wyseacre
New member
Greetings all!
I'm Doug from St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. An IT generalist by trade, I'm a longtime electronics and ham radio enthusiast. I've done a bit of software development. Most of my career was in MIS.
More recently I'm getting into audio - as a hobby, and initially to improve my on-air voice. But it seems I've "caught a bug" of sorts and have begun collecting mics and audio processor gear on the used market, fixing them up for personal use. I am enjoying the learning curve, especially regarding what is required to create good audio. It's like a new universe has opened up.
Though my purse strings are tight, presently I've got a Behringer 9024 processor and 8024 equalizer and two Symetrix 528e channel strips. For mics I have a Lewitt LCT 440 Pure, an Earthworks Ethos, a R0de NTG3 and NTG2, a Sennheiser MKH 816T. Other mics I've repaired include some vintage Unidynes and an EV DS35 which I scored for 50 cents at a hamfest back in the 80's.
On the ham radio side of things, I've got a lot of Yaesu goodies, with some Icom, Ameritron, Heathkit and some vintage EF Johnson and Collins iron.
I've also got a number of old computers, including a couple of Cray J-90 mainframes, various small DEC and Sun systems, some teletypes, DECwriters and other terminals, a KIM-1 and a Programma-101 (which employs several loops of piano wire for its acoustic traveling wave memory scheme.)
Recently a friend called me a "tinker." I think that is a fair assessment. I've got a habit of finding broken electronics at thrift stores, fixing them up and eventually donating them back.
Thanks for letting me into your community!
I'm Doug from St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. An IT generalist by trade, I'm a longtime electronics and ham radio enthusiast. I've done a bit of software development. Most of my career was in MIS.
More recently I'm getting into audio - as a hobby, and initially to improve my on-air voice. But it seems I've "caught a bug" of sorts and have begun collecting mics and audio processor gear on the used market, fixing them up for personal use. I am enjoying the learning curve, especially regarding what is required to create good audio. It's like a new universe has opened up.
Though my purse strings are tight, presently I've got a Behringer 9024 processor and 8024 equalizer and two Symetrix 528e channel strips. For mics I have a Lewitt LCT 440 Pure, an Earthworks Ethos, a R0de NTG3 and NTG2, a Sennheiser MKH 816T. Other mics I've repaired include some vintage Unidynes and an EV DS35 which I scored for 50 cents at a hamfest back in the 80's.
On the ham radio side of things, I've got a lot of Yaesu goodies, with some Icom, Ameritron, Heathkit and some vintage EF Johnson and Collins iron.
I've also got a number of old computers, including a couple of Cray J-90 mainframes, various small DEC and Sun systems, some teletypes, DECwriters and other terminals, a KIM-1 and a Programma-101 (which employs several loops of piano wire for its acoustic traveling wave memory scheme.)
Recently a friend called me a "tinker." I think that is a fair assessment. I've got a habit of finding broken electronics at thrift stores, fixing them up and eventually donating them back.
Thanks for letting me into your community!
