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Hi Chris, can you elaborate on the matching balun? I did some reaserch but i'm a little confused. From what i can see a balun is used to hook up an FM radio to a coax cable such as the cable provider. I don't have this option at the camp, unless are you suggesting to hang a coax cable for antenna?

When i was a kid my Grandfather had a small coil attached to some light guage insulated wire that ran into the attic of his camp as an (FM i think) antenna. Reception greatly improved by placing the coil ontop of or even close to the radio. In the past i've tried to do the same but with no success. ...

Originally posted by roddy: The seller told me the caller id function is powered through the phoneline.roddy At least i got burnt in Canada.. I got the phone nice and quick. It came with the manual that clearly states it needs an AC adapter to power the caller id function. To add insult to injury t...

I found a Casio Phonemate Model TI-360 on ebay for ninty nine cents plus nine buck shipping. The seller told me the caller id function is powered through the phoneline. It's even located in Canada Thanks everyone,

roddy

Originally posted by Will:
I got a free unit which is powered from the phone line - It remembers about fifty phone numbers

Will, can you tell me what make/model the phone is? I seem to be having trouble finding one. Thanks,

roddy

Although it sounds like this may be possible, and at the same time a fairly rewarding challenge. I think i'll look at the simpler solution as suggested by stephen. This task sounds a little more advanced than i had first anticipated. Thanks to all of you,

roddy

I have a crazy idea of taking the phone line voltage and dropping it down to power caller id up at camp. There is no hydro there, we only have power when running the generator. Does anyone know if this would be possible or not(and why)? My electronic skills are somewhat limited so any ideas will be ...

Thanks Larry! I'm new to the forum but i've been thinking about subscribing to the magazine for awhile now. I wonder if they take Canadian dunnero's <p>roddy<p>p.s - If you feel like scanning me a copy of that page i wont reject it :p

Does anybody have plans for a cheap conversion from incandescent to super bright led for flashlight? A headlamp or regular flashlight mod would be cool. I realize they are cheap to purchase, but not nearly as rewarding as hacking one TIA,<p>roddy

Hello everyone, my camp is very borderline and I would like to amplify reception with an external antenna for my siemens gsm cell phone. I am willing to purchase a diffrent phone if i can find plans to build a booster. I realize you can purchase one but where is the fun in that?? Suggestions, links ...