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A thrift store find, right after I got the Memorex VCR. This VCR is excellent, and a better example of a Panasonic VCR than that junk unit from Indonesia I got a couple of years ago.
I made my first-ever contact on the amateur radio bands a couple of weeks ago by introducing myself to one of the weekly nets held by the International Repeater Group. Since then I check into almost every net.
This is very awesome and unique early portable fluorescent lantern, which needed just a minor cleaning to look and work excellent. In addition to demonstrating it I disassemble the lantern and provide some technical info.
Filmed the night I was awarded my callsign, I see if I can make my first-ever amateur radio contact on the local repeater. No luck, but I still made progress as far as learning to call out with my own callsign. Also a look at another Baofeng radio.
After I got this drive working fine, a misjudged action on my part has made it unusable, with chance of successful repair questionable.
I paid Neil a visit to deliver my gift to him in return for the Sharp PC-7000 - my Iwatsu oscilloscope. I spent a couple of hours with him checking out his electronics collection, and he sent me home with these excellent things.
Neil's channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/cogsinister100
Another interesting find at the school's amateur radio station. I've heard of these but have never seen one in person. These went through several iterations, with capacities from 80 KB to 1.2 MB. As far as I can tell this is a 1.2 MB disk.
This unexpected yard sale find is mint in the box and works perfect.
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