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00:37:28 Quit: watcher ([email protected]) Client exited
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02:27:58 <arch> Kuschelpony, yesterday i fixed a CB radio. been enjoying listening in to some of the crazies https://imgur.com/a/1990s-radioshack-cb-radio-fix-XWqPi8Q
02:28:51 <Kuschelpony> hehe
02:29:00 <arch> hmm, i should put down a glob of hot glue across those wires, so potential vibrations do not wear out the enamel coating and short it nearby
02:30:09 <Kuschelpony> if hotmelt glue should really stick, i strongly recommand to re-melt it after you have placed if on the surface, like reflow soldering
02:30:49 <arch> is there such a thing as drop-in ideal diode that has the same form factor as thru hole DO diodes?
02:31:47 <arch> so imagine a regular looking thru hole power diode, DO-214, let's say. someone would make a lot of money if they stuffed in a bunch of mosfets and controlling ICs into something with that form factor. would eliminate the 1.4V drops for low voltage rectification
02:31:52 <Kuschelpony> no idea, sorry
02:32:00 <arch> i am aware of ideal diode controllers, but those add extra space with external mosfets
02:32:52 <Kuschelpony> but i think,there would be much less commercial interest than you think since almost everything is now SMPS and mains transformers almost extinct
02:33:33 <Kuschelpony> (i am already winding my own ones)
02:34:57 <arch> true true...
02:35:55 <arch> it's just that my coming into possession of ancient devices and iron core transformers has revived this niche requirement. im sure i'm gonna forget about it next ween when i get some _other_ project idea in my head lol
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03:21:05 <arch> electrohead, im making a horizontal dipole antenna for CB radio, mounting it to my deck lol
03:29:39 <Kuschelpony> arch, you should better use vertical, thats what everyone else uses
03:30:36 <arch> yes Kuschelpony, let me make my yard ugly by putting a giant 30 ft vertical antenna like most crazy hams...uhh, no lol
03:31:00 <Kuschelpony> doesnt need to be in the yard, works better on top of the roof )
03:31:12 <arch> i wont ever be a truly effective ham, because i wont mess up my yard, or my roof, or anywhere. i like my house to look nice.
03:31:15 <Kuschelpony> but there are also many stealth options
03:32:16 <arch> stealth options are mostly for horizontal antennae
03:32:29 <arch> i'm not going to strap a vertical antenna to the side of my house either
03:33:34 <arch> i like the deck method because if i don't ever really get into the ham hobby, im out at most...$30 in scrap coax wires and some connectors
03:34:27 <arch> and then i can sell off the radios, etc. i would come out quite handsomely selling most of that stuff considering i paid <$200 for >$1k of goods \o/
03:34:37 <arch> (keeping the power supplies though, those are beefy)
04:06:25 <xstevia> I think this is the only cash only shop left in wickersley now.
04:23:08 <rust_collector> but is it good? and do they keep meat on the floor by the back door?
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04:38:29 <xstevia> hehe
04:48:07 <rust_collector> https://youtu.be/NGDSWOhPRQI
04:48:07 <EEVBot> [YouTube] Sandu Ciorba - Papu ( BESIKY REMIX ) | 4m 14s | Channel: DJ Besiky | 421,353 views | 2021-01-21 - 22:11:58 UTC
05:31:20 <electrohead> arch: nice, looks simple enough to repair?
05:32:02 <rust_collector> I think arch is having trouble finding the controller ic
05:32:15 <electrohead> lol
06:04:49 Quit: xstevia ([email protected]) Quit: Your SaaS (Steve as a Service) subscription has expired.
06:11:23 <arch> lol, the capacitor that is across the zener diode shorted out. wtf. i was suspecting the transistors of shorting out, but no
06:13:28 * K tilts his head like a fucking pidgeon
06:28:53 Quit: Kuschelpony ([email protected]) Connection closed
06:42:36 Quit: cheeseandchives ([email protected]) The TLS connection was non-properly terminated.
07:01:35 <K> dont all americans like flagpoles?
07:01:47 <K> i bet you could hide a nice antena in a flabpole
07:01:52 <K> blaglaodgjgpole
07:01:56 <K> yes.
07:03:36 <arch> yes, K, let me go dig 4 feet to pour concrete to place a flagpole, just so i can have an antenna...
07:04:01 <K> sounds like a plan to me
07:04:16 <K> you even know how deep the has to be!
07:04:30 <Ampera> we technically have a flagpole mount on the house
07:04:41 <Ampera> but the last time a bunch of germans got excited about flags, it didn't end well
07:04:48 <arch> !rimshot
07:04:48 <EEVBot> ba dum tss!
07:25:48 <arch> bummer, i have just discovered this inline wattmeter i found has not been assembled. it's just a shell...
07:26:07 <arch> it does have the analog meter, the switch, and 2 rf outputs on it
07:27:02 Quit: Kuschelpony ([email protected]) Connection closed
07:31:16 * Ampera shivs arch with a broken lockpick
08:13:01 <MrMobodies> Hello
08:13:30 <MrMobodies> Brought some salmon from the Co-op earlier which was on offer brought it to the pub
08:14:09 <MrMobodies> I asked the landlady if her cat would like some as it was there sleeping on a chair all curled up
08:14:34 <MrMobodies> she said don't give it any and that it was too rich for her and she's asleep anyway
08:14:35 <MrMobodies> https://i.postimg.cc/L6fR53mL/Cat.jpg
08:14:36 <EEVBot> [url] Cat — Postimages | i.postimg.cc
08:15:28 <MrMobodies> As soon as I opened the smoked salmon, it so quickly got up turned it's head and the way it looked at me, stone cold
08:15:45 <MrMobodies> they were looking at it
08:15:52 <MrMobodies> she said give it a little
08:16:26 <MrMobodies> then it jumped off the chair and wanted more and start miowing and following me around until the landlady took it away
08:17:24 <MrMobodies> before it use to ignore me and other and it'd his and scratch if you got too close to it
08:17:40 <MrMobodies> so it looks like I can now influence it with salmon
08:25:28 <K> you are a cat-whisperer
08:51:02 <MrMobodies> yes, with salmon
08:51:37 <MrMobodies> as it jumped down the chair came towards me, miaowed repeatedly for more
08:52:23 <MrMobodies> it looked to me like "I've had a hard life, I suffered, I struggled getting here... feed me"
08:53:01 <MrMobodies> but later on it was all pleased, purring away and wagging it's tail, and on the floor wanting it's belly rubbed
08:53:57 <MrMobodies> Constras instead of sitting on the chair miserably looking and looking down like a ton of bricks was about to fall on it's head.
08:55:42 <MrMobodies> I was showing it all my lights too and it was watching. Found that with the Freestyler X2, it works better if I select the fitting first with the script, set the parameters and select them again to unselect. and it worked last night
08:55:47 <MrMobodies> I mean before it shut
08:57:08 <MrMobodies> so now that's finished I took out the LS10 moving heads
08:57:10 <MrMobodies> https://i.postimg.cc/Gp1hjShj/Gobo1.jpg
08:57:11 <EEVBot> [url] Gobo1 — Postimages | i.postimg.cc
08:57:46 <MrMobodies> so I can put some pages and buttons together to removely control it
10:32:30 <Halcyon> Oh interesting. Google is moving its manufacturing of Pixel phones from China to Vietnam
10:43:42 * Ampera hugs Halcyon
12:16:36 <Halcyon> Eeep
12:18:03 <Halcyon> Bloody weather is all over the place. It's cold, had to put the heater on. A few days ago it was above 40 degrees.
12:18:19 <T3sl4> wheee
12:18:39 <T3sl4> had some warm days here but not that warm, lol. frosty again now
12:19:19 <Halcyon> It's all rainy and misty out
12:25:45 * electrohead mists Halcyon with moistness
12:25:50 * Halcyon is moist
13:59:41 <Halcyon> Ooer
13:59:43 <Halcyon> Sup and things?
14:00:02 <electrohead> Nothing much, chillin' out (tm)
14:00:08 <electrohead> You, and things?
16:07:06 <MrMobodies> Hello
16:07:17 <MrMobodies> I know crap sloppy editing when I see it.
16:07:22 <MrMobodies> https://i.postimg.cc/xf3cBNTC/Jason-the-Argonauts-SLOPPYCGI.jpg
16:07:22 <EEVBot> [url] Jason the Argonauts SLOPPYCGI — Postimages | i.postimg.cc
16:09:08 <MrMobodies> How is it that ship is so pixellated compared to the objects nearer and further away. As a viewer I shouldn't notice these things but as poor quality/ inconsistent where it doesn't blend in well and I can tell the difference.
16:09:44 <MrMobodies> that's the 2000 one it seems
16:09:44 <MrMobodies> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217579/
16:09:45 <EEVBot> [url] Jason and the Argonauts (TV Mini Series 2000) - IMDb | www.imdb.com
16:11:05 <MrMobodies> Reminds me of when the BBC did this drama involving a private school somewhere and witches in 2019. There was this picture frame on the wall with moving imagery. The problem was I can see the pixels and tell it was a lousy tablet or screen behind there.
16:12:53 <MrMobodies> that put me right off
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23:20:24 <xstevia> Hi
23:55:21 <xstevia> There is an ice skating rink in sheffield today
23:55:29 <xstevia> Huge queue though
23:57:21 <rust_collector> that is called winter...
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