Saturday, August 26, 2006

One of those photo blog entries.

Lately I have taken some pics and meant to blog on them. However, now that I have so many, I thought I would fit them all in one entry. So, they are reduced, and you know what to do to make them big again...

Yeah, you click on it. Duh!First, we have a picture from my father's house. He has a statue in a wall alcove with it's own lamp. I think it is hilarious, but my sister complains that it looks like a museum.

clickNext, we have a local picture. It may be hard to see, but this is a special plant that grows on the side of the road here in Northwest Missouri.

clackHere we can see the confusing statements written on the personal hygeine products in the Holiday Inn Express in Jefferson City. I think I have used "soften" as a conditioner at least twice. Behind is a haircap, and it says something stupid as well - I will have to check later to remind myself what it says ("keep dry?").

cluck?Ah, here is a Nodaway County original! I call this the Used Food Store because they have a lot of "repackaged" boxes of cereal in it. I think Terra had something to say about its products once. The cereal boxes have expiration dates on them that a are a few months old, and most of them looked like they have been opened and then taped shut again. Very weird. If the Amish family that runs this store is offended by my statements, just comment below and I will rectify this entry.

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Monday, August 14, 2006

I was there! Honest! Here's proof...

Okay, thanks to the online Concert Ticket Generator, I will never have to admit again that I missed this show:
Forged?  You don't say!

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Friday, August 04, 2006

Eico 667 issues

I thought I would share my success of bringing a 40-year-old piece of bench test equipment back into calibration. I just got an Eico 667 from eBay earlier this week and was not surprised that it needed a little help.

First, there is some great instructions here, at the Tone-Lizard site. It suggests replacing two rectifiers, two capacitors, and two potentiometers. That was easy.

There was still a problem with the MERIT test, however. I realized that the potentiometer behind the PLATE knob was not working at all. Since it is a 3K-ohm 4-watt pot, it is actually a rheostat. I took the back off and noticed a lot of buildup and gunk in there. I sprayed some CAIG deox-it in there and cleaned it with some swabs. I think I got it back up to spec which is good because I don't know if I can find a replacement for that. The GRID pot is similarly constructed, but with a switch and higher rating, so luckily that was fine.

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