TUFP The ultimate first project

[deadastronaut]

i built 2 of these in 1590bb's  and put them in series...sounds great. these will be on my board for a long time  thanks for sharing aron, 

[Mark Hammer]

Do they sound better with the jacks installed on the short sides or on the long sides?

[wavley]

shouldn't the wires be a bit shorter so the electrons have a shorter distance to flow?

...and angled so the eletrons can roll down hill.

We recently had a tech having to come up and put every cable he made on the network analyzer to check every cable he made because he wanted to use a right angle SMA connector so it would fit better in the rack.  One of our "engineers" (I use the quotes because he's just a manager, but has the title and thinks he knows something) was worried about the right angle and reflections.  The truth is that Anritsu spec's these things at certain frequency ranges and if they say it works then 99.999999999% of the time it works.  I asked "Since when do electrons care about going around corners" the tech responded "I don't know, but he's pretty sure they'll bounce back." to which I said "Electrons go where I tell them to go."

[Govmnt_Lacky]

Is the cable for RF signal flow OR for electrical current flow?

Since he wants to use an SMA connector, I assume it is for RF in which case, reflection can be a concern. Not as much as waveguides  but, it is still there

[wavley]

Is the cable for RF signal flow OR for electrical current flow?

Since he wants to use an SMA connector, I assume it is for RF in which case, reflection can be a concern. Not as much as waveguides  but, it is still there

It was for an LO, and I know it's a concern, but Anritsu does a good job testing things and the answer to "Does this have reflections" can be found in the datasheet, his reasoning was that the right angle would cause them, that the electrons just don't want to go around a corner, when really things like impedance mismatches have way bigger contribution than corners.  Don't get me started about waveguide, I spend most of my life working on waveguide stuff, those little microwaves are sneaky little buggers and just spill out all over the place if you let them.  "What do you mean go in the input and out the output?  Nope, you didn't screw the lid down tight enough, I'm going back to the input and to the output and to the input and to the output..."

[mattjames]

No schematic...!!   how we pose to breadboard it ? 

[duck_arse]

Do they sound better with the jacks installed on the short sides or on the long sides?

with a third jack, I dunno how it would be wired, mounted on the long axis, you could have a delayed output. or a delayed input. hmmmm .....

I used to know an audio engineer, he said they went to to the local disposals (army navy) store, back when we had them, and got an old rack with dials, meters and switches all over it. they stuck it in rack in a large, sydney studio, connected to NOTHING at the back, and whenever the talent "thought it needed a little more ... something", they switch on, give a twiddle, bingo, that's the sound we want.

he said.

[Jdansti]

Has it been tested and found to be compliant with the FCC emissions regulations? 

[haveyouseenhim]

Has it been tested and found to be compliant with the FCC emissions regulations? 

ZZZZiiinnnnggggggg! 

[Keppy]

"Electrons go where I tell them to go."

Boom. Signature.

[R.G.]

Inevitably, the modders will get to this one in frenzy of BUMS.

Actually, I was given a deluxe version of this one a couple of years ago. John Chandler, the inventor and owner of PedalTrain, had a number of these made up and presented to a few friends. He called it the True Bypass Bypass. High quality boxes, paint, and silkscreening, and a footswitch which also ran an LED to let you know whether you were in true bypass or bypassing true bypass.   

It's one of my favorite pedals.

[wavley]

"Electrons go where I tell them to go."

Boom. Signature.

Awesome, I have to admit it was one of the rare occasions when I was actually quick enough to say something witty, I must have just had my coffee.

[pinkjimiphoton]

you guys are missing it... the distance between the two wires with the air as a dielectric can only mean one thing....


gentlemen, you are looking at the legendary FLUX CAPACITOR!!