Lee Buller wrote: > > > <snip> > Just because I am not an engineering type steeped in mathematics, I still > want to understand the function of the parameter. > > Many hams are not engineering types, but are still good operators and > builders.. I for one have Liberal Arts background, but I do understand > engineering concepts. There are others who have no formal college > education, but know more about electronics than so called engineers do. > So, in the end it is a hobby where I want to learn something, and if I ask > a question which seems to be "engineering" stupid...so be it. > > <snip> > > Lee, don't feel bad and don't let the "Engineers" fool ya! > > Engineers are usually only fluent in a very narrow scope. Even those > really smart guys need to question and listen in order to learn. > > I've got degrees in Electronics Engineering and Radio Engineering, I've > got a couple of commercial radio tickets, and an Extra Cleass ticket from > the old days. - However, all of these sheepskins are decades old. My > forte is (was) the design of control and instrumentations systems for > liquid metal cooled fast-neutron nuclear reactors. Not much call for that > these days, and certainly not much relevance to radios! > > Ask a lot of questions, and ask them often, because I will be reading the > responses along with you in hopes that my feeble brain can pick out a few > clues as to how my radio works. > > Carl > WA7CS > > > > In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you > don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you > can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some > Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine? > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > >
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