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Keep Those Nasty Fluffies Outta Here
Here’s a handy solution to keep summer fluff out of your air conditioner
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The Mystery Tool Everyone Identified
Also, your old transmitter might not be a lost cause after all
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Keep an Eye on Power With These Meters
An affordable metering solution; also, that’s one heck of a Ditty Desk!
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Create Your Own Mobile Toolshed
Also, a pop quiz: Do you know what this little gizmo is used for?
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How Would You Use This Cooling Fan?
Also: Art Reis wasn’t the only one to weigh in about considerations when using...
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Get More From Your Tower Re-Lamp
These tips and tools help climbers correct minor issues during a normal re-lamp job
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Why Did Art’s LED Lamps Begin to Flash?
Something interesting happened when Art Reis helped out on a homeowner’s electrical project
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Ugly Foam Is Beyond Disquieting
Rotting foam looks like heck; it may also be a fire hazard
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Tips for Building That New Translator Rack
Save yourself some discomfort and pre-build that rack in your shop
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Use These Tricks to Organize Wire
Learn from these examples to improve your own setup
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Conduit, Hangers Suspend Wire Reels
Also, a website that can tip scrap dealers about stolen copper and help broadcasters...
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Annotate Manuals, Supplement Memory
Strobe lights can help you detect on-air silence, too
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A Sockful of Charcoal Keeps Rodents Out
Try these alternative inspection cameras to save money
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The Mice Versus the Generator
Keep your backup power reliable by keeping vermin out
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You Can Troubleshoot Via This Dongle
Reid Fletcher is with the University of Wyoming broadcast engineering department. Not long ago,...
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Use a Light Pole to Mount Antennas
And check out a neat tool that works in conjunction with your multimeter
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Try This to Adapt to the iPhone 5
Also, do you know what to do with old mercury vapor tubes?
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This Analyzer Fits in Your Pocket
Also, read about one engineer’s experience with a handy sample rate converter
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Do This Before You Drive Ground Rods
Also, tiny cameras can look where you can’t see
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Righty-Tighty Can Get You Back on Air
It’s not an insult to say that you just might have a screw loose...
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The Traffic Reporter Appears Magically!
Also, should you trust your digital voltmeter?
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Zap Bugs With Air Freshener Housing
Several ideas to help protect your remote site from insects and varmints
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Employ a One-Switch Newsroom Mute
And don’t let dot confusion wreck your USB connectors
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Lightning Is Terrifying, Especially Up Top
Even experienced climbers can get cold feet after witnessing Mother Nature’s power
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Software Helps You Design Panels
Front Panel Designer provides the option of exporting your drawings as DXF files
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Earn Your Extreme Engineering Badge
Certain problems call for efforts that go above and beyond the call of duty
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How to Avoid Housemaid’s Knee
Also: Did you love catalogs? Then you’ll love this website
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What Is That Odd Crackling Noise?
The problem shut down Ron Wilken’s transmitter; here’s how he solved it
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Mount a Flat-Screen Monitor to a Rack
And get your manuals while the getting’s good
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Here’s an Alternative Satellite Test Fixture
And keep that drink away from the console!
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Turns Out It Wasn’t the Antenna
Consultant Richard Wood describes an FM troubleshooting scenario
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Why Does That Receiver Hum?
Because it doesn’t know the words? Guess again. John Hutson found out
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Try This Inexpensive Satellite Maintenance Trick
Also, here’s a key to comfortable remote broadcasts
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Draft Everyday Items for Use in Your Studio
Sean Mattingly, director of technical operations for Woof-Boom Radio, found a great use for...
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Tame the Fire-Breathing Transmitter
Troubleshooting tips can save you time — even save your life
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Use an Ironing Board to Access a Transmitter
Also, tin your copper to protect your assets
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Let’s Have a Cabinet Meeting
Kitchen-type shelving offers several advantages in radio facilities