Archive for the ‘Best Homebrew’ Category

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i need to get some electronics stuff like a 300-in-1 kit or do-it-yourself things.  i have a breadboard and parts somewhere. i used to enjoy designing stuff, but i rarely got to the construction and soldering phase.  maybe i can homebrew some audio gear. i love building subwoofers.  the trailor doesn’t [...]

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Anyone have experience with the later CBS tube reverb unit? (Black tolex, silverface panel, tourquoise threaded cloth). Looking at the schematic, it appears there is an extra tube stage post reveb pan.  Maybe they thought too much was lost in the reveb pan.  Anyway, I was considering a homebrew and [...]

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Were going on the road shortly for the winter. What WiFi  card is the best for my Lap Top and what software is the best at finding "Hot Spots"?
Orinoco/Proxim, Great signal reception and noise blocking. Only one that I know with an antenna jack. You can find them at Flying J’s, smaller [...]

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    compuserve avsig libraries
*** Does anybody know of a WWW or FTP site where one can get at stuff from these "compuserve avsig libraries"?  Most of us probably don’t have Compuserv access.  It sounds like there’s some neat stuff there…                 [...]

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If you want to reach at least 25 Watts with a single-ended guitar amp, that means that you have to use several tubes in parallel.(maybe 4?)
Depends on the tube. So my question is if too many tubes in parallel will sound bad. I’ve heard somewhere that [...]

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It’s 3:00 A.M. and every few minutes a plane goes by my house on air route M-750 here in Taiwan. Let’s say I am curious for more info on those planes than just looking at them in binoculars. Well, I won’t hear them on the radio, as their reporting points are far [...]

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The fridge will be running on butane, but it needs power for the internal lights, fans, etc…. Rick – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have a 90 watt panel which is fine for lights and pump, but no way enough for the fridge. [...]

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Thank you! From the Aussies I’ve met in my travels thus far (All fantastic people), my Impression of Australia is (though I haven’t been there yet) as follows A lot like canada but without the snow. Lots of beer. John – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – G’day, [...]

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most any grocery store will carry root beer concentrate.  Most winemaking supply shops have several kinds.  Two suggestions. Use about twice the concentrate per volume of water as recommended.  It will make a better, richer root beer. Also, if you bottle in glass (Grolsch bottles for example), make several bottles [...]

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One year ago today, as events unfolded, we lost a few good homebrewers. Let’s all honor their lives by tipping a few of our best in their memory. Let the swing cap slap you in the chin as you pound one for America. That’s what homebrewers enjoy the most. Let’s all show [...]