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Six versions to bull, to suit your cars tigger input. And there's info on ; Converting a points distributor fo Hall Effect pickup ~ by Joti Clarke Pocket TENS Unit For: 78 Building The Ultimate Jukebox; Pt.2 gi ci e ‘Second article has all the details on building the wooden cabinet and applying the carpet treatment — by Ross Testor 86 Build A MIDI Drum Kit; Pt.3 Building tho various sensors and the stand — by John Clarke 98 Picaxe-Based 433MHz Wireless Thermometer Want to transmit temperature data 50 metres or more from a remote sensor to display on a PC? Its surprisingly easy — by Stan Swan 44 Circuit Notebook (1) Winch Gontroer For Boaties & 4WWDers; (2) Pushbutton Relay Selector; (3) Dual Input-Combining Stereo Line Ampitir; (4) Battery Desulphation Seagate! Prograss Monitor; (5) Nicad Charger With Voltage Cutout 52 Serviceman’s Log I hate servicing rear projection sots — by the TV Serviceman 104 Vintage Radio The AWA B25i6 stereogram ~ by Rodney Champness 109 Salvage It! A human-powered LED torch for next fo nothing ~ by Julian Edgar 2 Publisher's Letter 114 Ask Silicon Chip 4 Mailbag 117 Notes & Errata Bullding The HEI & Converting A 65 Product Showcase 118 Market Centre Points “Dizzie"To Hall Etfect Pickup 103 Order Form 120 Ad Index =e siliconchip.com.au JANUARY 20061 2 ‘wsleoncl.com.a0 ‘ublishor & Editor-in-Chief Leo Simpson, B.Bus., FAICD Production Manager Greg Swain, 8.Se.(Hons ) ‘Technical Editor Peter Smith ‘Technical Staff John Clarke, B.E.(Elec.) Ross Taster Jim Rowe, B.A., B.So, VK2ZLO Reader Services ‘Ann Jenkinson. Advertising Enquiries Lawrence Smith Bonedictus Smith Ply Lid Phone (02) 9211 8035, Fax: (02) 9211 0068 lawrence @benedictus-smith.com Regular Contributors Brendan Akhurst Fodney Champness, VK3UG Julian Edgar, Dip-T (Sec), BEd, Grad Dip Jnl Mike Sherif, B.Sc, VK2YFK Stan Swan ‘SILICON CHIP is published 12 times ‘a year by Silicon Chip Publications Py Lid, ACN 003 205 490, ABN 49. (003 205 490 All material copyright ‘©. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written ‘consent of the publisher, Printing: Hannanprint, Noble Pars, Victoria. Distribution: Network Distribution ‘Company. ‘Subscription rates: $83.00 per year in Australia. For overseas rates, see the subscription page in this issue. Ealtorial office: Unit 8, 101 Darley ‘St, Mona Vale, NSW 2103, Postal address: PO Box 139, Collaroy Beach, NSW 2097. Phone (02) $979 5644. Fax (02) 9979 6503, £E-malk:sichip@ silconchip.com.au ISSN 1030-2662 * Recommended and maximum price ony. SIACON CHIP Publisher's Letter Australia should build nuclear power stations Australian cities are facing power shortages and weneed to build new powerstations 10 keep up with the demand. The New South Wales sate government has just announced the intention to build two new gas-fired power stations (300MW & 400MW) and that is a good move, especially as they have not opted for coal-fired stations We have been against the building of new coal- fired stations in Australian for quitea fow years hy now. But the new gas-fired stations are mainly intended for meeting peak loads, not base load. Ultimately, New South Wales and other states are going to need more base load power stations. And in the past, the only option has been coal-fired, Renewable power such as hydro, ‘wind and solar can only tako us so far, since they can only make a relatively smal] contribution (say 20% maximum) to the overall energy mix. But coal-fired stations are no longer an attractive option, For a start, Australia is already being pilloried for its large carbon dioxide emissions and more coal-fired stations will only make that worse. Second, open-cut coal mines are an enormous blight on the landscape ~ hundreds of square Kilometres of open-cut scar has to be seen to be believed ~ and extremely costly to restore and re-vegetate. And you can forget these weird schemes for undorground carbon dioxide sequestration — that ust ain't gonna happen in spite of there being at least ono smnall installation overseas. So that leaves nuclear power. And why not? There is no pollution in normal operation (apart from the huge amounts of waste heat produced, as with any thermal power station). Nor is there any huge mining scar ~ we already have several uranium mines which could easily satisfy Australia’s demand. And we will eventually be storing long-term nuclear waste in the Northern ‘Territory, following recent enabling legislation, So why not take the next logical step and build some nuclear power stations? The first one could be sited next to the proposed Sydney water desaline- tion plant at Kumell. This will need a great deal of power and it just makes a lot of sense to build the power station next to it, just as Perth's desalination, plant will be built next to the existing Kwinana power station, To make it worthwhile, the proposed nuclear power station should not just meet the demands of the dosalination plant whon it is operating but also make a reasonable contribution to Sydney's base load. In fact, if possible, it would make sense to power the desalination plant only at night and provide base power during the day. That probably means a rating of at least one Gigawatt but perhaps it should be substantially bigger, so older inefiicient coal-fired stations can be taken offline Sure, there will initially be a huge outery from those people who are paranoid about nuclear power but tens of millions of people in the UK, Europe, Japan and the USA have managed to live happily near nuclear power stations for decades so why should we be any different? 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