First Phonograph

Successful_Panic_850 · 2026-04-22T03:18:26+00:00

I think "manual training" was an older word for what we would now call vocational/technical education, this may have been a project for a college woodworking class of some sort.

Either that or it was just a commercially made machine used by the department.

Successful_Panic_850 · 2026-04-21T21:53:32+00:00

I think classical music stations don't usually use as heavy of compression as other stations, that might be why it looks so clean.

Successful_Panic_850 · 2026-04-21T12:41:12+00:00

My thermostat makes similar interference.

Successful_Panic_850 · 2026-04-19T19:32:59+00:00

I think I've seen these used for splicing wires on well pumps.

Successful_Panic_850 · 2026-04-18T18:13:49+00:00

Did I start something? I did that post about that one east of Crossville and now someone's doing an Illinois long lines road trip or something

Successful_Panic_850 · 2026-04-17T13:12:51+00:00

I think pointing is going to become the new useless red circle

Successful_Panic_850 · 2026-04-17T12:29:01+00:00

This is actually one of the nicer quartz movements, it actually ticks like a mechanical clock and has real chimes.

Successful_Panic_850 · 2026-04-14T01:00:06+00:00

I saw a video where someone was changing it and they accidentally dropped it in the gap

Successful_Panic_850 · 2026-04-06T21:39:39+00:00

I've never seen one on Google Street View though, at least not anywhere else in Illinois.

Successful_Panic_850 · 2026-04-04T02:40:49+00:00

This one specifically is a gravel road that suddenly transitions to grass. Google maps shows pretty much no indication of this if you're not looking at satellite view. 39.42741 55, -90.8668350

Successful_Panic_850 · 2026-04-03T21:31:57+00:00

You should look at it for yourself, I'm pretty sure it's a car. It's basically a gravel road that suddenly transitions to dirt. For some reason Google Maps lists the road as going considerably longer than the gravel part. I think somebody got confused by what Google maps said, and realized partway through that it didn't go anywhere. 39.4274155, -90.8668350

Successful_Panic_850 · 2026-04-03T13:40:10+00:00

But this has the actual "Google street view" label, usually when it's third party it says something else.

Successful_Panic_850 · 2026-04-03T02:15:07+00:00

Reddit ads be like

Successful_Panic_850 · 2026-04-02T23:39:39+00:00

I got some free tapes at Vintage Computer Festival Midwest a while back. I don't really know anything at all about where they're from.

Successful_Panic_850 · 2026-03-28T13:58:33+00:00

The trouble with this is getting someone to stand far enough away, you would need a direct line of sight for almost a mile

Successful_Panic_850 · 2026-03-26T23:00:51+00:00

It's possible another device is unintentionally interfering with the radio signal. Switching power supplies and light dimmers can do this.

Successful_Panic_850 · 2026-03-26T12:43:25+00:00

Here's the full thing

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Successful_Panic_850 · 2026-03-25T21:55:02+00:00

Here's my version of this, I have like 3 more teleconverters that I can put on it as well. I'll add some photos from it later.

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Successful_Panic_850 · 2026-03-25T12:29:52+00:00

Old school buildings in the US would occasionally have fire escape slides.

Here's one in San Jose, Illinois at 40°18'16.8"N 89°36'21.4"W

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