On 07/11/2020 10:43, Roger Hayter wrote:
On 7 Nov 2020 at 10:16:37 GMT, "The Natural Philosopher"
wrote:




Oh FFS. Intelligent lives matter. Do we have to pander to idiocy
everywhere, all the time?

If wannabe electronics engineers were just to actually learn the theory
and do some design, perhaps their little knowledge wouldn't be such a
dangerous thing.

And gold plated speaker wires, red sharpies to reduce CD distortion and
the like wouldn't be on sale.

I must say I assumed that Jim's "galvanic isolator" was something supplied by
(and named by!) Virgin Cable. I don't think he would have thought of it for
himself. Equally, I assumed the earth voltages were affecting the low level
digital circuits in his equipment rather than the RF parts. Obviously ICBW!

indeed