[NJARC] NJARC Digest, Vol 174, Issue 13
Bill Dunphy
w.d.radio at miked.org
Wed Oct 10 12:54:13 EDT 2018
Canadian Radio Stations
I listen to CFZM after dark every day. I like the old music they play. I
especially like Big Band Sunday Night. I live in north Jersey. I
generally get good reception after 10:00 PM. I have not tried the other
channels you mention.
Bill Dunphy
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> 1. Re: Building a B Battery for a portable (David Sica)
> 2. DX from Canada (TrainBee)
> 3. Re: Building a B Battery for a portable (Louis)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 09:26:59 -0400
> From: David Sica <davesica at gmail.com>
> To: Jim Whartenby <antqradio at sbcglobal.net>, NJARC
> <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [NJARC] Building a B Battery for a portable
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> Jim,
>
> I've been freezing carbon-zinc batteries all my life. They always come out
> fresh as a daisy, even after months or years.
>
> Costco's house brand batteries have received the highest reviews compared
> to all other brands. And they have a very long shelf life (I think the
> current inventory is good 'til 2024.) But since alkaline cells are best for
> high current draw situations, they may not be the best candidate to be used
> as part of a "B" battery. But that long shelf life might be an advantage in
> a situation like that where you're using relatively small amounts of power
> sporadically over a long period of time.
>
> On the few occasions where I've bothered with batteries, I've just
> unceremoniously clicked together 10 of the cheap 9-volt batteries. If I
> wanted to get ambitious, I'd probably use 60 of the Harbor Freight
> double-A's, which you can get for free often enough. The button cell thing
> sounds interesting. If you buy in bulk, you can get enough to build a "B"
> battery for about $12. https://ebay.to/2Nzjzfi I wonder if there's enough
> interest for the club to offer them along with our capacitors?
>
> Me, I'm happy just using an A-B-C power supply.
>
> -- Dave
>
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 1:54 AM Jim Whartenby <antqradio at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
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> > Just remember
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> > The cheapest carbon-zinc cells I know of are at Harbor Freight and the
> > Dollar Store. Sams Club has Alkaline cells in high count blister packs
> but
> > I don't know how cost effective they are. For some reason, high count
> > packaging is not always the least expensive per piece cost. Hate it when
> > that turns out to be true.
> >
> > Don't really know the best way to extend battery life when not in use.
> > Seems like heat is always the enemy so refrigeration at 40 deg F seems
> > logical. Freezing is not recommended but I would bet that cells see that
> > much cold in shipping during the winter months in some areas of the
> > country. Pretty sure that they just thaw them out and put them on the
> > shelf!
> > Jim
> >
> > I wonder why people argue over the 10% of their differences and ignore
> the
> > 90% they agree on?
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > *From:* Matt Reynolds <mattr04 at hotmail.com>
> > *To:* Al Klase <ark at ar88.net>; "NJARC at MAILMAN.QTH.NET" <
> > njarc at mailman.qth.net>
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 9, 2018 7:03 PM
> > *Subject:* Re: [NJARC] Building a B Battery for a portable
> >
> > All,
> >
> > What about the 23A cells? They are the 12 volt cells that are like 3/4
> > (or maybe 2/3rd? maybe that's the origin of the number?) of an AAA
> battery
> > in length. They fit the "N" size battery holder.
> >
> > Matt
> > ------------------------------
> > *From:* njarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <njarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on
> > behalf of Al Klase <ark at ar88.net>
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 9, 2018 3:13 PM
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> > *Subject:* Re: [NJARC] Building a B Battery for a portable
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> From: TrainBee <trainbee at aol.com>
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> Cc: ElfKat at aol.com
> Subject: [NJARC] DX from Canada
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> For the last few months, Kathy and I have been listening to CJLV 1570 AM
> in Quebec in the evening.????http://www.1570.ca/??? It has a pretty good
> signal to us here in Maine.? At times we get XERF 1570 AM out of Mexico.?
> It makes for some pretty good / interesting listening at times trying to
> sort the 2 stations out.? English / French / Spanish.? CJLV broadcasts a
> mix of English and French music, mostly from the 60's though the 80's.? One
> of the interesting aspects of this station has been the French translations
> of many of the pop music we heard from the 60's through the 80's.? There
> are times when they'll do a comparison of the original English version and
> the French version.??
> Now, right next to it is 1580 AM CKDO from Oshawa, Ontario, CA.? ?
> http://www.ckdo.ca/??? ?All English speaking broadcasting and about as
> strong a signal to this area are CJLV.? CFZM 740 AM from Toronto isn't
> quite as good here lately.??http://www.zoomerradio.ca/???I don't know if
> it's been the conditions or a change in transmission pattern.??
> I'd like to hear your DX report.? CJLV is pretty directional to the East,
> but it may be wide enough to reach NJ.
> Joe Devonshire
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> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 12:17:15 -0400
> From: Louis <louis2000 at att.net>
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> As to using button cells or carbon-zinc cells from Harbor Freight,
> don't! Yes, they are cheaper than other outlets but a year after I had
> bought a pkg I needed to replace button cells in another project and
> found many of the cells had leaked inside the Harbor Freight pkg they
> came in. I then culled through the Harbor Freight display at the store
> and found other batteries leaking. Buy Energizers or the like from an
> eBay seller or ShopRite when on sale.
>
> Yours is too important a project to ruin it with cheap cells, spend the
> bucks for something less likely to leak. Learn from the mistakes of
> others, you'll never live long enough to make them all yourself.
>
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> > Today's Topics:
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> > 1. Re: Building a B Battery for a portable (Al Klase)
> > 2. Re: Building a B Battery for a portable (Matt Reynolds)
> > 3. Re: Building a B Battery for a portable (Jim Whartenby)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 21:55:57 -0400
> > From: Al Klase <ark at ar88.net>
> > To: Matt Reynolds <mattr04 at hotmail.com>, "NJARC at MAILMAN.QTH.NET"
> > <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: Re: [NJARC] Building a B Battery for a portable
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> > Matt,
> >
> > I think that might be A23.? Could be workable.? They're cheap enough.?
> > However the capacity is only about 55 mAh, so a 10-20 mA radio will eat
> > them pretty quickly.
> >
> > Your making me think about a one-tube reflex using a sub-mini tube, in a
> > matchbox.
> >
> > YMMV,
> > Al
> >
> > On 10/9/2018 8:02 PM, Matt Reynolds wrote:
> >> All,
> >>
> >> What about the 23A cells?? They are the 12 volt cells that are like
> >> 3/4 (or maybe 2/3rd? maybe that's the origin of the number?) of an AAA
> >> battery in length.? They fit the "N" size battery holder.
> >>
> >> Matt
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> *From:* njarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <njarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
> >> on behalf of Al Klase <ark at ar88.net>
> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 9, 2018 3:13 PM
> >> *To:* NJARC at MAILMAN.QTH.NET
> >> *Subject:* Re: [NJARC] Building a B Battery for a portable
> >> Just remember
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