Electronics Forum / Electronics / January 2008

I'm looking for a heavy duty cable tie mount (screw down) that will take
~8mm wide cable ties (holding bundles of 14 x RG6 + 14 x CAT6 [about
60mm diameter total]).
Anyone got a pointer for a (West?) Australian supplier. EIW, L&H, MM,

Guess lots of you would know this:
Can I replay a Video8 tape that's been recorded on a PAL Camcorder on a
NTSC camcorder?
I have not too much a clue about what's going on inside these machines.

I noticed that the RCA tube manual doesn't specify, for each tube, exactly
what are the composition  and precise dimensions of the filament. They just
have some general remarks about the kinds of materials used in filaments. But
I know from other sources that the FP-400 tube had a ...

All,
I have a DENON DCM-420 5 disk changer that is no longer reading any
disks on the caraselll.   In the past, the sensor that reads the
carousel went out, we replaced that and all was well for 10 years.

Does this gaget exist?
A rftag and pocket sized transmitter set.
Put the trasmitter in you coat pocket and the rf tag in your wallet.
If the wallet is further away than, say 10 feet, the transmitter

I would like to know if I could position a SLA battery without limitations,
I mean if I can lay down or I have to keep it vertical. I need to put it
into a robot and charge it onboard.
TIA,

... reported after the New Year which in the Land of Bastards is
sometimes around April,  since the official start of Summer in the LOB
is 1st of Dec indeed !
That Convict Rabble has indeed lost all  bearing to Cosmic Harmony &

Does anyone know of any? I can't seem to find anything on the internet
that plugs into to a regular telephone, only things for bluetooth,
internet, etc.
Basically, I'm just looking for a product that would pretty much be

I have a very specific one-off project. It's a small clear plastic
cylinder closed at one end, 5cm (2") diameter and 2cm (.75") deep. I'm
placing the electronic components/battery in it and need to 'fill up'
the rest to the top with what I believe is called a potting compound

Suppose I want to scavenge opto-isolators (such as the 6N138 or 6N139)
from discarded electronic devices. What kinds of consumer electronics
should I fish out of the garbage?

I have been seeing a few circuit that incorporate a 555 IC to generate
pulses at a higher voltage than the input.
Is this reliable?  All I am wanting to do, as an experiment, is to run a
chain of LEDs.

I'm doing my diploma thesis on three gps receiver Ashtech Z-12 and
I've got big problem with lack of data cables
(16-pin Fischer connector A086, 104 series  to receive and on the
other side DB-9 F to PC)

Happy new stuff to you all...
After examining my car during the week I've found a few new paint
chips in the doors, and strange tyre marks on the back bumper.
I'd really like to forgive the people who did this - obviously there

To those usenet people using Forte Agent as their news reader, or for
email, I wonder if you are aware of a really BAD feature....
To illustrate, let me relate the following example of using Agent as a
mail client where files are attached to an email.

I have a lutron FC-1200 frequency counter most likely brought from DSE.
I used the other day and all worked fine, I picked it up again in the
afternoon to use and it will not switch on...
Had a quick peek in side and all looks well and the power switch seems