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In addition to the DCC Impulses, column, I’ve done articles for MRH, too. Click the article date to go to the page on the MRH site.
Dec-12 Slow Orders - Dangerous Track Ahead!
This article about contingency planning for model railroaders was co-authored with my wife, Linda.
Jun-16 My Model Railroad Journey
An elaboration about the path from non-modeler to Master Model Railroader #574 over two decades. The basis was a bio in the June 2016 NMRA Magazine.
Oct-16 Railfanning the Great Lakes Western
The view of the PebbleCreek Model Railroad Club’s HO scale GLW layout from the viewpoint of an operator or railfan.
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Here is a list of my columns by date, with the main topic and any (sidebar topics) listed. Click on the column date to go to the MRH site and see the column.
My last column for MRH was in August 2018.
Oct-11 Back to Basics
Nov-11 More of the Basics
Dec-11 Layout Wiring
Jan-12 Wired Installation #1
Feb-12 Wired Installation #2 (HO Athearn Blue Box Installation)
Mar-12 LED Lighting
Apr-12 N Installations (DB150 Mode Switch & OpSw)
May-12 Anatomy of a System (Lenz LH90 Cab)
Jun-12 HO Diesel Installations (NCE PowerCab Connection)
Jul-12 Enhancing Your System (Dual Decoder Installations)
Aug-12 How Do I Get The Sound Out? (Multiple Speakers)
Sep-12 System Comparison #1 (NCE booster to Digitrax command station)
Oct-12 System Comparison #2 (NCE radio base mounting)
Nov-12 How Do I Get An Installation Done? (HO U-boat sound)
Dec-12 Basic Electronics for DCC (Alumina Thermal Adhesive)
Jan-13 HO Kato NW2 Sound Installation (PowerCab software 1.65 release)
Feb-13 Anatomy of a DCC Decoder (One Loco with Two Decoders)
Mar-13 Stayin' Alive (The Best DCC Tester - probe)
Apr-13 Ready, set, go! (DCC ready?) (Adding a NEM-652 to a JST decoder)
May-13 Using Ohm's Law (Another DCC Tester - LED dome light)
Aug-13 Locating Your Train (Model Railroading Rules to Live By)
Sep-13 Passenger Car Lighting (Digitrax OpSw setting recommendations)
Oct-13 How Do They Get the Sound IN? (Relay wiring)
Nov-13 Solo DCC Operations (Make your small layout run bigger)
Dec-13 Tips for DCC Motor Control (Speed Steps in Perspective)
Jan-14 How to safely connect multiple speakers (Speaker Specifications)
Feb-14 Unraveling DCC addresses (A short guide to Consists)
Mar-14 A Dozen DCC Myths
Apr-14 Signaling Your DCC Pike (DCC Compatibility Between Systems)
May-14 DCC Programming Track Tips (Isolating the Programming Track on Your Layout)
Jul-14 More getting the sound out
Aug-14 HO DCC Sound Installation Tips (Sidebars: Tools; Supplies)
Sep-14 SoundTraxx SoundCar DCC decoder (SoundCar Installation)
Oct-14 MRC DCC System Test Drive
Nov-14 DCC Circuit Protection
Dec-14 ESU LokSound Decoders
Jan-15 DCC Reversing Loops
Feb-15 Brass Steam Loco DCC Installation Tips
Mar-15 JMRI is more than Decoder Pro #1
Apr-15 JMRI is more than Decoder Pro #2
Jun-15 DCC Stationary Decoders
Jul-15 DCC Garden Wiring Tips
Aug-15 Getting Started in DCC
Sep-15 DCC Throttles (First Look: SoundTraxx Econami decoder)
Oct-15 SoundTraxx Econami DCC decoder (My ideal throttle)
Nov-15 What’s Up With LCC?
Dec-15 Details of DCC Consisting
Jan-16 Econami decoder + RS3 sound installation (Sidebars: Tools; Supplies; Parts)
Feb-16 A Dozen more DCC Myths
Mar-16 Is DCC dead?
Apr-16 DCC for Operations (Tsunami adjustments for braking)
May-16 Demystifying CV 29
Jun-16 Getting power to my DCC system
Jul-16 My favorite iPhone apps for DCC
Aug-16 Loading sound into DCC decoders
Sep-16 Traveling with DCC
Oct-16 Five years of DCC Impulses columns
Dec-16 First look at the Digitrax Evolution DCC system
Feb-17 Thinking through a DCC decoder installation
Mar-17 Wireless DCC, part 1, the radio side
Apr-17 Wireless DCC, part 2, battery power
May-17 Wireless DCC, part 3, bringing it all together
Jun-17 Digitrax duplex radio hints (Hints for Digitrax cab batteries)
Jul-17 I’m Retiring!
Aug-17 The truth about capacitors in DCC
Oct-17 RailPro makes things easy
Nov-17 Novice view of Narrow Gauge convention
Dec-17 Not quite a chainsaw layout
Feb-18 Adjust your DCC decoder’s personality easily
Mar-18 A dozen DCC questions
Apr-18 DCC layouts and locomotives
Jun-18 Exploring the SoundTraxx Tsunami2
Aug-18 Speakers for DCC sound installs
