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42-380 Lives again! (Fixed video)
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BTW, that last station was my low power AM transmitter playing a Pandora 'Swing' station. We've got a whole lotta nuthin' on AM in Tampa Bay. I rolled past the only two AM music stations here on the video, Radio Disney and a Spanish music station. I'd rather punch myself in the face than listen to Radio Disney.

I can't tell you how tickled I was for it to work the first time it powered up. I've been working on this thing on and off for about 8 months. Also, it didn't take much tweaking at all to align it. The sound is just about as good as my 39-45, but the internal antenna isn't as sensitive as the long wire on the other console for SW, even up against an outside wall. But it's good enough for what I want to do with it, mainly listen to streamed music in my bedroom. 

It's not how bad you mess up, it's how well you can recover.


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42-380 Lives again! (Fixed video) - by Eric T - 10-04-2014, 10:05 PM
RE: 42-380 Lives again! - by Ron Ramirez - 10-04-2014, 10:26 PM
RE: 42-380 Lives again! - by Eric T - 10-05-2014, 03:06 PM
RE: 42-380 Lives again! (Fixed video) - by morzh - 10-05-2014, 06:38 PM
RE: 42-380 Lives again! (Fixed video) - by Eric T - 10-06-2014, 11:20 AM



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