Hi The key point here is the term “demonstrating”. When you get to 0.001 Hz it takes more than just a little time. Not very compatible with a production line. Yes you *might* ask “would anybody ever want that demonstrated ? “. The answer is yes, there are people out the that need it demonstrated. It’s not cheap to do.
Bob > On Nov 29, 2017, at 6:47 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp <p...@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: > > -------- > In message <9793f6fa-cb78-4bf1-bc80-6b1a593fc...@n1k.org>, Bob kb8tq writes: > >> Needless to say *demonstrating* this 0.001 db sort of gain flatness on a >> repeater >> out to crazy low frequencies is a bit involved. It *is* a great gig if you >> happen to be >> a consultant ... > > No consultants were involved, they did it in mass production at WE. > > Remember, they needed thousands of repeaters per *coax* and there were > handfulls of coax'es in each cable. > > This is the relevant article about the amplitude: > > https://archive.org/details/bstj53-10-1935 > > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
