I have a device to send the Blog but ... - Page 1
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author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 11, 2013, 09:31:20 pm
content: Does anyone know if Dave is overloaded with packages waiting to be "taken apart" for the Video Blog. I have an electronics device I want to send him.

author: notsob
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 11, 2013, 09:33:41 pm
content: Wrap it up in pink paper with 'hello kitty' labels attached, should get his attention.

author: DavidDLC
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 11, 2013, 09:37:49 pm
content: Quote from: xrunner on April 11, 2013, 09:31:20 pmWhy don't you ask him directly ?David.

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 11, 2013, 10:04:04 pm
content: Quote from: notsob on April 11, 2013, 09:33:41 pmWe need a like button on this forum.

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 11, 2013, 10:13:56 pm
content: Quote from: notsob on April 11, 2013, 09:33:41 pmAh I see - he likes pretty things - soft things? It's OK for a man to feel pretty sometimes.

author: BiOzZ
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 11, 2013, 10:59:12 pm
content: put a beeper and a flashing light in the packaging ... not just will HE love it but shipping agents will love it too!!!

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 11, 2013, 11:25:23 pm
content: Quote from: BiOzZ on April 11, 2013, 10:59:12 pmDon't forget a set of 7 segment displays and a back counter using logic gates, they will surely appreciate your skills.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 11, 2013, 11:51:04 pm
content: Quote from: xrunner on April 11, 2013, 09:31:20 pmYes, I have about a dozen, many of which (as I know what they are) could have their own separate video.But send any, just don't expect me to get around to it any time soon!

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 11, 2013, 11:58:11 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on April 11, 2013, 11:51:04 pmWill do. I have all the time in the world to wait for the tear down.

author: lemmegraphdat
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 12, 2013, 02:08:10 am
content: How about a machine that is it's own package and opens itself? That might be worth a video. No sudden moves though. The thing would be creepy enough without.

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 12, 2013, 09:30:24 pm
content: Package sent - teaser pic attached!

author: Hydrawerk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 12, 2013, 09:59:19 pm
content: Is that a walkie-talkie or what?

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 12, 2013, 10:22:15 pm
content: looks a little like a Satphone

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 12, 2013, 10:22:57 pm
content: Quote from: Hydrawerk on April 12, 2013, 09:59:19 pmNope!Quote from: Psi on April 12, 2013, 10:22:15 pmNo!

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 13, 2013, 12:44:05 am
content: Pocket spectrum analyzer or GPS? The antenna looks like a full-wave antenna in the 900MHz-2.4GHz range to me.

author: lemmegraphdat
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 13, 2013, 01:38:25 am
content: Part of a telemetry system?

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 13, 2013, 01:44:41 am
content: Quote from: ivan747 on April 13, 2013, 12:44:05 amNegative.Quote from: lemmegraphdat on April 13, 2013, 01:38:25 amNo sir.

author: mrflibble
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 13, 2013, 01:52:44 am
content: Is it a hello kitty lollipop with extra sturdy stick and convenient velcro packaging?

author: pickle9000
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 13, 2013, 01:58:30 am
content: Some sort of sniffer? Gas detector?

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 13, 2013, 02:14:05 am
content: Quote from: pickle9000 on April 13, 2013, 01:58:30 amGood guesses, but no ...Eventually someone will guess it if we keep going. The post office said it would take a week to get down under (I don't believe them), but Dave said he's already got a backlog. I don't want to spoil it for everyone.

author: lemmegraphdat
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 13, 2013, 02:18:35 am
content: Cell signal blocker.

author: opablo
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 13, 2013, 04:08:45 am
content: Quote from: notsob on April 11, 2013, 09:33:41 pmIt''s even easier than that with Dave... just stamp a "Made in Germany" label on the box

author: codeboy2k
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 13, 2013, 04:18:22 am
content: I believe it is a fruit quality tester... here you see it being used on an Orange.The black thingy on top is forcefully thrust into the fruit, i.e. impaled upon it, and the meter will give a quality reading.Don't buy the fruit if it's below 50 FruityHertz.If you ever go to the supermarket and see large holes in the fruits, then you know someone has been testing the fruit there.On this particular orange, someone painted a XYZ coordinate system, probably they didn't know which way was up so they needed some help. You must always orient the fruit tester correctly, or the readings will be off.I'm sure Dave will be happy to receive it from you, and after the teardown will always enjoy better fruit.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 13, 2013, 09:02:58 am
content: I have a slightly used Worldspace receiver that Will be coming to parts sometime soon, as the RF end is dead.

author: aargee
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 13, 2013, 10:46:11 pm
content: What's so special about rectal probe?

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 09, 2013, 12:16:00 am
content: Well, I know he's got it 'cause I've seen the box in the stack on the last mailbag video. We'll have to be patient yill he gets to it.

author: TimNJ
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 09, 2013, 12:33:48 am
content: Quote from: notsob on April 11, 2013, 09:33:41 pmhahahahaha. I actually laughed

author: smashedProton
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 09, 2013, 03:56:58 pm
content: Cell phone jammer?

author: kfitch42
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 09, 2013, 05:09:27 pm
content: IANAH (I am not a Ham).Antenna is about 5 inches long, assuming 1/4 wave that gives 590Mhz. Or 1/2 wave that gives 1.18GHz.A quick look at FCC allocations suggests we get either "TV Broadcast" or "Aeronautical Radionavigation". Neither is too likely. Of course I could be a bit off on my 'measurements' ... 915MHz ISM isn't too far off, neither is 608-614 "Land Mobile/Radioastronomy".Given all that ... its a pocket Arecibo!

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 09, 2013, 05:14:42 pm
content: Valiant and very intelligent attempts to guess it - but all wrong.I'd be tempted to pull it a little of it out of the case and take another pic - but it's in Australia at the moment.

author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 09, 2013, 05:24:31 pm
content: Metal detector/body scanner for security.

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 09, 2013, 07:57:09 pm
content: It's a shovel, which should result in the shortest tear-down video ever.

author: TheEPROM9
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 09, 2013, 08:42:21 pm
content: Quote from: ivan747 on April 11, 2013, 11:25:23 pmDon't forget a loud ticing sound

author: smashedProton
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 09, 2013, 09:10:52 pm
content: The woz did that to his locker in high school. He was suspended for a week.and then there was that time where ge spent the night in jail

author: smashedProton
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 09, 2013, 09:11:19 pm
content: That was a...

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 11, 2013, 11:18:15 pm
content: Quote from: G7PSK on May 09, 2013, 05:24:31 pmCorrect. I didn't want to say until he opened the package, which he did in the latest mailbag video.Congratulation for a correct guess.