:)  I made the fm mod from complete scratch. only the nf capacitors, 2 transistors and Ne 555 chip were purchased. after a few days of cals got my frequecies and power levels correct. etched it on a board, soldered things up and tuned the antenne. it achieved its purpose. everyone slept peacefully thereafter. " strangely " there was magic in the air.. lol! I'd not have time to do these things now.

one of these days, I'll bore you guys with minor stories about designing a channelized antenne project that never took off ( when ktn 62 came around in 1990 ), designing TVRO sat dishes which was not commercial and including trying to understand the old kbc 2 encryption using a 10mhz ( obsolete ) oscilloscope. The good old days of late nights and a passion to discover..... :-)