Today I acquired...........

[Maker]

I'd say complicated but not difficult, I was following a guide that really spoonfeeds you. Unfortunately it's clearly rather outdated now. There's other satellites you can use but I'll need to look into it more. I can't do anything until I see my dad next week and rummage through his garage for some coax to sort out an aerial, the ones it comes with aren't suitable.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

rummage through his garage for some coax to sort out an aerial, the ones it comes with aren't suitable.

I'm in @Parm's camp - I thought coax was coax, was coax

 

[Parm]

I'm in @Parm's camp - I thought coax was coax, was coax

I agree, but I was lost as soon as computers were mentioned.

I’ll jus stick to switching on the DAB radio

 

[Pete.]

Got this little lot from the boot fair today. £23 all in.

Rothenberger torch with a full bottle of gas, pipe heater and (out of shot) one of those pads you wrap around pipes to stop you burning what's behind
4x small files in great condition and some old feeler gauges to use for shims
Tiny soldering iron
Bosch nibbler, works great despite being donkeys years old.

Also saw someone selling 3 phase motors for give-away money. Two 1.5kw and two 3kw motors all for £20 a pop. I was tempted but I don't have an application for them so I left them for someone else. If the blue ones had been 2.2kw I would have bought them both.

 

[Parm]

Got this little lot from the boot fair today. £23 all in.

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Rothenberger torch with a full bottle of gas, pipe heater and (out of shot) one of those pads you wrap around pipes to stop you burning what's behind
4x small files in great condition and some old feeler gauges to use for shims
Tiny soldering iron
Bosch nibbler, works great despite being donkeys years old.

Also saw someone selling 3 phase motors for give-away money. Two 1.5kw and two 3kw motors all for £20 a pop. I was tempted but I don't have an application for them so I left them for someone else. If the blue ones had been 2.2kw I would have bought them both.

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That’s a very good haul indeed,

 

[Dcal]

Got this little lot from the boot fair today. £23 all in.

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Rothenberger torch with a full bottle of gas, pipe heater and (out of shot) one of those pads you wrap around pipes to stop you burning what's behind
4x small files in great condition and some old feeler gauges to use for shims
Tiny soldering iron
Bosch nibbler, works great despite being donkeys years old.

Also saw someone selling 3 phase motors for give-away money. Two 1.5kw and two 3kw motors all for £20 a pop. I was tempted but I don't have an application for them so I left them for someone else. If the blue ones had been 2.2kw I would have bought them both.

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That bosch nibbler or shear is a great tool.
I got one on here and it's my favorite electrical tool.

 

[Tupers]

That Bosch would be a bargain one it’s own. I keep meaning to buy one but I can never quite bite the bullet.

 

[Maker]

I'm in @Parm's camp - I thought coax was coax, was coax

Coax more or less is coax is coax but aerials are not, there's hundreds of different types for different frequencies and signal types.

 

[angellonewolf]

Got this little lot from the boot fair today. £23 all in.

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Rothenberger torch with a full bottle of gas, pipe heater and (out of shot) one of those pads you wrap around pipes to stop you burning what's behind
4x small files in great condition and some old feeler gauges to use for shims
Tiny soldering iron
Bosch nibbler, works great despite being donkeys years old.

Also saw someone selling 3 phase motors for give-away money. Two 1.5kw and two 3kw motors all for £20 a pop. I was tempted but I don't have an application for them so I left them for someone else. If the blue ones had been 2.2kw I would have bought them both.

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dont supose your getting rid of the torch if its a spare ?

 

[Pete.]

dont supose your getting rid of the torch if its a spare ?

No I got it because I have been hankering after one for a while. I nearly bought a new one last year for about 80 quid but changed my mind and decided to hold out for a used one.

 

[Kayos]

I agree, but I was lost as soon as computers were mentioned.

I’ll jus stick to switching on the DAB radio

Look for online SDR, there are quite a few aimed at different things.

I use one for number stations I cant get on my SW radio

 

[Olderisbetter]

It's usually used to watch TV I think, I threw the aerial it came with out the window and picked up what I assume was Radio 1. It just allows a pc to receive RF signals from 25MHz to 1.7GHz. Some weather satellites broadcast image data at around 137MHz, you have to wait till they're overhead* and record the signal as an audio file, then theres free software to decode it into images of the planet (Or of the sun on certain satellites I believe). They've got a lot of other uses, I think the frequency range covers HAM radio if thats what you're into. My dad's got one plugged into a Raspberry Pi in his loft to track planes and upload to FlightAware.

*In low polar orbit, geostationary orbit is much further away so harder to pick up the signal, though still possible.

Very interesting, Do you have any sites or link you could recommend?

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

A very nice wavetable synthesiser.
May have wasted a few hours sculpting a lead earlier.

Best of all. Rent to own with zero interest so spread out the payments too.

 

[Wozzaaah]

....more vintage HiFi kit.
Leak 3400 receiver, Technics SL-220 turntable and Sony TC188SD cassette deck.
All for free!
It’s been sat for a very long time apparently. A mate bought it from a mutual friend thinking he could just plug it in and it would all work but....
The turntable needs a new belt, the old one has turned to gum. The stylus cantilever has also been snapped off so I’ll probably fit a complete new cartridge. (Shame I sold my old Audio Technica AT93 for peanuts, it would have been perfect).
The receiver let out some magic smoke when my mate turned it on but I’m hoping it will be fairly easy to find where it came from.
The cassette deck will probably need new belts and a good service at the very least.

 

[Olderisbetter]

A very nice wavetable synthesiser.
May have wasted a few hours sculpting a lead earlier.
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Best of all. Rent to own with zero interest so spread out the payments too.

Is that just software? looks very interesting

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Is that just software? looks very interesting

Aye software only.
Can't justify the cost of hardware and tbh hardware always has limitations. Space included.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Studio_Technology

Plugs into my software and recieves midi data and time codings to play the sounds.
Also all dials can be automated or controlled from hardware.
Been a few years since I touched a synth. All makes sense still.

 

[Windy Miller]

No I got it because I have been hankering after one for a while. I nearly bought a new one last year for about 80 quid but changed my mind and decided to hold out for a used one.

You’ll not regret buying that torch Pete - I’ve had one for a good few years and if I lost it I’d go and get another tomorrow before work. They’re just brilliant!

 

[brightspark]

Got this little lot from the boot fair today. £23 all in.

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Rothenberger torch with a full bottle of gas, pipe heater and (out of shot) one of those pads you wrap around pipes to stop you burning what's behind
4x small files in great condition and some old feeler gauges to use for shims
Tiny soldering iron
Bosch nibbler, works great despite being donkeys years old.

Also saw someone selling 3 phase motors for give-away money. Two 1.5kw and two 3kw motors all for £20 a pop. I was tempted but I don't have an application for them so I left them for someone else. If the blue ones had been 2.2kw I would have bought them both.

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nice find I bought 3 quickfire torches 20 quid each . it would be rude not to buy them at that price

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Mum's restoring an engineers tool box to use as a sewing box.
Her wife's father's tools.
Bit of a mouthful...

Some of these I'd assume we're made himself. Vice certainly looks it

 

[Chillitt]

Another motorbike walked in yesterday..