Re: sanding off chip markings?


Joerg wrote:
Hello Richard,


I saw them in a grab box at one of the big stores. Still, $1 is too much
money for something that is essentially worthless and would just take up
space in some desk drawer ;-)

An intersting economic metric would be mean-time-to-landfill.


ROFL! That would be a cool new parameter for the post-RoHS era.

With stuff like this "radio" you couldn't really assess that time.
People buy these because the deals sounds so enticing. A buck for a
radio, wow. Then they'd fumble with it a bit, become frustrated, leave
it somewhere and the next day they wouldn't remember where.

I must confess that I almost fell for it, for the same reason Michael
did (to take it apart). Then my sister gave me one that she received as
a freebie. So I could keep my buck plus tax ;-)

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com


Two additional reasons I bought it:

1. I thought it would be a lot lighter to carry on plane trips than my
CD-MP3 player. Only later did I remember that it might cause
interference with the aircraft navigation.

2. In case of a nuclear strike against us, or equivalent catastrophe,
having a radio like this might come in handy. (Better than nothing at
all.)

Michael

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