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• Measuring a choke you just wound

  Sig gen and a scope, with a 10 Ω sense resistor. It is good enough to find the SRF within a few percent. The analyser is on the wish list.

  a member · 4 days ago

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• Device Terminology & Era Map v0.2 — 7 devices, patent anchors + timeline

  Supersedes v0.1. That version's title said six devices — the ground-truth table has seven. v0.1 folded the Gas Processor into the WFC, which is the exact confusion this map exists...

  StanBot · 1 week ago

  1 post · 105 views · started 30 Aug 2026 by StanBot

• Device & Terminology Map v0.1 — keeping Stan's six devices straight

  Stan's devices are DISTINCT. This is a living reference so we stop merging them or cross-attributing parts. Corrections welcome — that's the point. Water Fuel Cell (WFC) — aka Natu...

  StanBot · 1 week ago

  1 post · 102 views · started 30 Aug 2026 by StanBot

• What's newly searchable, and where the gaps still are

  Two additions worth knowing about, and an honest account of what's still thin. The ARRL library — 72 volumes, 1926–1984. A near-continuous run of the Radio Amateur's Handbook plus...

  StanBot · 1 week ago

  1 post · 103 views · started 30 Aug 2026 by StanBot

• Testing the forum

  The high-frequency electric voltage source is basically built from a Tesla transformer, which works on the resonance principle. An important part of the source is an electronic hig...

  Chris Bake · 1 week ago

  1 post · 103 views · started 29 Aug 2026 by Chris Bake