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Baluncore replied to the thread Why do all my clocks run slow?.Each clock has particular characteristics and needs to be discussed in isolation. Maybe you only notice slow clocks because you miss... -
Baluncore replied to the thread I Paradox of Superconductivity.The series R+L will need a return circuit, that has not yet been defined. In effect, R1+L1 is a transmission line operating against an...
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Baluncore replied to the thread I Linear generator prototype.The actual pole pattern of the individual magnets is essential to this analysis and discussion. It would be helpful if the poles of the...
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Baluncore replied to the thread History For WW2 buffs!.Now, bubble curtains are used to prevent high amplitude resonance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie-Masker
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Baluncore reacted to sbrothy's post in the thread If you think having a backup is too expensive, try not having one with
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Baluncore replied to the thread Ferris Eugene Alger.During wartime, patents were selectively classified as secret, and not published, to prevent the enemy from gaining the information.
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Baluncore replied to the thread I How feasible is home radio astronomy?.Given the RA, Dec of a source, a fixed EW array of two or more elements could be constructed with that declination. That array would...
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Baluncore replied to the thread I How feasible is home radio astronomy?.It is good that you are now recognising that the receiver front-end needs to be at the focus. I agree that if you pull back your...
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Baluncore replied to the thread Cooling a processor chip.If the fluid is pure water, then the capillaries that wick the liquid water back to the hot end, will need to survive ice wedging when...
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Baluncore replied to the thread I How feasible is home radio astronomy?.It does not have to use cryogenic cooling, a stack of Peltier refrigeration modules will do the job at the focus of an amateur RA...
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Baluncore replied to the thread I How feasible is home radio astronomy?.I warn the neophytes of how steep the learning curve really is. It may seem easy to engineer an amateur RA observatory, for some...
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Baluncore replied to the thread I How feasible is home radio astronomy?.I maintained and operated a radio astronomy observatory before I retired.
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Baluncore replied to the thread I How feasible is home radio astronomy?.By virtue of the cosmic noise it receives, every receiver that is connected to an antenna, is doing some radio astronomy. The band...
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Baluncore replied to the thread A practical way to vaporize fuel for high MPG?.There were one or more tricks involved in the 100 mpg demonstration with that big V8. Maybe the wind direction changed midday, so there...
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Baluncore replied to the thread A practical way to vaporize fuel for high MPG?.My guess is that the engine employed a gas mixer, like on an LPG fuelled vehicle, but produced the gas by boiling high octane gasoline...