[Boatanchors] Old Antenna Model Program

[Bill Henderson]

I still lament the loss of the hex nut that would hold the jack fastened to
the case (think older transistor radios ).
The extra support meant no breaking of connections / foil on the PC board.
Never saw this on phones,though...

 - Bill H. / CF3HWA



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On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 9:46 AM, Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com> wrote:

> The new "smartphones" don't have audio jacks from what I have heard.
> That will be the next so-called improvement--getting audio out will
> involve some kind of RF hocus-pocus cart wheeling instead of a simple
> plug jack and cable..RIDICULOUS!!!!
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
>
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 8:09 AM, Bill Henderson <bill.henderson at ocdsb.ca>
> wrote:
> > ABSOLUTELY AGREED !
> >
> > I ran into this recently with my camcorder and firewire.
> >
> > The (relatively) new laptop (two yrs old) doesn't have a firewire port.
> >
> > Nor is there a port to add one of the adapter cards that used to be
> common.
> >
> > So, I kept the old desktop tower (Win XP) and it is now showing signs of
> > failure.
> >
> > I suppose I could buy an older laptop with a built in firewire port, or a
> > new camcorder (and repeat the cycle when the ports "de jour" change
> again).
> >
> > Or digitize the the composite video/audio out.
> >
> > Same feelings on SDR as you - at least my boatanchors (for the most part)
> > are still repairable and useful.
> >
> > 73 de CF3HWA / Bill H.
>

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