Tnx Mike. It reminds me that vacuum tube theory wasn't understood for many years after they were developed. Shoot, here in the USA DeForest thought a vacuum tube *needed* some gas to work properly (and his tubes all had abysmally low gain as a result).
If what the learned "experts" knew was right, Marconi would never have been successful. For decades they had stated that electromagnetic (radio) waves were useless for communications over any significant distance. "What everyone knows", including everything we learned in school, is always open to question. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- I just read this short article and thought many on the list might find it interesting: http://eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=NQXUQGBIEWGHCQSN DLRSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=217600659 If that URL gets broken, here is a smaller url to the same: http://tinyurl.com/o4cwpj 73, Mike ab3ap ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html