These are interesting and useful sites suggested by our customers.We do not "endorse" them as such, but have checked and found them worth listing here for your convenience. We are open to your suggestions for additional listings, primarily "how to" or construction-related sites and listings.
| JPole Antenna | Shows how to do calculations to make a J Pole Antenna |
| MC145170 | see what one of our New Zealand customers has done to control the MC145170 through the parallel port of MSDOS/Windows personal computers. |
| Slot Machines-Maryland | Unusual token operated slot machines - part luck, part skill to win.. |
| Japanese style Slot Machines - California | Part luck, part skill to win. Both Pachinko and Pachislo machines. |
| Printed Circuit Boards | Printed Circuit Boards in prototype and small run quantities. |
| Ham Receivers | Lee Electronics - ham receivers, weather radios and such, oriented towards the "ready made" market rather than stuff to build. |
For our customers who need "just a little more range" from their micropower FM transmitters, check out the link above for making a J-pole antenna. When properly tuned and matched, the J-pole can improve performance almost as much as doubling the output power of your transmitter (compared to using a normal 1/4 wave di-pole antenna). Copper tubing and fittings are inexpensive and available at most hardware or home improvement stores...