Subj : Bluetooth Keyboard
To   : Ed Vance
From : Barry Martin
Date : Mon Sep 02 2024 07:06:00



Hi Ed!

 > Minor correction: you probably tuned in the FM band; a television's audio
 > signal was FM.  One could listed to Channel 6 on a regular FM radio if
 > the radio could be tuned a smidgen past the low end at 88 MHz.
 > If the reels were stored properly you might have pieces of history!
 > Magnetic media is the archival media of choice for data.


 EV> Maybe I had the Mode Knob set to FM instead of AM.
 EV> It has been almost 60 years since making those recordings and
 EV> can't remember.
 
They reason I picked up that error was knowing and practical experience 
with being able to receive the local Channel 6 audio on FM radios.  
Well, that and hobbyist electronics!


 EV> Now the next thing I am going to do is go look at that radio to
 EV> see if there
 EV> isa FM setting on the Mode Switch.
 EV> the SX-42 tunes from 530 Kc/s to 108 Mc/s .
 EV> Ain't turned it On in ages.

Almost would place a bet there is an AM setting too! <g>  ...I keep 
running though semi-technical stuff" "AM is audio modulation. ...FM 
frequency modulation" but to explain that is too long, especially 
without visuals.

If you decide to turn on the set be cautious: stuff deteriorates over 
time.  I'd sort of do a quick visual check: cord in decent condition and
not cracked or damaged.  Nothing growing inside.  Put on something not
easily damaged and fire resistant -- so not on the dining room table
with the tablecloth!!  Plug in to an outlet separate from lighting, or 
at least have a some back-up lighting on: sunlight is fine, light on a 
different circuit fine -- thinking if the circuit breaker trips.  
Flashlight -- ergh. Thinking might be too excited/scared if the unit 
'blows up' to reach for the flashlight, turn it on, not fumble and drop
it....

After all that, I do hope it works!  Woudl be fun to explore the DX 
radio world!

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                      ¯  BarryMartin3@MyMetronet.NET  ®
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