That's a good idea to control via stepper motor driven by uC but not practical here .

Of course, I didn't mean that digital crap, but you can differentiate the analog cheap that may come around 1-3$, many available here but here onwards importing of low quality craps from China banned here including toys and electronics.

 

Why would India ban stuff from China?

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Economic protectionism?

The government might want to protect the local industry from cheap Chinese imports.

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Don't want Chinese slave labour undercutting their own slave labour

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it's not a crap radio, it has a tiny lamp bulb, and costs about $7.

 

What radio are you referring to?

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the one in the picture attachment, on the first thread page, two photo's.

 

Are you trying for the 'most stupid post of the year award'?.

And for someone who claims to be from Ireland, why keep quoting prices in dollars?.

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most of the visitors are from the US?

It is a standard currency. I buy many parts using US currency, for instance Hong Kong.

I don't understand what you are trying to say about the radio.
I found it very useful as a light source for making Macro photo's,
or to observe my ants in the evening.

initially i also wrote the price in Euro's, €4.49

the crap of the year award goes to:

-key fob LED lamp, contacts quickly oxydizing, and replacement batteries costing more than a new lamp

-solar cell LED lamp, falsely claiming that it is rechargeable, but does not charge at all (guess a fake lithium cell, not an accumulator).
cost: 17 Euro's.

there are numerous crap products, indeed, but this radio is not so bad.
I was also thinking of a SONY radio for about 20 Euro's, pretty much retro style.

 

It's a VERY worldwide forum here, I wouldn't say most visitors are from the USA.

Have you no pride in your own currency, or do you still not consider the Euro 'your' currency?.

Sorry, but it's absolutely rubbish - you only need to look at it, or even just look at the price

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Ok i was thinking I do people a favour so they do not have to mess with our Euro.

I do not know the word "pride".

also you may not know the purpose for which i intend to use the radio - particulary, to test metal detector circuits.
It may serve this purpose very well.

also it turned out to be a great helping for macro photo, previously, I had great difficulties with that.
the camera software is focussing on the bright spot, as intended.

yes having ants in the house may not be everyone's cup of tea.

but as for Radio, i do not really listen to stations. maybe i also want to buy that SONY radio.

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So how does that alter the fact that it's a crap radio?.

It may work perfectly well for your somewhat obscure requirements, but that doesn't make it a 'good' radio - only that your requiremnts are very undemanding.

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I see no radio, the picture in your last post is just a load of ants feasting on syrup.

What's your point?

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if you don't listen, what it matters, you can go with the present one, so that the ants can also co exist with in the radio, perhaps using it as a storage for their conserved food
Perhaps a SONY ICFSW-7600GR with digital scale and all newer facilities like SSB, with a possibility to mod for DRM reception in Short and Medium waves, (www.drmrx.org/mods/Sony_ICF_SW7600GR.pdf ) may not be liked by the Ants--

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Ehm
Simple AM Radio Receiver

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yes it is crap - that old 1980s ASCII.
it may server some purposes pretty well.

and the ants yes, they came to me, not the other way round.
they now also feel free to explore everywhere, and end up inside drinking glasses.

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here the PCB of that SONY AM/FM tuner.
cheaply made but at least two TOKO's, and one 455 KHz filter.
after reading the thread, I now feel comfortable to take it apart,
and to extract the tuning capacitor.

anyone knows more about the pin connections?
there are also various small trimmers inside these var.-cap's

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