Frequency discriminator and all-electronic receiver

[Mike(Mont)]

"I have not failed--I have just found ten-thousand ways that don't work."
I really dislike saying that because it sure sounds like an excuse. But on the other hand you gotta keep trying. You have to grab for it--it's not going to fall into you lap. I tried the bell wire for spiral coil. It was my worst attempt--but I learned from it. Bad part is I have a ways to go but at least I have a direction to head towards.

[Mike(Mont)]

More learning as I go. I have come to realize the PVC housing is causing some issues. So i am focused on that area for now.

[Mike(Mont)]

And the winner is...well I don't have a winner but I'm back using the ferrite rod. And I am learning a few more things about it. It definitely outperforms the air loop coil when nulling. So i plan to concentrate in this area. Probably going to try a different rod and different housing. I don't know if i am ever going to "finish" this project. Makes me sick thinking about all the possibilities, much worse than going with my wife shopping for a pair of shoes. She looks at three-hundred pair and doesn't buy any.

[WM6]

Fight, don't give away.

[Mike(Mont)]

Yeah, I guess I'll have to find a fortune first before anyone believes it's worth more than a hill of beans, aka a pile of $#!+. As i like to say "It all looks good on paper."

[Mike(Mont)]

At one time I wanted to call it the Exterminator because i thought it would "eliminate skeptics on sight". But I know "You can't kill a bad weed." Just wishful thinking on my part. No amount of proof is sufficient. Even if they saw it with their own eyes they would assume some sort of trickery. Even i question it myself.

[WM6]

As you say: "I have not failed--I have just found ten-thousand ways that don't work."

But every-time we have "not" failed, we learn something new too, so trend goes positive.

[Mike(Mont)]

Then I've learned a hell of a lot! Unfortunately most of it has been from the school of hard knocks. Maybe this is just what I need--work until I am so sick of it I can't stand to work on it any more. Then it will be done. Like they say about drinking alcohol, Know when to say "When". Never learned either lesson.

Actually the old saying about it's darkest just before dawn--I am hoping that holds true as I know it has many times in the past. But damn, I just can't let go yet. I got more parts on order.

[Mike(Mont)]

Flip-flop baby, like a fish out of the water...

Think i should write a song about me.

So anybody want to guess? Yeah, the air loop coil...again!!!! Damn, i just went and bought some other parts. Well, i need to just learn my lesson. I know what the problem was--interference and impatience. Sometimes my personal scale leans a little more towards the Cain side instead of the Abel side. Either that or I really am crazy or just a little schizophrenic. Well, I doubt anybody cares. So yeah, I'm feeling good. I'm sittin' on top of the world. At least for now.

[Mike(Mont)]

Also I applied some of the different settings I have been experimenting with. Some are lengthy to explain, but one was to add more TX power and less Rx gain.

[Mike(Mont)]

Getting pretty tired of saying this thing ain't done. I bet a few people are tired of hearing me say it. For now i have halted any further research work on it, but by now most people know I have a hard time holding to that. Again, I still have work to do on the housing, etc. If you recall Ferrari didn't care much of anything about the car body. To him is was just a cover to protect the engine from the weather. Compare that to the phony LRL's with the fancy Star Wars case. More money spent on the case than on the electronics. Oh yeah, almost forgot, I have to test it in the field. Just a minor detail.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwgGuadsqyo

[WM6]

Assume, that you didn't try to put some sort of calculator on it yet?

[Mike(Mont)]

Well, I am trying to keep it simple. And honest...NO SUCKER BAIT.

[Mike(Mont)]

Ask and it shall be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

They never said when, only that it will.

Off topic, saw the first butterfly this year today. Unreal it is so early in the season.

[Mike(Mont)]

I know it's an old cliche, but sometimes I have a hard time not believing this is all a miracle. Or as Einstein said "Either there are no miracles or everything is a miracle."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrxA4DcQw-Q