MY FRIEND, UHURU TUTUA ,AND HOW HE GOT THAT NAME By: Frank McClatchie If you stay in Tahiti for a while, the Tahitians will give you a name that they can pronounce. For instance, at the time that I was going to Tahiti, I was known as
LIFE TO BE TRULY CHALLENGING, A VOYAGE, LIKE A LIFE, MUST REST ON A FIRM FOUNDATION OF FINANCIAL UNREST! IF YOU ARE CONTEMPLATING A VOYAGE, AND YOU HAVE THE MEANS, ABANDON THE VENTURE UNTIL YOUR FORTUNES CHANGE! ONLY THEN WILL YOU KNOW WHAT THE SEA IS ALL ABOUT! "I HAVE
MY SIX DAYS IN A GERMAN SUBMARINE By: Frank McClatchie. Former RT1/C USNR during WWII USS NEAL A. SCOTT, IN STORM CONDITIONS ON SURRENDER DATE This is a personal account of the experiences of Frank McClatchie while serving in the US NAVY during WORLD WAR TWO as
HOW TO GET THE WATER IN YOUR CONDUIT OUT By: Don McClatchie Many CCTV installations require metal or plastic electrical conduit to be used to protect the cables and wires from wear and tear or tampering. Whether the conduit is above ground outside or underground inside
GRAY CODE WHAT IS IT, AND WHERE IS IT USED BY: Don McClatchie Gray Code is employed in many electronic devices that use rotary switches for position encoders. The Gray Code also called “reflected binary code” or (RBC) was named after Bell Labs researcher Frank Gray
SOUND FREQUENCY WAVE LENGTH By: Don McClatchie All signals both RF and Audio are electromagnetic waves that travel down wires or through the air and they all have a wavelength. The wavelength of any frequency is the distance any frequency travels in the time of one cycle.
WHEN TO USE A/B SWITCHING ON IP CAMERAS BY: Don McClatchie IP cameras have ushered in a new era of CCTV installation complete with some new ways of providing security with new applications for the customer in both business and home security systems. One of the new
Air Core Inductor Winding The Easy Way The following information for winding RF coils is accurate to within 1% for nearly all small air core coils, where: L = Self Inductance in micro-henrys. N = Total number of turns. r = Mean Radius in inches. l = Length of coil in inches. b =
HOW TO BUILD AN AUDIO PAD Audio pads are used to attenuate an audio signal for the purpose of matching required levels between different pieces of equipment. Pads can be built unbalanced or balanced depending on the signal requirements. We will start with the basic unbalanced
BRINGING TVI, CVI, & AHD CAMERAS INTO FOCUS By: Don McClatchie The High Definition camera movement has definitely arrived and it brings with it a whole new generation of technology and techniques for installers to learn about. The first HD cameras to find their way into the
