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by k1pml02144
Tue Feb 22, 2022 1:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 18650 Using Issue for Beginner
Replies: 7
Views: 21648

Re: 18650 Using Issue for Beginner

i have never seen them like that... do you have a batteries plus close by? you might be able to get the standard lithium batteries there... best of luck
by k1pml02144
Fri Feb 18, 2022 1:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Salvaging a $21 Radio Shack Soldering Iron
Replies: 12
Views: 25627

Re: Salvaging a $21 Radio Shack Soldering Iron

i know its old but i had the same issue i had a piece of 14ga.. works great... maybe not so much for fine work but the replacement tips are easy to replace.. cheap now too... will try 10/12ga see if its better...
by k1pml02144
Wed Feb 16, 2022 11:11 am
Forum: Up For Grabs
Topic: Wire Wrap Stuff
Replies: 3
Views: 36019

Re: Wire Wrap Stuff

thats funny, i am an outside tech for vz.. the now have cordless powered wire unwrap tools for pulling dead wires out

i have a small manual wrap tool... use it on occasions..
by k1pml02144
Wed Feb 16, 2022 10:26 am
Forum: Reader Projects
Topic: need help designing a cross over circuit for an audio device
Replies: 7
Views: 12501

Re: need help designing a cross over circuit for an audio device

my uncle told me to go into computers in college... i went into pre law... ended up working for a large telecom and 27 years later i never learned more than how to log in... now i am so far behind i am just trying to learn computers and electronics to advance my ham radio hobby... i wish i had been ...
by k1pml02144
Wed Feb 16, 2022 7:56 am
Forum: Reader Projects
Topic: need help designing a cross over circuit for an audio device
Replies: 7
Views: 12501

Re: need help designing a cross over circuit for an audio device

thank you Ceasar! its nice to find straight answers without having sarcasm come with it... facebook ham pages are full of that..

just getting interested in electronics as i edge closer to retirement... looking at arduino and raspberry pi kits.. for experimentation...

thanks again
by k1pml02144
Tue Feb 15, 2022 8:17 pm
Forum: Reader Projects
Topic: need help designing a cross over circuit for an audio device
Replies: 7
Views: 12501

Re: need help designing a cross over circuit for an audio device

Ok does the voltage rating matter on the capacitors? They are cheap enough. And with the inductor coil am i looking for a fixed version, trying to navigate the web for these things is difficult. I am hoping when the flea at mit opens back up this spring i may get lucky.

Ty again
by k1pml02144
Tue Feb 15, 2022 1:54 pm
Forum: Up For Grabs
Topic: Wire Wrap Stuff
Replies: 3
Views: 36019

Re: Wire Wrap Stuff

is this the type of wrapping tools that central office technicians would use in phone company type settings?
by k1pml02144
Tue Feb 15, 2022 1:24 pm
Forum: Reader Projects
Topic: need help designing a cross over circuit for an audio device
Replies: 7
Views: 12501

need help designing a cross over circuit for an audio device

Hello all, i am not an electronics or computer person by trade so if i ask foolish questions its simply because i have no real idea about this stuff. but i recently built an audio device that was commercially available sometime in the 1970's. the company is no longer around but i followed some simpl...