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This fellow could help you remove that broken floodlight bulb. Potato Head is a trademark of Hasbro Inc. Credit: skodonnell/Getty Images

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Mr. Potato Head Saves the Day

A starchy tuber might rescue you when you’ve got a busted bulb

Two of the completed boards (control and modulator) with new electrolytic capacitors.

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Scott Todd Recaps His FX-30 Exciter

He walks us through his steps

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Tis the Season for Site Inspections

Also, do you have experience with EMF paint?

The finished product is ready to support most anything.

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Bracket Madness Isn’t Exclusive to March

Why not repurpose that old antenna hardware?

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How to Extract a Floodlight Bulb (Safely)

Any suggestions beyond duct tape or a suction cup?

When planning your installation, leave ample access to all sides of the generator for maintenance. The generators shown in these photos are by Generac (www.generac.com).

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Ten Steps to Choosing a New Generator

Safety, access and future needs are just a few of your considerations

The borescope led Todd right to the “missing” fuses so his claw grabber could retrieve them.

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A Borescope Comes to Todd’s Rescue

Visual inspection cameras are helpful and start cheap

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Try a Clipper Instead of a Stripper

Also, how Pushover can help you keep in touch with your site

auxiliary diesel generator for emergency power supply. Industrial generator connected to the control panel by a cable wire. Backup power supply of the generator

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Your Generator Is Your Friend

Give it some attention and treat it with respect

Free tools from draw.io can be used to create useful diagrams. This is a non-broadcast example. Let your imagination run with it.

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Check Out What draw.io Can Do for You

Also, why did Harold engrave the back of a panel?

Close-up of a type B electrical plug. The type B plug (USA) has two flat parallel pins and one round ground pin.

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It’s Important to Stay Grounded at Work

Consider using a portable GFCI

This project begins with the purchase of two power supply bricks. The necessary interconnect wiring and connectors are also pictured.

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Here’s a Handy Power Supply Retrofit

A useful tip to replace a small modular power supply

The front panel of the LAB4.50 Dehydrator.

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Building a Better Mousetrap, er, Dehydrator

Also, the benefits of impact engineering

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When a Standard … Isn’t

How many ways can you wire a 3.5 mm plug?

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Commercial Radio Has Got Your Mica Capacitor

Centura Churchill, daughter of the founder, carries on the family business

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Please, Can You Give Us a Sign?

Oh never mind … we can make our own!

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Wayne’s Solution for Sealing Outdoor RF Connectors

Consider the benefits of double-walled heat-shrink tubing

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Keep Your Site Temperatures in Check

This dual thermostat offers some inexpensive insurance

John Lackness uses two tractors to mow transmitter sites.

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Mow, Mow, Mow Your Site

Discuss these tips with the person responsible for riding that tractor

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Catch My Drift (and Yours, Too)

Tips to keep your PC network “on the clock”

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Create a Weekly Report for Your Stakeholders

Keep colleagues in the loop (and keep yourself visible)

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Are You Authorized?

Keep these 10 documents handy in your “Authorizations Notebook”

A label is great when you can’t read the fine print.

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Not All Labels Are Judgmental

Make your life easier … stick more labels on stuff!

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Get a Grip to Avoid Slips and Falls

Reels may be gone, but here's one tape to use at your station

LED lighting array in the iHeartMedia studios in Miami.

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Brighten Your Studio With LEDs

These arrays can freshen the room and save money too

Sunset photo of snow on the Mount Wilson tower farm in California

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Lovely Weather for a Transmitter Sleigh Ride

Use these wintertime tips to keep your transmitter building heated, locks thawed and toes...

Hurricane-force winds propelled a branch into this feed-through insulator.

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After the Big Wind Blows

Thoughts on handling hurricane damage

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This Forecast May Help You Predict Interference

Check out William Hepburn’s DX Info Centre Tropospheric Ducting Forecast

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Use Frank’s Belly Box at Your Tower Base

Also, check out what the CatchBox mic system can do

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Get Up Off the Floor

Why not give yourself a seat at the rack?

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Get a Grip on That Strip

Rolf Taylor shares an affordable controller for RGB LED lighting

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A Tour of WGEM Produces Useful Tips

Add a little magnetism to your work life

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Secure Your Remote Tent With This Tip

Doug Amacker says try putting your feet in a bucket

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Consider These Small Items for Your “Go Box”

Sooner or later you’ll need a pair of tweezers or a magnifying glass

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Do These Things on Every Site Visit

Put those five senses to work as you walk in the door

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Should You Try to Fix That Switched-Mode Supply?

Bill Traue offers some thoughts (and have you tried a blow dryer?)

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Terminal Pins Help Wire RDL Modules

And a 3-D printer helps Roy Becker manage those parts

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A Sticky Solution to Help You Organize Keys

Also, Jerry Snaper discovers words to live by in a fortune cookie

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Rule the Transmitter Roost With a Chicken Coop

Del Reynolds plucked up his creativity for this emergency solution

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Now, Where Did I Put That Spare Key?

With this hanging file you’ll never have to ask yourself that question

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A Combination Driver Bit Makes Installations Easier

Also, a handy document for fans of the Western Electric 111-C

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Re-Foam the Case That Protects Your Special Gear

Bill Ruck solved a problem with the help of Ethafoam

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