A Crummy Commercial

 The previous mention of the idea (timed Clapper): https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2025/07/another-project-idea-new-clapper.html  Found this board: It's from the projects page: http://wb9kzy.com/projects.htm  Here is the zip: http://wb9kzy.com/muter.zip  And the schematic: I added a series diode to the + power input to protect against polarity reversal (also managed to add a short).  I also scared up a 4 MHz ceramic resonator from the Island Keyer II kit.  This prototype was built on an early Island Keyboard circuit board.  The Hamlin relay was put on a right angle daughter board. I also found an old Sony IR remote from a defunct Trinitron, installed the batteries and took it in a dark bathroom with my cell phone to check for IR emission: humans can't see what a cheap camera phone can, IR But the problem: the Muter just doesn't seem to recognize the mute button presses.  I did a capture of the decoded IR remote mute press here: First there is a low sy...

After mentioning Nancy another drawing of a kid involved with radio turned up of facetbook: It's from the book: Homer Price by Robert McCloskey: https://archive.org/details/homerprice0000unse_z3p6 Homer builds his radio with the benign presence of a skunk named Aroma - who is in the above picture.  Homer hears about an award ceremony on his radio and that ceremony figures in the story.  Also Homer has an antenna at the roof peak of his house as seen here: One of the more famous stories in the book concerns doughnuts, here is a filmed version: source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXeYNmqp8X4 I'm sure I must have read this book as a kid although I didn't remember it - it is a fun read. Best Regards, Chuck, WB9KZY http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm

This sounds interesting: https://doorcountypulse.com/washington-island-radio-launches-fundraising/ I wasn't aware of the streaming: https://www.washingtonislandradio.com/listen I've heard that people were talking at the Red Cup about radio on the island more than a decade ago - these things take time :) Best Regards, Chuck, WB9KZY http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm