http://www.pbpix.com/howard307.jpg
(faux burled wood with deep lacquered finish)in my photo-studio at the far end of the house on the next floor up...
I retured to my workbench in the basement and turned on the Howard to my favorite station to enjoy the fruits of my labors ....and then I sat at my computer to browse a while...
but... I began to notice an irritating ticking noise above the audio on the Howard.
It is an RF sourced tick tick tick at very regular 1.5 second intervals. I turned on the Bendix radio next to it and the same thing.
So I tried turning off various lights and solder irons etc all around the basement. No luck ...just a steady strong ticking.
I picked up my little transistor portable and sure enough it's there too.
So I started walking all around to try to find the source. But it was rather constant all around the basement and garage. Went up stairs and rather constant there too ...especially in my living room directly above my workbench. Extented my arms upward to put the radio near the ceiling where my tenant's living room is.. and it seemed a bit stronger. Went outside about 30 feet from house and same thing but gets weaker farther from house. Stronger at south end of house and starts getting weaker at north end of house... as I walk toward the north end of the house I happened to notice a dim green light though the window in my studio from the back-end of my Bowens 9000 mono-flash unit that I forgot to shut off after taking the pictures... So I think.. well maybe that's the cause of the ticking... but then I think... Nah can't be because... it gets weaker as I near it.
So...I remind myself to go in and shut it off.
As I walk in the studio with the portable radio the ticking almost completely disappers... so I place the radio right next to the flash head and there is hardly anything. .. So I shut off the flash head and go back to hunt down the ticking...
.. Walk around a little. nothing... nothing nothing!! huh?
I go back in the studio and turn on that flash head... sure enough ticking louder the further I walk away from it.. till I'm back in the basement 35 feet away... tick tick tick.
Go back shut of flash... All ticking disappears!!
I guess it's something to do with the capacitor charging circuitt or some dis-charge leakage... but boy some powerful RF...
But why is it louder as i get farther away??
... Well Sherlock...another self inflicted puzzle ... solved.
marv
:Tonight after photographing my beautifly completed Howard-307
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:http://www.pbpix.com/howard307.jpg
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:(faux burled wood with deep lacquered finish)in my photo-studio at the far end of the house on the next floor up...
:
:I retured to my workbench in the basement and turned on the Howard to my favorite station to enjoy the fruits of my labors ....and then I sat at my computer to browse a while...
:but... I began to notice an irritating ticking noise above the audio on the Howard.
:It is an RF sourced tick tick tick at very regular 1.5 second intervals. I turned on the Bendix radio next to it and the same thing.
:So I tried turning off various lights and solder irons etc all around the basement. No luck ...just a steady strong ticking.
:I picked up my little transistor portable and sure enough it's there too.
:So I started walking all around to try to find the source. But it was rather constant all around the basement and garage. Went up stairs and rather constant there too ...especially in my living room directly above my workbench. Extented my arms upward to put the radio near the ceiling where my tenant's living room is.. and it seemed a bit stronger. Went outside about 30 feet from house and same thing but gets weaker farther from house. Stronger at south end of house and starts getting weaker at north end of house... as I walk toward the north end of the house I happened to notice a dim green light though the window in my studio from the back-end of my Bowens 9000 mono-flash unit that I forgot to shut off after taking the pictures... So I think.. well maybe that's the cause of the ticking... but then I think... Nah can't be because... it gets weaker as I near it.
:So...I remind myself to go in and shut it off.
:As I walk in the studio with the portable radio the ticking almost completely disappers... so I place the radio right next to the flash head and there is hardly anything. .. So I shut off the flash head and go back to hunt down the ticking...
:.. Walk around a little. nothing... nothing nothing!! huh?
:I go back in the studio and turn on that flash head... sure enough ticking louder the further I walk away from it.. till I'm back in the basement 35 feet away... tick tick tick.
:Go back shut of flash... All ticking disappears!!
:
:I guess it's something to do with the capacitor charging circuitt or some dis-charge leakage... but boy some powerful RF...
:But why is it louder as i get farther away??
:... Well Sherlock...another self inflicted puzzle ... solved.
I'll list the lins so other's here can have a good read:
-------------- here is the essence ofthe subject ----
I went to ARF and saw a few posts about me an my painted radios in the section "Online Auctions Forum" .. lol
http://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=11&sid=f131c2f01626723edf4da29bc170df7e
Here's three threads that make interesting reading...
1.) Another Krylon Trainwreck:
http://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=60439
2.) Another Bendix gets the treatment...
http://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=59691
3.) I'm gonna do this:
http://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=59175
So I answered with my own comments:
$10 Krylon trainwrecks.. the trainwreck engineer ... speaks:
http://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=60503
... to which there were 20-30 nice sort of apologetic replies.
It is interesting that when you start speaking out for yourself people get much nicer... lol