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by mpgmike
Sun Dec 12, 2021 4:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is Nuts and Volts dead ?
Replies: 114
Views: 3689012

Re: Is Nuts and Volts dead ?

For everyone that posts here, there are maybe 100+ people that read the posts. Running a magazine requires expertise on several fronts: content, advertising, printing, shipping, and marketing (and probably other skill sets). Content: Someone has to write articles. The folks running the magazine can ...
by mpgmike
Fri Nov 13, 2020 10:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is Nuts and Volts dead ?
Replies: 114
Views: 3689012

Re: Is Nuts and Volts dead ?

Times are tough for N&V, and scads of other companies in kazillions of other industries; partially due to COVID-19, and in part due to global competition. I have been writing the "NEXTION" articles (as of this post, Part 4 was published) for N&V, and have enjoyed reading numerous a...
by mpgmike
Thu Jan 16, 2020 7:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Print Issues
Replies: 3
Views: 9135

Re: Print Issues

I don't take electronics (like a laptop) into the bathroom, so this old fogie still likes print.
by mpgmike
Thu Jan 02, 2020 8:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Counter Cunundrum
Replies: 9
Views: 12681

Re: Counter Cunundrum

You say there was no capacitor originally, yet you describe an AC-DC rectifier circuit. The output from the diode bridge would be a 120 Hz pulse; exactly what you were seeing. Adding the capacitor smoothed it out to rippling DC. How DID they not get a 120 Hz jitter without a capacitor?!?
by mpgmike
Sun Oct 06, 2019 5:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is Nuts and Volts dead ?
Replies: 114
Views: 3689012

Re: Is Nuts and Volts dead ?

I have subscribed to N&V for a couple of years and just realized they have a forum! (You'll notice I just joined and this is my first post.) The last time I renewed my subscription it was for 2 years. I'm willing to give them to the end of my subscription to get things reorganized (I won't cance...