Manual Powered Flashlight x 2 Review, Demonstration, Nighttime Test

Here is a manual powered flashlight x 2 also known as a hand-powered flashlight, mechanically powered flashlight, dyno torch, dynamo torch, squeeze flashlight and so on.

A nifty tool to have as you make your own electricity and do not depend on external sources of power, including batteries, which is especially good for hiking, trekking, RVing, etc.

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July 22 Sunrise to Sunset Photo

Sunrise

Noon.

Sunset.

Collection of Slava wristwatches -slideshow

My Radios: Thomson RT462 P 4 Band Radio

The cataloging of my many affordable radios goes on and here is a post from my radio-related blog (link below).

For completion's sake, here is another radio from my collection - an early 2000s Thomson RT462 P radio.

It's an affordable cheaper consumer radio but still has a Shortwave band, and overall is pretty good on shortwave and FM in particular.

Features:
4 bands, MW, LW, SW, FM
Two-way speakers - good sound
Power: batteries and AC from the mains
FM: extended 64 to 108 MHz, including the Soviet / OIRT (64-74 MHz), the Japanese and European bands all in one.

I gather, Thomson SA was a French company, a part of a large and storied conglomerate from way before the 1960s but bankrupted and sold off finally sometime in the mid-2000s.

A battery and cord storage compartment.

Overall, as I said, it is surprisingly good for the type, especially on FM, but not so shabby on SW either but you should take its obvious limitations caused by it having and analog tuning dial.

Glory Days of Shortwave - Interval Signals and QSLs

Slava 2416 Flotskie

Here is a Slava 2416 Flotskie watch from my collection.

This watch is marine-themed, as Flotskie means of, or pertaining to, Fleet or Navy. 

The water resistant mark on the back says Повышенная водозащита which means "increased water protection" and there's a picture of a cute little dolphin for good measure on the back. 

Water born- and sea-dwelling creatures are often used to indicate water protection and not only in Russian watches. In this case we have also only basic water resistance as in Water Resistant 3 ATM or 30m, that is, splash/rain resistant only.

This piece follows in the tradition of Slava's pseudo-sporty watches from the late 1980s to early 2000 which means that, while it has sporty and heavy-duty looks, it's all for show.

A little bit of splash/rain resistance is all it has.

Notice it also going for a bi-metalic (whatever) look, but here again it's just cheap coating, both yellow and chrome.

But I still like the watch.

The Final: Chile v Germany - FIFA Confederations Cup 2017

Match 15: Portugal v Mexico - FIFA Confederations Cup 2017

Grundig Music Boy 50 RP 5200

Here is another one from my array of radios, a Grundig Music Boy 50 RP 5200 radio.

A basic consumer radio, not a world radio by any means, but still has one SW band and is usable on shortwave.

Features:
Bands - 1 FM, 1 MW, 1 SW
Tone switch - music / speech
Power - batteries / AC
Tuning - analog scale
Collapsible antenna
Grip extension
Body - modern plastic

Can be used on shortwave but has very obvious limitations as it has a crammed analog tuning dial and no fine tuning. Still possible to get usable shortwave signal.