If, like me, you have a penchant for classic motorcycles and / or cars, you will know that most of them were designed in a time when petrol had no ethanol in it, but did have a small amount of lead. The lead was there to lubricate things like valve stems and other critical engine […]
D-Link DAP-1522 Wireless Access Point an...
I’ve had a D-Link DAP-1522 Wireless Access Point configured in Bridge Mode for some years now. Today I needed to reconfigure it for my new broadband service…easy I thought. Erm…no…not so easy. It should have been, because I hadn’t kept notes on what to do…but I spent some time figuring it out, yet again. These […]
Kenwood TS-770 V-UHF All Mode Dual Band ...
These are truly excellent radios; well made, reliable and a pleasure to use. In the UK they are marketed by Kenwood, but in other countries they carry the TRIO brand. The TS-770 covers 144 to 146MHz and 430 to 440MHz with around 10w output from SSB, FM and CW modes. They DO NOT have a […]
AJS Twins…well almost
Last week, on the 2nd of November 2022 to be precise, I hired a long wheelbase Ford Transit van from Tyne Valley Car and Van Hire; they are literally a couple of miles up the road. A friend and I went up to see Roddy and Doris Jones in Damhead, near Edinburgh, to pick up […]
Tecalemit Grease Guns and how to fill th...
At one time, all motorcycles came with a comprehensive toolkit and a manual which explained how to service your own bike, replace brake shoes, change the oil and even rebuild the gearbox in some cases. Nowadays there is no tool box, brief instructions on how to check the oil…and a warning not to drink it! […]
New Rims and Spokes for the Matchless G3...
Sixteen years ago, the initial restoration on my 1953 Matchless G3LS was completed. The two rims fitted were manufactured by Central Wheel Components (CWC)…I’m hoping they have improved since then, as the chrome finish was very thin. I noticed this when it started peeling off in places! When I got my Matchless G12 in the […]
UMIST Powered Prototyping Board
Back in the mists of time, I spent a while at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology…1980 so no mobile phones back then. No internet, social media or even fax machines. Decent computers were housed in large air conditioned rooms and had a team of dedicated staff to provide the tender loving […]
Lucas Ammeter Wobble on G3LS
I had a very pleasurable ride to Bellingham for a cup of tea and a piece of lemon cake on Monday…the first of August in 2022 in case you’re reading this at some future time. My ‘Bellingham‘ is in England’s most beautiful county – Northumberland. There’s a most pleasant road running from Acomb up through […]
Adobe Acrobat Reader Update Failed
I recently had an issue when Adobe Acrobat Reader kept failing to update. The error message has disappeared but effectively said that a particular file could not be updated as it had already been updated by another application. The file and path were ‘C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\libcef.dll’. I searched on-line for a solution and found […]
KW E-Zee Match Lives to Tune Again
These are great little tuners and are designed to provide an improved method of matching between a transmitter output, or a receiver input, to an antenna system. In standard guise they cover from 10 to 80m inclusive, and allow resistive loads from 15 ohms to 5,000 ohms to be matched. Reactive components in the antenna […]