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Nice to know. My cell phone screws up a lot of audio around here.
Bowser
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What is the little round "lump" in many cords?
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Bowser
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11/1/2008 7:55:13 PM
just a standard line bug. ;-) ATF & FBI are the biggest users.
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SDAI-Tech1
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11/2/2008 3:27:42 AM
It's a ferrite core
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TB
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11/1/2008 9:08:27 PM
Huh! Makes sense. Thanks.
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Bowser
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11/1/2008 11:46:15 PM
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podrock
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11/2/2008 10:36:53 PM
Nice to know. My cell phone screws up a lot of audio around here.
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Bowser
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11/3/2008 7:46:01 PM
Do visit the rest of the website
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pod
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11/3/2008 9:15:08 PM
Instructive. A lot of information one sort of wondered about.
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Bowser
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11/4/2008 2:25:22 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.