I attended a presentation LB gave to the ETDXA shortly before hi untimely death. I found him engaging and informative. He was well thought of in East Tennessee.
I have to say that when I became active again in 2003, I found his website invaluable as a antenna resource. Some of the language was repetitive, but the antennas built based on the articles were quite effective. My 40m half square immediately comes to mind. "Verticals without Vertigo" is still a favorite of mine. He did do antenna building/testing, but usually wire antennas and he enjoyed PVC builds. Think it was more space limitations than health issues. He was a great advocate of modelling. That, of course, is still contentious to some schools of thought. As to gruff replies, ambiguous writings, dubious analysis, and such, I know I've been guilty of that and experienced it from others. With some, we managed to get over the hump and find common ground, with others it hasn't happened yet. I, for one, am thankful that folks like LB, Rudy, Jim, Tom and others share and post useful information. They have helped me more than hindered... Happy Thanksgiving to all and see you on the Top Band this weekend in CQ WW DX! 73, Julius Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://k4tcg.org/ http://groups.google.com/group/tcg1?hl=en Tennessee QSO Party http://www.tnqp.org/ Elecraft K2 #4455 Elecraft K3/100 #366 Elecraft K3/100 # ________________________________ From: Guy Olinger K2AV <[email protected]> To: Mike(W5UC) <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 3:20 PM Subject: Re: Topband: Counterpoise very interresting I found LB to be a little enigmatic. But so what? His forte' was modelling. He had all the professional licenses and did commercial modeling for some number of customers, including a lot of unheralded primary work for the well-regarded Force 12 antennas. He did not do a lot of on-field verification himself, which would explain why some fairly suspect material remains. I'm fairly sure he did not have the health for the hard outdoor work that validation requires, though he never complained. But all in all, I'm certainly better off for him than without him. RIP, and let detractors look to their own assumptions closets. I'm completely sure LB has far fewer detractors than I do. I have a series of posts with him about the Wouff Houng which I treasure. 73, Guy. On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Mike(W5UC) <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/22/2011 9:29 AM, DAVID CUTHBERT wrote: >> L.B. was a professor of Philosophy and not a degreed engineer. >> >> Dave WX7G >> On Nov 22, 2011 8:08 AM, "ZR"<[email protected]> wrote: >> > I got into it with L. B. several years ago. He published something((I > don't remember what) that was quite ambiguous, and I dropped him an > e-mail asking him to be more specific. He replied by accusing me of > being demanding. I found another source to reference in solving my > problem and moved on. > > 73, > Mike, W5UC > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
