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Some think, and I'm with them, that in a lot of ways, Ten-Tec has carried
forward what Drake started. That may be a controversial statement, but
they're the ones who consistently provide high performance at a reasonable
price, though admittedly lacking some of the "gee-whiz" of the Asian
manufacturers.
Regarding patentable ideas, filing for patents, doing the searches, etc.,
is not an inexpensive task. As I sit on the invention disclosure board
where I work, and we do a LOT of them each year (IBM has consistently been
on the top for a number of years), they will not make it past first base
unless there is a genuine usefulness to the company, and the claims and
protection provided are significant. Of course, I'm speaking from the
industry side of things -- I can't speak for academia where publishing and
disclosing are the bread of life.
73, Duane AC5AA
Duane A. Calvin
Hardware Test Architect /TCEM
IBM eServer Systems Group Development
Austin, TX - (512) 823-3368 - Tie Line 793-3368
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Back to the issue of our Drake's: What Bob Drake did, is simple
yet very necessary serious thinking: He applied the laws of physics
- maybe also intuitive - to the gear he designed. And that means in
example: Only a inductor of substantial mechanical size and proper
mechanical construction will have a high Q - and there are a lot of
them to be found in an R4-C or an SPR-4, for example. That means,
that receivers and transmitters need a sturdy mechanical construction
in order to maintain some frequency stability. That means, that
one have to close the window as much as possible for unwanted signals
(to preselect them) by means of passive high-quality devices before
the first active nonlinear device (preamp or, even worse, the mixer)
sees them.
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