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From: Michael A. Terrell on 6 Apr 2010 07:56 JosephKK wrote: > > On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:17:12 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > >Don Lancaster wrote: > >> > >> Michael A. Terrell wrote: > >> > > >> >>> I've seen quite a few tube PA amps that picked up CB radio, and > >> >>> police radios into the UHF Mobile band. Some small churches freaked out > >> >>> when a police call came through the speakers, at full volume during a > >> >>> church service. > >> > >> The original tale was that it was a ham radio operator, and the message > >> said "Seek You the Exit!". > > > > > > I've heard police calls, Am & FM radio stations, ham & CB radio on > >sound systems over the decades. On CBer was interfering with a small > >church next to his house. Instead of asking him to cooperate and stay > >off the air during their services, they were banging on his doors and > >screaming at him. 'Bigmouth George' got mad and every time they held > >service for the next several months, he told them off. BTW, 'Bigmouth > >George' lived a half block from me at that time. and all you needed to > >hear him was a small speaker, a 1N34 and a few feet of wire for an > >antenna. > > I would have "dropped a dime" on someone like that. I was 13 at the time and had no way to report him, or even knew where to do it. It didn't last long. They appoligized for being jerks, and he stayed off the air during their services after that. He was an over the road truck driver, and usually only home on the weekends, so he didn't care when he was on the radio, as long as he spent a few hours every weekend. -- Lead free solder is Belgium's version of 'Hold my beer and watch this!'
From: Jim Thompson on 6 Apr 2010 10:30 On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:29:37 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >Jim Thompson wrote: >> >> On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:21:20 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" >> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> > >> >Jim Thompson wrote: >> >> >> >> On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:53:30 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> [snip] >> >> > >> >> >I once repaired a TV set that had motorized tuning. Amazing. >> >> > >> >> [snip] >> >> >> >> Not really amazing... I've seen quite a few ;-) >> >> >> >> What might really amaze you... the 1968 Philco-Ford car radio... the >> >> search-tuning version... was all motor-driven inductor slugs... I >> >> know, I worked on the design :-) >> > >> > >> > Yet the Lincoln used a Delco 'Wobnderbar' radio that year. >> >> Cars manufacture back in those days was an interesting game. High end >> cars had all the experiments... the idea being: rich folk will >> tolerate field failures if you kiss up to 'em and give 'em a loaner... >> no maintenance costs whatever :-) >> >> (Interesting aside... you should have seen the brouhaha when >> wife-of-upper-Ford-management goes into a car wash in Dearborn, >> "rolling door locks" went off during the roll, the hand washers >> couldn't open the doors and the car behind crashed into m'lady's fancy >> Lincoln "toy" :-) >> >> Everything innovative I ever did in automotive went into Lincoln's, >> Cadillac's and Chrysler 300D's first. > > > Did you ever see Caddilac's 'Automatic Headlight Dimmer'? ;-) You mean the big "tear-drop-on-its-side" thingy that sat on a stalk on the dash? I redid the electronics for that (GM Guidelamp Division)... adding various delay functions and "fast-dim" if you topped a hill into the face of another car. CdS sensor. Scared the Paradise Valley cops by testing that in the dips of McDonald drive ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | The only thing bipartisan in this country is hypocrisy
From: Michael A. Terrell on 6 Apr 2010 12:58 Jim Thompson wrote: > > On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:29:37 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" > <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > >Jim Thompson wrote: > >> > >> On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:21:20 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" > >> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> >Jim Thompson wrote: > >> >> > >> >> On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:53:30 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> [snip] > >> >> > > >> >> >I once repaired a TV set that had motorized tuning. Amazing. > >> >> > > >> >> [snip] > >> >> > >> >> Not really amazing... I've seen quite a few ;-) > >> >> > >> >> What might really amaze you... the 1968 Philco-Ford car radio... the > >> >> search-tuning version... was all motor-driven inductor slugs... I > >> >> know, I worked on the design :-) > >> > > >> > > >> > Yet the Lincoln used a Delco 'Wobnderbar' radio that year. > >> > >> Cars manufacture back in those days was an interesting game. High end > >> cars had all the experiments... the idea being: rich folk will > >> tolerate field failures if you kiss up to 'em and give 'em a loaner... > >> no maintenance costs whatever :-) > >> > >> (Interesting aside... you should have seen the brouhaha when > >> wife-of-upper-Ford-management goes into a car wash in Dearborn, > >> "rolling door locks" went off during the roll, the hand washers > >> couldn't open the doors and the car behind crashed into m'lady's fancy > >> Lincoln "toy" :-) > >> > >> Everything innovative I ever did in automotive went into Lincoln's, > >> Cadillac's and Chrysler 300D's first. > > > > > > Did you ever see Caddilac's 'Automatic Headlight Dimmer'? ;-) > > You mean the big "tear-drop-on-its-side" thingy that sat on a stalk on > the dash? > > I redid the electronics for that (GM Guidelamp Division)... adding > various delay functions and "fast-dim" if you topped a hill into the > face of another car. CdS sensor. > > Scared the Paradise Valley cops by testing that in the dips of > McDonald drive ;-) Yes, that wierd sensor that looked like a prop from a 'b' Sci-fi movie. The only units I saw were all tube, and built in the '50s. No one would even attempt to repair them, so you could get them from junked caddys for free. I had at least one complete system, and thought it was funny that it had about as may parts as the AM radio, and wasted so much current. :( -- Lead free solder is Belgium's version of 'Hold my beer and watch this!'
From: Jim Thompson on 6 Apr 2010 13:05 On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:58:03 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >Jim Thompson wrote: >> >> On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:29:37 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" >> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> > >> >Jim Thompson wrote: >> >> >> >> On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:21:20 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" >> >> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> >> >> > >> >> >Jim Thompson wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:53:30 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> [snip] >> >> >> > >> >> >> >I once repaired a TV set that had motorized tuning. Amazing. >> >> >> > >> >> >> [snip] >> >> >> >> >> >> Not really amazing... I've seen quite a few ;-) >> >> >> >> >> >> What might really amaze you... the 1968 Philco-Ford car radio... the >> >> >> search-tuning version... was all motor-driven inductor slugs... I >> >> >> know, I worked on the design :-) >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Yet the Lincoln used a Delco 'Wobnderbar' radio that year. >> >> >> >> Cars manufacture back in those days was an interesting game. High end >> >> cars had all the experiments... the idea being: rich folk will >> >> tolerate field failures if you kiss up to 'em and give 'em a loaner... >> >> no maintenance costs whatever :-) >> >> >> >> (Interesting aside... you should have seen the brouhaha when >> >> wife-of-upper-Ford-management goes into a car wash in Dearborn, >> >> "rolling door locks" went off during the roll, the hand washers >> >> couldn't open the doors and the car behind crashed into m'lady's fancy >> >> Lincoln "toy" :-) >> >> >> >> Everything innovative I ever did in automotive went into Lincoln's, >> >> Cadillac's and Chrysler 300D's first. >> > >> > >> > Did you ever see Caddilac's 'Automatic Headlight Dimmer'? ;-) >> >> You mean the big "tear-drop-on-its-side" thingy that sat on a stalk on >> the dash? >> >> I redid the electronics for that (GM Guidelamp Division)... adding >> various delay functions and "fast-dim" if you topped a hill into the >> face of another car. CdS sensor. >> >> Scared the Paradise Valley cops by testing that in the dips of >> McDonald drive ;-) > > > Yes, that wierd sensor that looked like a prop from a 'b' Sci-fi >movie. > > The only units I saw were all tube, and built in the '50s. No one >would even attempt to repair them, so you could get them from junked >caddys for free. I had at least one complete system, and thought it was >funny that it had about as may parts as the AM radio, and wasted so much >current. :( Does any car company offer an automatic headlight dimmer anymore? ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | The only thing bipartisan in this country is hypocrisy
From: krw on 6 Apr 2010 18:08
On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:29:37 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >Jim Thompson wrote: >> >> On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:21:20 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" >> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> > >> >Jim Thompson wrote: >> >> >> >> On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:53:30 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> [snip] >> >> > >> >> >I once repaired a TV set that had motorized tuning. Amazing. >> >> > >> >> [snip] >> >> >> >> Not really amazing... I've seen quite a few ;-) >> >> >> >> What might really amaze you... the 1968 Philco-Ford car radio... the >> >> search-tuning version... was all motor-driven inductor slugs... I >> >> know, I worked on the design :-) >> > >> > >> > Yet the Lincoln used a Delco 'Wobnderbar' radio that year. >> >> Cars manufacture back in those days was an interesting game. High end >> cars had all the experiments... the idea being: rich folk will >> tolerate field failures if you kiss up to 'em and give 'em a loaner... >> no maintenance costs whatever :-) >> >> (Interesting aside... you should have seen the brouhaha when >> wife-of-upper-Ford-management goes into a car wash in Dearborn, >> "rolling door locks" went off during the roll, the hand washers >> couldn't open the doors and the car behind crashed into m'lady's fancy >> Lincoln "toy" :-) >> >> Everything innovative I ever did in automotive went into Lincoln's, >> Cadillac's and Chrysler 300D's first. > > > Did you ever see Caddilac's 'Automatic Headlight Dimmer'? ;-) Sure, a neighbor had one (though IIRC it was an Olds '98). The stupid thing would dim the headlights at every road sign. |