatch and apparent impedance mismatch caused by the collapsed antenna. If you think of the antenna as a pipe being filled and drained with/of water you might be able to envision the fill pump turning on and off ...
- Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Eton/Grundig S350 service manual or just schematic needed
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13061
speaking of shortwave radios, and such,, i have here a really old german table top radio 3D Klang - 3035 its a nice set..but all you can get on them now days is am or fm, i love its rich sound and green tuning eye slit.. are the short wave radio stations going away more and more ? i do not seem to ...
- Sat Oct 14, 2006 5:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Eton/Grundig S350 service manual or just schematic needed
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13061
Grundig_Tecsun_Eton_garbage
If this isn't the news group I remember, its similar: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grundig_Tecsun_Eton_garbage/ Here's the description of the group: Description What is lacking, is an open forum to freely express frustrations with today's low-quality, over-hyped shortwave receivers (e.g., Grundig S...
- Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Eton/Grundig S350 service manual or just schematic needed
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13061
Grundig/Eton Three Drifty
I don't have any documentation for you. However, I was recently shoping for a nice shortwave radio and so investigated the 350 (I like its looks). During my investigation I came across this review, that indicates that drift is a common problem with this radio: http://www.radiointel.com/review-Grundi...
- Sun Aug 27, 2006 4:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: basic capacitor question?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12349
- Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: basic capacitor question?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12349
Inductor Water Analogy: replace a section of the pipe with a soft rubber tube-->increase pressure the tube expands so flow out the far end doesn't increase right away-->decrease the pressure the tube collapses so the flow out the other end doesn't drop off right away... this is also known as the wee...
- Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Battery Charged Indicator........
- Replies: 24
- Views: 15973
The charger might be over charging your batteries, but I doubt it. Your NiCads are dieing because you don't let them drain to dead. Nicads want to be drained. Silly you, want to have your phone operational at all times :shock: , so you keep them charged. Thats whats killing them. They need to be dee...
- Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Analog multiplex switch help needed
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3415
- Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A/D Circut design question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3726
- Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What is a "TRIAC"??
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4671
You don't seem to have gotten the simple answer you were hoping for, so I'll give it a try: Tricas are a solid state means for providing a High Voltage (eg. 120, 220) contact closure output for digital electronic based systems. They replace relay contacts. As you have learned, they are somewhat more...