A Taylor series is quite appropriate since FT8 was invented by Joe Taylor ;-) Russ, N3CO
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 10:28 PM, Wayne Burdick<[email protected]> wrote: Yeah, sorry. Math joke.... Wayne > On Jul 3, 2018, at 7:21 PM, Robert Duncan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just in case there are others like me ....who did not know what a Taylor > Series is : > > In mathematics, a Taylor series is a representation of a function as an > infinite sum of terms > that are calculated from the values of the function's derivatives at a single > point. > > Source - Wikipedia > > Cheers > Rob > VK5ZIK > > On 4 July 2018 at 11:03, Wayne Burdick [email protected] [KX3] > <[email protected]> wrote: > Doug, > > I accept your gauntlet and will submit one final OT post despite my business > partner’s attempt to shut it down. > > To wit: > > Many of us have vanishingly little τ, and from earlier posts it’s clear that > K is irrational, so I propose reordering the terms as a Taylor series. > > Wayne > N6KR > > > On Jul 3, 2018, at 6:27 PM, Doug Millar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > I was thinking about the differences between using the digital modes on HF > > and Knob and Dial modes, and I came up with this comparison. > > > > Basically ft8 and digital modes take more work on the setup end and are > > easy to operate and "knob and dial" radios have little setup and the most > > time is spent directing the operation. Both take the same amount of effort > > but are inverse. > > My limited math abilities express then relationship as- > > > > Dm(S10τ+Oτ)=K > > > > Kd(Sτ+O10τ)=K > > > > Where Dm= Digital Mode Kd=Knob and Dial radios S= Setup > > O= Operating τ= Time K= Total effort > > > > > > Revisions welcome----- Doug Millar K6JEY ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
