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Workbench: Build an LED Fixture Dimmer Circuit
Get only the light you need with Frank Hertel’s workbench project
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Workbench: How to Get a Peek Into Hard-to-See Places
Also, a tip for shedding more light on your workbench
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Workbench: Blast Through Concrete Silently
Also, selecting the correct electrical terminations
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This Cable Tester Can Save You Time
Also, Marc Mann gets a scare from a Phone Phreaking Box
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Workbench: Archived Tip Saves Time and Money
Also, adding remote fault reset to a generator
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Workbench: IR Camera Spots a Dead Cooling Fan
For one engineer, this handy tool has more than paid for itself
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Workbench: Remember a Ground Kit at the Base
Also, a whole batch of other simple but useful tips for use around your...
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Workbench: Tips for Avoiding Wet Encounters
Also, a postscript to our discussion about generator maintenance
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Maintain Equipment for Long Life Spans
Also, use Cal-Blue Plus to spot slowwwwwww nitrogen leaks
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Workbench: Germicidals May Kill Your Electronics
Not all sanitizing wipes are safe to use on your equipment
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Workbench: More on the STL Support Pole
Also, Bondic is an ultra-strong adhesive that cures with UV light
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Workbench: A Lineman’s Tips to Ground an STL Pole
Also more about gas discharge tubes and metal oxide varistors
From the Editor
Happy 30 Years to RW’s Workbench!
John Bisset began writing our popular tips column in 1990
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Get More Out of Your Tower Re-Lamp
Also, here’s a way to improve your engineering skills for $25
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Workbench: Time to Prepare for Ice and Snow
The mind boggles at the uses for this product invented by the Rocket Chemical...
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How Michael Bolton Can Be 300 Times Worse
Also, a way to troubleshoot nitrogen leaks in pressurized transmission line
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GDTs vs. MOVs: Choose Carefully
Though MOVs respond more quickly, the higher capacitance limits their use
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Workbench: Build This XLR Cable Tester
Use it to test XLR-connected cables for proper wiring and polarity
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Workbench: A Good-Looking Weld Is Not Always a Good Weld
Also, here’s an industrial and business surface sterilizer (if you can get your hands...
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Workbench: Welcoming a World of New Readers
Like all of our content, Workbench tips are intended for folks the world over
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State-of-the-Art Audio on an Octal Tube Socket
Also, a fun book about radio from behind the mic by Tommy Edwards
Columns and Views
Use Privacy Slats to Deter Vandalism
Also, Rolf Taylor explains air filter MERV ratings
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Let Your Dryer Work Out the Kinks
Also, learn the interesting history of the MacKenzie Program Repeater
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Mother Nature Can Both Hinder and Help Your Station
Also, don’t miss out on your free Swag Bag … here’s how to get...
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It’s Time To Inspect That Air Conditioner
Also, beware: Poison kills more than just rodents
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Cameras Keep Watch at Your Transmitter Site
Also, here’s a software suggestion for April 1
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Fresh Solutions to Repel Pests
Also, step-by-step instructions to repairing old RE20 microphones
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Prevent False Hot Spot Readings With These Tips
First, don't just "point and shoot" with your IR gun
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A New Ultrasonic Leak Detector Pinpoints Leaks
Also, the mousetraps just keep on coming!
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Avoid Battery Contamination on Circuit Boards
Also, Dan Slentz shares an amazing Ethernet cable organizing product
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Frank Hertel’s 11 Tips for Dealing With Mice
Great tips for keeping rodents out; also, do these hands look familiar?
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Don’t Let Mice Kill Your Transmitter
Also, rodents “walk the plank” when lured to Greg Muir’s orange bucket
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They Don’t Call Capacitors “Old Sparky” for Nuthin’
Also, Kevin Wagner shows how to restrict building cooling space and save money
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A Dead Battery Can Ruin Your Station’s Day
Also, Frank Hertel reports on a solution to a Windows 7 problem
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A Very Odd Case of Studio RFI
Remember, electrolytics are everywhere — even in wall warts
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Deter Stinging Insects at the Transmitter Site
Also: Bill Ruck’s capacitor experiences; and a unique and humane rat or mice trap
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Construct an EAS Receive Loop Antenna
We love hands-on ideas — like this one from Ken Beckwith