Hi Magnus... Being one of John's over-engineering friends, I can safely tell you that his comment is made with tongue firmly in cheek. But we do have fun doing things that way! And of course the performance of our designs seldom matters; we're just having fun.
Tom Holmes, N8ZM -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Magnus Danielson Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 1:59 AM To: John Ackermann N8UR; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Ultra High Stability Time Base Options for 53132A John, It's that thinking which if not applied with proper analysis forces people to under-engineer things. In both cases, the design will suffer due to lack of experience. Cheers, Magnus On 04/14/2015 01:41 AM, John Ackermann N8UR wrote: > Among my group of ham project-building friends, the motto is "There is no > problem so big or complicated that it cannot be over-engineered." > > >> On Apr 13, 2015, at 5:03 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 4/13/2015 12:14 PM, Magnus Danielson wrote: >>> >>> Oh yes. Some people say that you should not overcomplex things. My >>> experience is that oversimplifying them can cause a long stretch of >>> complex problems and complex workarounds making the total solution more >>> expensive in development, customer relations and more complex than >>> starting with a more advanced solution, that actually attempts to >>> address the design issues. Ah well. >>> >> >> This is extremely good advice. The ultimate example of the >> oversimplified design is the Muntz TV set, where few parts are >> used, but they all interact with each other in mysterious >> ways that depend on unknown unspecified parameters. The ultimate example of >> the overcomplicated design is the Japanese VCR, circa 1980. >> Schematic looks like it was designed by committee. The parts >> count has become bloated to the point of redundancy. Neither >> is desirable. >> >> Rick Karlquist N6RK >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
