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 text 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
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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
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How to Get Rid of That Mouse in the House
Also, read about Tom Norman and the case of the hidden capacitor
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Bad Electrolytic Capacitors Can Cripple Your Exciter
Troubleshoot and replace them to prevent headaches
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Computer Considerations for 2019
And we reveal the winner of last issue’s mystery contest
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Use This Auto Part to Repair a Dehydrator
Plus, a Workbench tip from RW Editor Paul McLane
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Loose Electrical Connections Spell System Failure
Add some IR tools and cabling know-how to your engineering arsenal
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Change Your Filters to Avoid Cooling Problems
And where can you find a reasonably priced Yagi antenna?
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Check Out This New Performance Space
Also, who monitors the station’s tower lights — and who should?
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Tips for Speedy Soldering of XLRs
Also, build your own pocket-sized white noise generator
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Add a Diagnostic Aid to an RF Transfer Switch
A few simple changes can make troubleshooting faster and easier
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There’s a Tank Circuit in a UPS?
And Dan Slentz offers more ideas for nifty stuff that’s cheap or free
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Keep Track of Your Time to Keep Your Job
Make sure your invisible work becomes apparent to management
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This Resource Resizes, Reformats Your Logo for HD Radio
Also, another inventive coffee-maker hack and other tips for the resourceful engineer
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Server “Drawer Glides” Support Unused Equipment
Also: Do you have a backup plan for missing keys?