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Today we got the bed put back on the Ranger and got everything all attached.<\/p>\n
I’ve decided that I would like to get some better bolts and washers than what I am using.\u00a0 But there is nothing unsafe about what we have there now.\u00a0 So we put the topper\/cap back on and away home it went with my son.<\/p>\n
Whew!\u00a0 I’m glad that is done.\u00a0 He reports that it drives differently now.\u00a0 I’m hoping it will be “better”.<\/p>\n
I started fooling around with a couple of new electronics projects this weekend.<\/p>\n
I got a pile of Trimble Placer GPS units which are used to track fleet vehicles.\u00a0 I’ve ordered a little GPS antenna module so that I can try these out and make sure they work.\u00a0 Most will show up on my table at the Jackson, MS hamfest in January.<\/p>\n
Also I finally got past “go” on my nixie clock project.\u00a0 I don’t have everything worked out but I actually found that the display module in an old frequency counter is going to make a good starting point.\u00a0 And I can ship the rest of the counter off to a guy in Ohio who wants it.\u00a0 That cleans up a bit in my junk pile, double win!<\/p>\n
Anyway, I pulled down a power supply and I was able to turn on the nixie tubes (they work) and learn a little bit about how to make them go.\u00a0 And I learned that the total current draw for 6 is going to be about 20 mA, not very much.\u00a0 I actually have 8 digits on this display module.\u00a0 Usually HH:MM:SS is 6\u00a0 I don’t know what I will do with the other two.<\/p>\n
And!\u00a0 I received an early birthday present, a drinking water filter.\u00a0 My son says that will help save the planet if I can quit buying bottled water.\u00a0 That’s a good point.<\/p>\n
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