Don, This explains much about your excellent approach to issues. I started in EE and changed to Economics in the 60's. I love electronics but the theories and dedication to such intricacies bored me to death. I love to play with radios, learn what I actually need and leave the rest to those who do best at the theory and studies. Building stuff is my love, including PC's with the software.
73, Bill K9YEQ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 7:40 PM To: Hisashi T Fujinaka Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OCF antennas And I went to CIT (Case Institute of Technology) - way back when - which was back in the '60s a rival for MIT in the forefront of engineering cutting edge technology. After suffering through "Geunter's Green Book" which was an attempt of an author promoting and refining his book advancing his math theories surrounding set theory, I think I got a decent math foundation. That was back in 1959, so conditions have changed and the focus has morphed to a software related analysis, I remain well entrenched in the hardware approach. While I can believe the software solution, I cannot devise a hardware parallel, and that is my problem. I have become a "user" of software solutions which include SDR. 73. Don W3FPR On 3/10/2012 8:10 PM, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote: > I went to MIT. I can analyze the crap out of this if I feel like it. > > Or I can work DX and ragchew. > > Like I said, you use the hobby for what you want and I'm a proponent > of the proverb that says, "Perfect is the enemy of the good." > > On Sat, 10 Mar 2012, David Gilbert wrote: > >> Ham radio being a knowledge-based hobby, some people prefer to >> understand what they're doing. Apparently others don't seem to care. >> >> Dave AB7E >> >> >> >> On 3/9/2012 9:49 PM, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote: >>> So let me say one thing I know about antennas: >>> >>> PUT SOMETHING UP AND GET ON THE AIR. >>> >>> You can get perfect up, and you can get OK up. You an argue about >>> what works better and what works worse. But when the bands are open, >>> you might be able to work DX with a cantenna under your desk. (I've >>> heard >>> stories.) >>> >>> I used an untuned dipole with a LDG tuner to work my first (and >>> only) DXCC back in the last sunspot cycle. >>> >>> So what I'm saying is put something up FIRST and then start the >>> arguing, I mean, discussion. >>> >>> (But then again there are all sorts of aspects to the hobby and if >>> you're here to argue you can if you want.) >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this >> email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
