Frank Gilliland wrote:
On 4 Jan 2007 04:20:43 -0800, "Telstar Electronics"
wrote in
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Most of that stuff is not RF related...


No more than your "compressor". But then you didn't specify.


and is older than dirt (tube
audio compressor...LOL)


You are way out of touch with reality on this one, Brian. Tube audio,
ESPECIALLY the compressors, are some of the most desireable audiophile
circuits on the market. The reason is because the sound that can't be
duplicated by silicon. For at least ten years now many major audio
equipment manufacturers have included some sort of tube audio in the
line, and a few make tube preamps and processors almost exclusively.
"Older than dirt"? Right. Sure. And your fourth-generation hacks are
state-of-the-art.


Most don't have any indication that you were the originator.


Except that I posted them to my website, claiming them as my own, and
you can't find them anywhere else, not on the net nor in any book. In
fact, I posted much of the stuff previously on my website (back when I
maintained a website). I'm kind of suprised that you didn't recognize
it.

Anyway, you asked and I provided. Now where's the schematic for your
amp? Do you need more time to modify it so your "design" can't be
recognized as a hack?


Yet you're so vociferous in your attack of my RF amplifier design.
Why is that Frank?...


You know why, Brain. You're just trying to save face..... and making
yourself look like a moron in the process. Honestly, I don't think
you're a moron at all. Not everyone can grasp even the scant little
bit of electronics you have learned. But you are trying to take the
lazy man's path to engineering. It doesn't work that way, Brian.
That's why you don't see hacker companies last longer than a few
years, with most ending in bankruptcy (and sometimes in criminal
proceedings). If that's your goal then hey, by all means, go for it!


when you obviously have very little RF
experience.


LOL!!!

Keep laughing Frank... I never heard a dinosaur laugh before.

www.telstar-electronics.com

"Steveo" wrote...

My lawn is the last to get food.

People expect that being in a particular line of work would mean that you
have the best kept equipment in town, but it is usually the opposite.
Even if you could find the time, once you get home, the last thing you want
to do is more of the same work. Anyhow, nobody is paying you for the
work :~)


Regards,

Peter.
http://www.citizensband.radiouk.com/

"Frank Gilliland" wrote...

The employer owns the design. I have no right or control over any
design made under the direction of any of my previous employers. That
means I can't use them, I can't re-use them, I can't sell them and I
can't publically disclose them. The only reason I'm mentioning this is
because it was pointed out to me that a lot of people don't know this.

It is the same here in the UK. Work done while in the employment or
under contract of another becomes their intellectual property - unless
it is agreed otherwise. This can be true regardless or where or what
time of day or night you carried out the work.

If a company has you under contract to do a specific type of work for
them, all work you do of that type may be their property. If when you
get home you do, by some chance, still feel like designing, you may find
that they own the rights to the work.


Here's an audio compressor I started a few years ago and has been on
the shelf awaiting refinement:

When you get around to it, huh?
Once you put something to one side, "awaiting refinement", it may be
simpler just to bin it. You get too stuck into the next job to finish the
old ones which you have lost interest in.


Peter.
http://www.citizensband.radiouk.com/

On 05 Jan 2007 17:16:13 GMT, Steveo wrote in
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Hey, maybe you know how to fix this problem: The edge of my lawn that
hits the sidewalk always drys up about mid summer. I thought it was
getting burned by the heat from the concrete but it doesn't come back
no matter how much I water it, shade it, fertilize it, areate it....
and no, it's not from people walking their dogs. Is this some weird
type of grass that only grows next to concrete? Should I just reseed?

Is it mostly sunny in that spot? It may be a strain poa annua which is an
annual grass that dies every summer. I'd have to see it to know. Yeah if
it's sunny there you might consider sowing some turf type tall fescue or
some sort of a perennial blend rye/blue/fescue. If it's shade go more with
the fine fescue/rye blend.


Turns out it's a fine fescue that's quickly overtaking my bluegrass,
both front and back. It looks great now that it's spring, but by July
I'm going to lose half my lawn (right now I have a two-tone yard!).
Any idea how to get rid of it without replanting? Like, maybe a
bluegrass or tall fescue strain that will choke it out?

Frank Gilliland wrote:
On 05 Jan 2007 17:16:13 GMT, Steveo wrote in
:

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Hey, maybe you know how to fix this problem: The edge of my lawn that
hits the sidewalk always drys up about mid summer. I thought it was
getting burned by the heat from the concrete but it doesn't come back
no matter how much I water it, shade it, fertilize it, areate it....
and no, it's not from people walking their dogs. Is this some weird
type of grass that only grows next to concrete? Should I just reseed?

Is it mostly sunny in that spot? It may be a strain poa annua which is
an annual grass that dies every summer. I'd have to see it to know. Yeah
if it's sunny there you might consider sowing some turf type tall fescue
or some sort of a perennial blend rye/blue/fescue. If it's shade go more
with the fine fescue/rye blend.

Turns out it's a fine fescue that's quickly overtaking my bluegrass,
both front and back. It looks great now that it's spring, but by July
I'm going to lose half my lawn (right now I have a two-tone yard!).
Any idea how to get rid of it without replanting? Like, maybe a
bluegrass or tall fescue strain that will choke it out?

Not really, in fact fine fescue is more of a creeper than either blue or
tall fescue. Fine fescue does well in shade but doesn't handle full sun as
well, and it tends to develop excessive thatch. It almost feels like you're
walking on a sponge when that happens. How many sq ft are you talking
about?

On 28 Mar 2007 10:40:11 GMT, Steveo wrote in
:

Frank Gilliland wrote:
On 05 Jan 2007 17:16:13 GMT, Steveo wrote in
:

snip
Hey, maybe you know how to fix this problem: The edge of my lawn that
hits the sidewalk always drys up about mid summer. I thought it was
getting burned by the heat from the concrete but it doesn't come back
no matter how much I water it, shade it, fertilize it, areate it....
and no, it's not from people walking their dogs. Is this some weird
type of grass that only grows next to concrete? Should I just reseed?

Is it mostly sunny in that spot? It may be a strain poa annua which is
an annual grass that dies every summer. I'd have to see it to know. Yeah
if it's sunny there you might consider sowing some turf type tall fescue
or some sort of a perennial blend rye/blue/fescue. If it's shade go more
with the fine fescue/rye blend.

Turns out it's a fine fescue that's quickly overtaking my bluegrass,
both front and back. It looks great now that it's spring, but by July
I'm going to lose half my lawn (right now I have a two-tone yard!).
Any idea how to get rid of it without replanting? Like, maybe a
bluegrass or tall fescue strain that will choke it out?

Not really, in fact fine fescue is more of a creeper than either blue or
tall fescue. Fine fescue does well in shade but doesn't handle full sun as
well, and it tends to develop excessive thatch.


No kidding. LOL!


It almost feels like you're
walking on a sponge when that happens. How many sq ft are you talking
about?


Enough. Funny thing though, I don't know where it came from. It's in
the front yard right beside the sidewalk, and smack dab middle of the
back yard. And none of my neighbors have the same stuff. Oh well, I
guess I'll be planting a sod garden this year. Thanks tho.

Frank Gilliland wrote:
On 28 Mar 2007 10:40:11 GMT, Steveo wrote in
:

Frank Gilliland wrote:
On 05 Jan 2007 17:16:13 GMT, Steveo wrote in
:

snip
Hey, maybe you know how to fix this problem: The edge of my lawn
that hits the sidewalk always drys up about mid summer. I thought
it was getting burned by the heat from the concrete but it doesn't
come back no matter how much I water it, shade it, fertilize it,
areate it.... and no, it's not from people walking their dogs. Is
this some weird type of grass that only grows next to concrete?
Should I just reseed?

Is it mostly sunny in that spot? It may be a strain poa annua which
is an annual grass that dies every summer. I'd have to see it to
know. Yeah if it's sunny there you might consider sowing some turf
type tall fescue or some sort of a perennial blend rye/blue/fescue.
If it's shade go more with the fine fescue/rye blend.

Turns out it's a fine fescue that's quickly overtaking my bluegrass,
both front and back. It looks great now that it's spring, but by July
I'm going to lose half my lawn (right now I have a two-tone yard!).
Any idea how to get rid of it without replanting? Like, maybe a
bluegrass or tall fescue strain that will choke it out?

Not really, in fact fine fescue is more of a creeper than either blue or
tall fescue. Fine fescue does well in shade but doesn't handle full sun
as well, and it tends to develop excessive thatch.

No kidding. LOL!

It has it's place, generally under a tree canopy.


It almost feels like you're
walking on a sponge when that happens. How many sq ft are you talking
about?

Enough. Funny thing though, I don't know where it came from. It's in
the front yard right beside the sidewalk, and smack dab middle of the
back yard. And none of my neighbors have the same stuff.

Who knows how some of that stuff gets started? It may have been 7% of the
seed blend when that lawn was initially sown, as I said it creeps. It's a
weed to you but I know people with big trees that would love to have it.


Oh well, I
guess I'll be planting a sod garden this year. Thanks tho.

I wouldn't do sod unless you're looking for instant green. Is the grade OK?

Frank Gilliland wrote:
On 28 Mar 2007 21:35:18 GMT, Steveo wrote in
:

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Who knows how some of that stuff gets started? It may have been 7% of
the seed blend when that lawn was initially sown, as I said it creeps.
It's a weed to you but I know people with big trees that would love to
have it.

They can come get it anytime they want.

For sale- fine fescue, pick-up only. Will not ship.

I'm in zone 3: semi-arid,
temps between -10 to 110 degrees, and unusually windy the past few
years (apparently due to global warming).

Or them damn volcanoes. Al Gore on line one.


So my choices for grass are
limited to bluegrass, some types of tall fescue, and tumbleweed.

The -10 is too cold for tall fescue? We get that temp here in the Buckeye
too but not very often. Tall fescue is the next bluegrass, considering the
water budget for most.

There
are a few varieties of fine fescue that will work here if you're
willing to shell out major bucks for water, and some crazy folks
around here do just that, but the stuff I have doesn't seem to handle
heat at all..... kinda like it came from the wet side of the state. I
just want to get rid of it.

Weird. Fine fescue is considered a shade tolerant only turfgrass here.
We're only a few thousand miles apart, right?

Oh well, I
guess I'll be planting a sod garden this year. Thanks tho.

I wouldn't do sod unless you're looking for instant green. Is the grade
OK?

Yeah, it's just a slight slope, but it's right next to the sidewalk.
So either I lay down sod or I shoot all the stray dogs and neighbor
kids that would otherwise trample my seedlings. As much as I would
like to do the latter, I think I'll just go with the sod plan.

The dreaded traffic problem. New sod isn't in love with it either, but I
know what you're saying.

At any rate good luck with it.

On 28 Mar 2007 21:35:18 GMT, Steveo wrote in
:

snip
Who knows how some of that stuff gets started? It may have been 7% of the
seed blend when that lawn was initially sown, as I said it creeps. It's a
weed to you but I know people with big trees that would love to have it.


They can come get it anytime they want. I'm in zone 3: semi-arid,
temps between -10 to 110 degrees, and unusually windy the past few
years (apparently due to global warming). So my choices for grass are
limited to bluegrass, some types of tall fescue, and tumbleweed. There
are a few varieties of fine fescue that will work here if you're
willing to shell out major bucks for water, and some crazy folks
around here do just that, but the stuff I have doesn't seem to handle
heat at all..... kinda like it came from the wet side of the state. I
just want to get rid of it.


Oh well, I
guess I'll be planting a sod garden this year. Thanks tho.

I wouldn't do sod unless you're looking for instant green. Is the grade OK?


Yeah, it's just a slight slope, but it's right next to the sidewalk.
So either I lay down sod or I shoot all the stray dogs and neighbor
kids that would otherwise trample my seedlings. As much as I would
like to do the latter, I think I'll just go with the sod plan.