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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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A Handy Reminder About TRRS Wiring

Also, troubleshooting a Continental 816R-4C aux transmitter

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Crash? What Crash? Let’s Fix This!

Doug and his toolbox save a session despite a little adversity

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Torque Those Terminal Screws the Right Way

Also, give your studio countertop a lift — hydraulically

Closeup of a wasp, viewed head-on

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Use Marine Paint for Your Satellite Dishes

Also, have you spotted any giant bugs lately?

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Useful Tools for Your Travel Bag

Audio testers, first aid kits … and don’t forget the Klein 9s

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Bag It, Stash It, Grab It Quick

More thoughts on part organization from Binmeister Dave Morgan

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A Place for Every Part …

… and every part in its place

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Hook Those Cans

Here’s a little DIY project that solves a common headache

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What’s in Your Tool Bag? Let’s Start a List

For that matter, what’s your favorite tool bag?

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Frank Hertel Revives a 1 kW FM Transmitter

Here’s how he brought a BW Broadcast box back to life

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