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Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable
morzh
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05-26-2016, 08:45 PM
Could you use a cap? That would be a small one. Plus no heat. Unless you want true AC-DC or there's something else?
And your dissip is 5.5W, so 10W is adequate.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
(This post was last modified: 05-26-2016, 08:47 PM by morzh.)
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Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by Radioroslyn - 05-22-2016, 02:08 PM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 - by morzh - 05-22-2016, 02:29 PM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by sam - 05-23-2016, 02:33 PM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by morzh - 05-23-2016, 04:40 PM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by sam - 05-26-2016, 06:55 PM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by morzh - 05-26-2016, 08:06 PM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by morzh - 05-26-2016, 08:45 PM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by morzh - 05-27-2016, 08:06 AM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by morzh - 05-27-2016, 11:11 AM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by sam - 05-27-2016, 11:31 AM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by morzh - 05-27-2016, 06:44 PM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by sam - 05-27-2016, 08:21 PM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by morzh - 05-27-2016, 08:44 PM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by sam - 05-30-2016, 07:07 PM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by morzh - 05-31-2016, 07:22 PM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by morzh - 06-01-2016, 08:04 AM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by morzh - 06-02-2016, 01:19 PM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by sam - 06-02-2016, 12:05 PM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by morzh - 06-02-2016, 07:52 PM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by morzh - 06-02-2016, 09:20 PM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by morzh - 06-02-2016, 09:58 PM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by morzh - 06-04-2016, 02:09 PM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by morzh - 06-04-2016, 04:18 PM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by sam - 06-16-2016, 10:13 PM
RE: Rehabing 42-854 AM/SW Portable - by morzh - 06-17-2016, 10:32 AM



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