Monthly Archives: October 2012

Referred Radio Repair: 1950 RCA 9X561

Posted on October 29, 2012 by jwk

A friend I’ve made through the antique radio community is also a repairman himself, but ran into some scheduling difficulty with a piece of work on his bench and referred the chassis over to me for service while he dealt … Continue reading →

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HP ProBook 1415s Salvage Project

Posted on October 14, 2012 by jwk

I recently came up with 3 mostly-stripped HP ProBook 1415s laptops that were being thrown out. They’re decent little machines – WXGA (720p) screens, dual-core AMD processors with decent onboard graphics and HDMI output. I have compatible laptop memory and … Continue reading →

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First Look: 1934 Grunow 750 “World Cruiser”

Posted on October 10, 2012 by jwk

I’m getting ready to sell some of my radio collection to make room for new ones, but until that happens I’ve been under something of a self-imposed moratorium on new purchases. This one came up on eBay a little while … Continue reading →

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Spotty GPS is Interesting

Posted on October 8, 2012 by jwk

I’ve just returned from Whistler, BC  for the season-ending weekend on the downhill mountain bike park, and wanted to track my progress using Google’s free My Tracks application which records your GPS position on the map for review later. I’ve … Continue reading →

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