On 4/24/2010 1:02 AM N_Cook spake thus:

Jeff Liebermann wrote in message
...

On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:38:23 -0700, "Chris F."
wrote:

Schematic of the DG-9 model:
http://www.curtcass.com/detectron/dg9-sch.jpg
Probably quite similar to the DG-7.

I'll stand on my comments that your clip lead and external power
supply kludge is probably causing problems. Find some suitable
electrolytics and place them across where the battery would normally
connect. The idea is to reduce the impedance that the counter sees in
the direction of the power supplies. That should reduce the
motorboating (oscillation).

Does USA "kludge" = UK "bodge" ?

Yes, except that I'm going to insist that the proper spelling is
"kluge"[1], which rhymes with "luge", not kludge which would rhyme with
fudge (which would just be wrong!).


[1] I'm fairly certain, though I can't prove it, that this term comes
from a line of printing equipment made by the company called Kluge,
which included a number of very complex Rube-Goldbergian machines, hence
the current usage.


--
The fashion in killing has an insouciant, flirty style this spring,
with the flaunting of well-defined muscle, wrapped in flags.

- Comment from an article on Antiwar.com (http://antiwar.com)