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Tag Archives: antenna
Enjoying the View
I don’t know about you, but I think a huge satellite dish like that that would be a pretty cool, retrofuturistic yard decoration in addition to being interesting for a lot of other applications.
Posted in Collections, Projects
Tagged antenna, backyard, decoration, pink flamingo, retrofuturism, retrofuturistic, satellite dish, satellite TV
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Awesome VHF Rover
Amateur radio operator KC3RE has a pretty impressive VHF rig on top of his Land Rover Discovery. More photos at the Southeastern VHF Society Conference page.
Posted in Photos, Radio
Tagged amateur radio, antenna, car, Discovery, ham radio, KC3RE, Land Rover, VHF
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Inside a Lightning Arrestor [Cool Photos]
Lightning arrestors are an important part of both power line connections and well-designed antenna setups, used to (hopefully) keep a lightning strike from frying everything else attached to that circuit by providing a path for a high voltage strike to … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, Photos
Tagged antenna, ground, lightning, lightning arrestor, photos, power line, strike, system
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Antique Car Radio Repair: the 1951 Firestone 4-B-31 “Roamer” Vibrator Radio
A local friend is building a rat rod out of 1920s-1950s parts, a custom collection that ultimately will turn into a very fast car powered by a huge V8. He found a vintage car radio to go with it, the … Continue reading
Posted in Projects, Radios and Tubes, Vintage
Tagged 4-B-31, 6V, 6V battery, 6V6, antenna, Antique, antique car radio, antique firestone radio, antique radio, car radio, crutchfield, Firestone, firestone tire & rubber, old firestone radio, power supply, project, radio, rat rod, repair, restoration, Roamer, solid state vibrator, the roamer, tube radio, ups, vacuum tube, vibrator, vintage, vintage car radio
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