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To: thecabal
The front panel of my old Heathkit H-8 radiated so much trash that it could be heard on a 2-meter handheld with a rubber duck at 150 feet. I created primitive computer "music" using an AM radio to receive deliberately timed loops in 8080 assembler. A good spook shop can pick off Ethernet and keyboard controller emissions.

I made a service call on a tuna boat one day. The skipper complained of an awful buzz on his Collins HF receiver. My assistant was re-installing a VHF radio in the crow's nest. When I picked up the phone to call him, the "dial tone" buzz matched the buzz in the receiver. I traced the problem to a clipping diode across the dial tone generator. An .01 uF cap across the diode cleared the problem. Dumb luck on that one.

445 posted on 02/24/2004 10:15:22 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin
I bow to your superior experience. I like the story of the 8080 music. I had heard of such a thing, but I didn't know anyone who had acutually done it. LOL
510 posted on 02/25/2004 12:45:37 AM PST by thecabal ("Well, boys, I reckon this is it - nuclear combat toe to toe with the Ruskies." --Major T. J. Kong)
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