Recent content by Planobilly

Way before the advent of the internet, calling a doctor or having a doctor call was common place. The ability for the doctor to visually see someone over the internet does not add very much in my opinion. For many things good medical triage can be done using telemedicine. It has it's uses. It...

I own a couple of agricultural businesses. My business has done exceptionally well in 2020 even with all the issues. There have been issues of delays in parts for machines. I have been exposed to Covid-19 by my employees but remain well. . I have been impacted by employee’s illness with...

I guess we here on this forum are generally most interested in the understanding of the technical details of the virus. Being in my seventies and with some adverse health conditions, how all this works is pretty important to me. I own an agribusiness so I have several hazmat conditions to deal...

"As a doctor or a scientist, it is unethical to send people (even enthusiastic, well-informed volunteers) into harm's way for the greater good. " So was it unethical to send me to Vietnam for two years or send someone to a more popular war? I like many vets would gladly give my life for the...

I changed over to win 10 around that time. I works ok but it is the most irritating operating system I have ever used. Cheers, Billy

Lots of good ideas! The final solution was to use 2000 + ma battery. Plenty of power and no need to switch. I tested the system with white, blue, and IR LEDs. Here in my shop at night I can identify most everything the camera captures from 20 feet away. The next test will be the housing for...

We can catch one per day in Florida. They have been on the protected list for a while now. They have come back in large numbers. The light project is coming along. I will start testing it offshore in a couple of weeks. I decided to bite the bullet and install a new sonar in the boat...

That looks like the less problematic solution. I am not sure how to size the battery but I can experiment here at the house. Absolutely nothing is simple when dealing with the marine environment! BOAT is an abbreviation for Break Out Another Thousand...lol I am not in a huge hurry to get all...

Here is what I am searching for with the camera idea. This is a Warsaw Grouper and lives in 500 to 1000 feet neat rockey ledges This is a Snowy Grouper lives on flatter bottom 600 to 1000 feet This is a Misty Grouper lives on flatter bottom 600 to 1200 feet This is a Queen Snapper lives on...

Hi guys, The camera and lights will be self contained and run on batteries. The camera can shoot video for more than one hour on one charge and the housing is built and tested. No electrical cable from the surface is being used, at least at this time. The reason is cost. At two to four dollars...

Hi guys, I am trying to build a underwater camera system with lights. The depth requirement is 1500 feet. I need to view the bottom well enough to understand what conditions exist. I need to know if the bottom is rock or sand or mud. I have solved the camera issue...well I think...lol The...

LOL...I also could not make heads or tails out of this circuit. I did solve the issue and got it to work but I have no real idea why it now works. I changed the 4558 op amp to a 5532 op amp. That caused the whole damn thing to function correctly. I selected the 5532 because that is what I had...

Hi, The issue: The "more drive" circuit is not working on this Fender Hot Rod Deluxe amp. There is a push button switch that selects the drive channel which is working and the yellow LED comes on. There is another push button call "more drive" which increases the gain to the drive channel by...

I reinstalled all the wiring to my bench. That did reduce the hum in a amp I am working on. I also moved all test equipment to one circuit with nothing else on that circuit except the amp being tested. I did some testing with the computer system here on the bench and it does not seem to be...

Thanks guys for the feedback. While I was thinking about all this "cage building" I was wondering how I could deal with all the "antennas" hooked up to the amp. The guitar, the cable, the speaker and wire, and the power cord. It did not look like it would be easy to deal with if it could be...