Do we have any French speakers on the Panel? I have a radio that's
badly in need of realignment and the only instructions I can find are
a set in French. I can't use Google translate because they've used too
many abbreviations in the text and they won't parse any sense.
On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:32:14 +0000, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
(Liz Tuddenham) wrote:
Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
Do we have any French speakers on the Panel? I have a radio that's
badly in need of realignment and the only instructions I can find are
a set in French. I can't use Google translate because they've used too
many abbreviations in the text and they won't parse any sense.
I'm not a particularly fluent French speaker, but I could probably sort
out some technical instructions in French If you want to send them to
me, I'll have a go (you should be able to work out my e-mail address).
Many thanks indeed for your kind offer. I suspect it will probably
require a native French speaker to decypher, but who knows? :-)
Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:32:14 +0000, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
(Liz Tuddenham) wrote:
Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
Do we have any French speakers on the Panel? I have a radio that's
badly in need of realignment and the only instructions I can find are
a set in French. I can't use Google translate because they've used too
many abbreviations in the text and they won't parse any sense.
I'm not a particularly fluent French speaker, but I could probably sort
out some technical instructions in French If you want to send them to
me, I'll have a go (you should be able to work out my e-mail address).
Many thanks indeed for your kind offer. I suspect it will probably
require a native French speaker to decypher, but who knows? :-)
The French tend to prioritise flowery language over clarity.
On 21 Dec 2024 22:30:23 GMT, Allodoxaphobia <trepidation@example.net>
wrote:
On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 21:37:59 +0000, Cursitor Doom wrote:
in series with your 50 Ohm source.
Yes, but you know what a *bitch* it is to find a purely resistive 10
ohms....
Maybe just a length of nichrome wire?
Still got parasitics. Avoiding them is a craft in itself.
Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:05:08 +0100, Jeroen Belleman
<jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:
On 12/20/24 22:16, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:32:14 +0000, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
(Liz Tuddenham) wrote:
Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:Many thanks indeed for your kind offer. I suspect it will probably
Do we have any French speakers on the Panel? I have a radio that's
badly in need of realignment and the only instructions I can find are >> >>>> a set in French. I can't use Google translate because they've used too >> >>>> many abbreviations in the text and they won't parse any sense.
I'm not a particularly fluent French speaker, but I could probably sort >> >>> out some technical instructions in French If you want to send them to >> >>> me, I'll have a go (you should be able to work out my e-mail address). >> >>
require a native French speaker to decypher, but who knows? :-)
I'm not a native French speaker, but I may be able to help anyway.
Fire away.
Well that's interesing as I had did think you might respond given some
of the background you've revealed here in the past. I don't have the
relevant page here right now, but will make it available tomorrow. It
is only the one page and only one column of that, so nothing too
onerous. I did show it to a genuine French chum of mine a few weeks
ago, but he was stumped by the technical side of it and couldn't
assist much, unfortunately. So it appears it needs someone who can
speak French fluently *and* understands the process of radio
alignment. I kind of guessed that might be you....
Many years ago Practical Wireless published an article about the French >819-line high-definition television service which had been translated
from French by someone who knew nothing about television or radio >terminologyy. It was hilarious nonsense but I eventually managed to >translate it back into French so that I could understand it.
If you post your text here, we can all have a go at it.
On 22/12/2024 22:50, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 12:57:54 -0500, ehsjr <ehsjr@verizon.net> wrote:
Maybe you should first build a dim bulb tester. Among other
things, it would enable you to re-form the power supply caps
it old gear and save an explosion or three. :-)
Many hits on a Google search, here's the first one:
https://antiqueradio.org/dimbulb.htm
Ed
I did actually build one a few years ago with swappable bulbs for
different loads. Two problems, though:
1) I'd have to remember to use it
2) I'd have to somehow find it.
I think that you might have to add a third one in future - finding an >incandescent bulb to use!
On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:16:15 +0000, Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid>
I did actually build one a few years ago with swappable bulbs for
different loads. Two problems, though:
1) I'd have to remember to use it
2) I'd have to somehow find it.
I think that you might have to add a third one in future - finding an
incandescent bulb to use!
Yes, getting harder as time goes by, so I stocked-up in advance and
put a couple of dozen aside while they were still widely available. I
would imagine the oven types will still be around for a few more
years, anyway - and they tend to be more robust.
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