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Rigol 1052 DSO

Has anyone considered running one of these off battery supplying the internal power supplies ? What voltages are involv...
8 comments posted 14yrs
posted by adrian
8 comments posted 14yrs posted by adrian

Grundig Satellit 300 whinge

The Satellit 300 was a digital PLL synthesis radio receiver from the 80s, and I bought it new, so I must have had it fo...
50 comments posted 14yrs
posted by sylvia
50 comments posted 14yrs posted by sylvia

cheap cat5e

Got some cheap supposed cat5e (it may be to spec) the conductors appear to be copper plated aluminium, it seems to be f...
7 comments posted 14yrs
posted by haggisz
7 comments posted 14yrs posted by haggisz

OT GW

The scam is unraveling! Too late for the iniquitous tax, the gubmint skulduggery is being unearthed bit by bit if they...
217 comments posted 14yrs
posted by haggisz
217 comments posted 14yrs posted by haggisz

Colour coding for LV cords

Just wondering if there are any regs prohibiting the use of mains standard wire colouring in LV service. I've just take...
3 comments posted 14yrs
posted by bv
3 comments posted 14yrs posted by bv

Rasberry PI

Another entrant into the bottom end controller/hacking market. This one offers a bit more than the Arduino, it has USB...
0 comments posted 14yrs
posted by keith
0 comments posted 14yrs posted by keith

Microbee Computers are Back

See http://www.microbeetechnology.com.au/premiumpluskit.htm
29 comments posted 14yrs
posted by zxaussiblu
29 comments posted 14yrs posted by zxaussiblu

Is this the future?

Last Saturday was very hot and at about 6.30 pm a series of short blackouts occurred at my home in Wollondilly shire on...
28 comments posted 14yrs
posted by none
28 comments posted 14yrs posted by none

Digital TV antenna options

Looking for an antenna for digital. Any experience with the Bunnings ones, are they OK or not?
7 comments posted 14yrs
posted by bv
7 comments posted 14yrs posted by bv

Speaker testing

From one of phalluson's more reasonable posts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q0EFJxIqL8&feature=youtu.be
3 comments posted 14yrs
posted by geoff
3 comments posted 14yrs posted by geoff

Digital TV Antenna Scam ?

** Hi, the other day I watched an installer put a new TV antenna on top of a block of units in Sydney - from the roof t...
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posted by phil_a
2 comments posted 14yrs posted by phil_a

erasing faulty hard drive

We have a WD 2TB green hard drive that has failed, it will not even be recognised when connected to the pc. It will hav...
15 comments posted 14yrs
posted by kenreed1999
15 comments posted 14yrs posted by kenreed1999

Enamelled copper strap

Has anyone ever seen a supplier in Aus for copper strap for tranny secondaries, about 15mmx3mm and enamelled? We are so...
1 comments posted 14yrs
posted by public
1 comments posted 14yrs posted by public

1000W PSUs - LH Research SM24

I have four 1000W PSUs which are about 20 - 25 years old. One is made by Qualidyne, the others by LH Research (model SM...
0 comments posted 14yrs
posted by fzabkar
0 comments posted 14yrs posted by fzabkar