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s0 Traingirl Era<p>My H2X Comms Headset Adapter is now available to order on Tindie!</p><p>Have you ever wanted to use your own 3.5mm TRRS in-ear headset to listen or talk on Comms?</p><p>This adapter converts 3.5mm TRRS stereo+mic headset to mono 4-pin XLR comms connector, as used widely in broadcast, live events and theatre.</p><p>The circuitry and receptacle fits entirely within the high quality Neutrik XLR-4FXX connector, so there’s no hanging dongle to get caught on things.<br>It also has a purple boot and label ring so it won’t get mixed up with other XLR gear in the control room.</p><p><a href="https://www.tindie.com/products/eidophor/h2x-comms-headset-adapter-xlr-4f-to-35mm/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tindie.com/products/eidophor/h</span><span class="invisible">2x-comms-headset-adapter-xlr-4f-to-35mm/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cathode.church/tags/EidophorProjects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EidophorProjects</span></a> <a href="https://cathode.church/tags/TheatreTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheatreTech</span></a> <a href="https://cathode.church/tags/BroadcastEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BroadcastEngineering</span></a></p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>its also an indictment of the decline in public service <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/broadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broadcasting</span></a> that <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/STV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>STV</span></a> (which used to be a European leader in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/BroadcastEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BroadcastEngineering</span></a> as recently as the late 1990s/early 2000s) could only release a vertical <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> video and not even show the televisor in full action..</p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>Students in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> have rebuilt a modern replica of the original <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>television</span></a> set invented by <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Scotsman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotsman</span></a> John Logie <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Baird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Baird</span></a> - in time for October, when it will be 100 years after he first demonstrated it was possible to televise moving pictures.. <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TV</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/BroadcastEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BroadcastEngineering</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://news.stv.tv/west-central/scots-students-reconstruct-john-logie-bairds-original-television" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.stv.tv/west-central/scots</span><span class="invisible">-students-reconstruct-john-logie-bairds-original-television</span></a></p>
`Da Elf<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/@vfrmedia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vfrmedia</span></a></span> </p><p>Sweeeeeet.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/transmitters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transmitters</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Stentor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stentor</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Netherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Netherlands</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VHF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VHF</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IpswichCommunityRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IpswichCommunityRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FM</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BroadcastEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BroadcastEngineering</span></a></p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK (cyberpunk.lol alt)<p>1985: me and my friend from highschool experimenting with 2 transistor home built FM <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/transmitters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transmitters</span></a>, later <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/Stentor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stentor</span></a> kit from the <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/Netherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Netherlands</span></a>, transmitting between 105,6/105,7/105,8 MHz (depending on how much TX had drifted) and putting 1km "not spot" into comms for British Rail and Reading Buses on their then new Stornophone <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/VHF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VHF</span></a> radio schemes (which bizarrely had mobile TX on 150+MHz and base on 105-106 MHz (this portion of the band wasn't officially allocated to broadcasting back then!)</p><p>2025: working with my friends at <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/IpswichCommunityRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IpswichCommunityRadio</span></a> doing it all legally on 105.7 - 50W TX power, stereo, digital soundprocessing, dynamic RDS, about 30-40km range, full telemetry on the transmitter and bandpass filter so we don't upset anyone else on the band.</p><p>Listening to Em's 80s Hour of Fun last night (she featured 1985 on the episode) reminded me of this (and that 40 years have passed since I started being involved with <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a>!)</p><p>(en eindelijk na 40 jaar kan ik ook de andere kant van de bouwfolder (die was in het Nederlands geschreven) voor de Stentor lezen!)</p><p><a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/FM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FM</span></a> <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/BroadcastEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BroadcastEngineering</span></a></p>