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Thanks for the info. I am here in Canada. I am somewhat ignorant of frequency limits by CRTC (Canadian equivalent of the FCC). The unit can be tuned to braodcast in short range to the lower FM frequencies near 80-90 Mhz. Tom McDonald wrote in (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Be careful of the power output. Assuming you're here in the US, and depending upon the band, the FCC will only let you put out up to 100mW on domestic frequencies. Citizens' band is 4W. Just about everything else requires a license. I'm assuming (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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I remember a LEGO Parrot model from one of my sons' old Brick Kicks magazines, but now I cannot locate it. Alas my storage consists of a file folder. The kids closets have been given over to camping equipment for scouts, and Mom is forced to admit (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Bram has OKed my posting of this model on my page, so I went ahead and used LDAO to create instructions for it. They should be up on (URL) sometime today. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | | Please do not (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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I plan to build a bot that will be able to snoop around into a room (hopefully with people talking about secret things!!!! :-) ), and have it transmit the conversation via a micro FM transmitter. The one prolem is that the bot itself will be quite (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) This probably isn't very helpful, but the one time I wanted to make an elevator, I built the shaft, then lined the bottom of the shaft with colored trans 1x1 round plates. I attached 1x2 tiles w/ raised handle to the side of the shaft for (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) But accuracy is always a good thing. Except when it's not. Steve (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I thought the microphone was cool&creative. Steve (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Greg Kramer wrote in message ... snip (...) real (...) I build an elevator based on an idea presented by another rtl-er (don't remember who): Build both shaft and cage 4x4, then use 4 corner roof pieces on top and 4 inverse corner roof pieces on (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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1-Now that Dennis is 1 year old and crawling/climbing EVERYwhere, I am baby-proofing our building/display area upstairs(moving everything up and out of reach) :P 2-Teaching myself HTML so I can make my own LEGO-related website; 3-Working on a large (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Allan, PLEASE post pictures when you are done and let us know which URL to point our web browsers at! Thanks in advance... (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I like his .sig's version better. Sarah (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Matthew Verdier wrote in his sig: "You can't just say your King because some watery tart threw a sword at you" Dennis, 700 AD Matthew- Sidestep all this discussion and go with this direct quote from the script: "You can't expect to wield supreme (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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I made a 6x4 car with Log Bricks. The top and bottom plates are the only real friction, and you get a cool 70's effect. I'm sure that could be eliminated with a clever design. KL (...) l (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Ed "Boxer" Jones <edboxer@aol.com> wrote in article <361A9E87.39D3@aol.com>... (...) Tastes like chicken. You must be nutty like me Ed. Other than myself, I think you're the only one I've ever seen that replied to a test. This concludes this test of (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Greg Kramer wrote in message ... (...) in (...) on (...) that (...) real (...) Here is an idea to try. If you can get a hold of a lot of slotted pieces used in castles for the portcullis to ride in, there might be a way. The 1x2 plate with an (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Tastes fine by me :') (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Greg, I suffered all those problems designing elevators. What works for me is: I build the elevator shaft larger than the base of the elevator (for a 4x6 elevator car, I build a 6x8 elevator shaft). Then, only in the corners of the elevator (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Though it messes up your already nice measurements, try making your shaft 5x5 and put plates or tiles vertically on the outside of your 4x4 car so it doesn't flop back and forth so much. And/or try some rounded or sloped pieces on the roofplate of (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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I've seen pictures of people's town buildings that have working elevators in them, and I want to know how you got them to work. I don't want something Technic or motorized. Just something that's minifig scale to fit into a town building. I tried a (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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