Until I found “Fireball XL5” on the internet I thought it to be some strange childhood hallucination/memory thing – I have only found 2 other people in the last 30 years or so that remember the show – apparently it did not do well here in the states? . . .
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
A quick look and how I’m going to compare the Sangean to my SDR . . .
Got a chance to do some listening the other day using the Kaito reel up portable antenna – strung up inside the living room – far less than ideal . . .
The pic below is the XHDATA D-808 shown with the Kaito portable reel antenna . . .
What amazes me is how large the Kaito antenna looks sitting there with the XHDATA – that is one itty bitty radio!
What I really wanted to do was to hook up to my MLA 30 + . . . Of course I couldn’t find my adapter – shit – looking for something else I found it in a box ( where else? ) of stuff that I had tossed stuff into during the initial unpacking . . .
Now I can hook directly ( and correctly! ) to the MLA 30+ – The plan is to run through short wave frequencies with the SDR – write down frequencies and and rate on a simple 1 through 10 of how they sound.
The beauty of the SDR is you can tell at a glance signals and modulation – you can cover 50khz through 30mhz in about 3 minutes – because it’s a visual thing . . .
You look at signal strength – the higher the peak the stronger the signal – the more modulation “blooms” on the waterfall the better you can hear it . . .
Slowly but surely my gun/knife/radio and general shit room is coming together – grand daughters are wanting me to do the YouTube thing – I am resisting – seems like a lot of effort to me . . .
So let me ask you – and YOU as well – do you think the YouTube thingy is worth the effort – there are a whole lot of channels out there covering SWL/guns/knives/cooking etc. – does the world REALLY need one more??
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
For the Boston Blackie fans out there – and we all know who YOU are – LOL!
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
Most of this was taught in shop class in high school years ago – that teaching has pretty much gone by the way side – most companies with a dedicated maintenance department had mechanical aptitude testing that you went through to even get to the interview process – companies quit doing that since that is somehow discriminatory – and I will go so far as to say this brought about some very interesting teaching moments on the production floor as you were trying to bring new “mechanics” up to speed . . .
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
Had a friend that had one of the playback decks and a pile of tape as well as one of the later radio receivers that picked up the FM sub-carrier – neat stuff – “elevator” music from back in the day – so put your feet up and relax – enjoy your Friday – and tell the slave driver I said it’s perfectly fine – Enjoy!
Just not going to have time to do Fanny Friday this week – but – normalcy might be approaching – LOL!
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
Among several interests that I pursue is lock picking – it helps you really develop good motor control skills and patience . . . What really got me going was watching The Lock Picking Lawyer’s YouTube videos ( among others ) – actually tried duplicating keys with a small and micro file set – I don’t recommend THAT for the faint of heart!
And when I saw this video I was all in – take my money/must have/send it to me . . .
When it showed up last Friday? – Oops – it was missing everything but the molding material and the low temp melt metal – Oh My . . .
I sent them an email last Friday – late afternoon – hoping maybe the issue would be resolved by this weekend – play around with it then . . .
And today – Wednesday – the replacement kit was sitting in my mailbox . . . Just WOW!
All I can say is Covert Instruments has some incredible customer service people!
Also picked up the “Echelon Pick Set” – Really nice stuff they sell over there folks. If you are interested in something to do that will help you develop fine micro motor skills – helps a lot with trigger control – consider lock picking – you just never know when that particular skill set may have application somewhere else in your daily routine . . .
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
The first part of this contains footage of the Boeing Wichita plant from way back – talk about a time capsule! – just WOW!
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
Does the little D-808 perform? Almost unbelievable how well it works – my go to road trip radio “kit” has become simplicity itself – the radio and a Kaito reel up style antenna – and that’s it – I lucked up on a basically new old stock Grundig Yacht Boy 400PE – great performer – but – I really did not like using a highly collectable ( read valuable ) radio as a knock around piece – so I grabbed the XHDATA D-808 – throw a piece of bubble wrap around it and toss it in the bag – If it gets smushed? You are out about a $100 bucks, and it’s replaceable – pristine Yacht Boys are getting very hard to find!
And the little wire antenna ( about 20 feet ) is plenty of length – you really don’t need a long wire and when you start getting to 100 feet or so you start getting into issues such as the antenna becoming directional – but this is not a post about that – I am planning out a roughly 70 foot long wire and I will document that in a different post for you folks – but simply put – there is a LOT of stuff on short wave out there, you just have to look for it.
Another neat thing about the XHDATA D-808 is that it’s a good performer on AM broadcast band – as the sun sets the conditions improve and there are a bunch of stations to listen to – during the winter months I listen to the Grand Old Opry on WSM almost every Friday night – dependent on conditions . . .
And if you are listening to shortwave and are not sure who or what you are listening to? You can go here, here, or here and look up the frequency on the first – or enter the frequency on the last two.
Yes – I know – but one of my jobs is to be your ray of fucking sunshine – thank you very much . . .
Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!
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