New Old Radio
September 29, 2014
I may be a bit hard pressed to explain exactly what this is, but I can say this much: Jim built a new radio for the kitchen and here it is:
He found the radio on eBay.. something like $60. He gutted it, then put some other stuff in it to turn it into a Wi-Fi radio. As best I can figure from things he’s said about it, the inside has these things:
-a couple stereo speakers
-an amplifier
-an amplifier mounting board
-an amplifier circuit board
-a volume control mechanism
-a spring plate
-some spring retainer screws
-wall warts
-power transformers
-a power cord and some kind of nylon cord
-a power switch
-base and treble controls
-and my personal favorite: an old plastic parking permit which insulates the router board from the amp board
(That is a lot of word salad to me, but it may mean something to my electronically-inclined readers.)
The last thing to know about this radio is it is set on one channel only: Capital Public Radio (NPR) and is somehow controlled by Jim’s computer. Somehow.
All I have to do is turn it on, wait about 40 seconds for something to happen, then set the volume.
COOL, huh!!
Life of Wry 