The latest QST includes a lead tech article on an automatic antenna switch controller that uses a PIC and a lot of other parts on an expensive PC board to switch 5 antennas either manually or in resp
Maybe they have been stung by the dumbing down charges and this is the bid to regain status... denny _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supportin
I thought so too. I have an antenna controller that I built based on a microcontroller but it understands multiple antennas for the same band, remembers the last antenna I was on when I return to a b
More likely, someone had a PIC development kit and wanted to develop something. Many a senior engineering project has been born of such circumstances. Or, they needed a controller, had a PIC eval kit
Actually, I have a feeling this may have been a prototype for a commercial project -- how else to explain having interfaces for all the common interface hardware standards? At least this one isn't to
Author: "Richard M. Gillingham" <rmoodyg@bellsouth.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 14:42:48 -0400
Perhaps they published that article because no one else had submitted one for the simpler, more common sense method. They can't publish what they don't have. Myself, I don't let my life get too compl
Author: "Richard M. Gillingham" <rmoodyg@bellsouth.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 19:06:24 -0400
Dunno then. Probably one of the other theories is closer. 73 Gil, W1RG -- Original Message -- From: "John Tait" <bravo@iol.ie> To: "Richard M. Gillingham" <rmoodyg@bellsouth.net>; <n8wrl@arrl.net>; <
Pete - I have yet to get my QST so I will reserve judgment on the article. However, I have a control box that automatically switches antennas, filters, Beverages, headphones, keyer, and mic for my SO
They have already published a simple design in QST. It's also been in the ARRL Handbook for the last few years. 73 John EI7BA http://www.iol.ie/~bravo/ ______________________________________________
There was some fairly harsh criticism last week of the automatic antenna selector unit design published in this month's QST. I only just received my magazine so wasn't able to read the article until
As the author of that "harsh" criticism, I stand by it. If the guy wants to implement a "universal" automatic antenna switch as a learning exercise, that's fine, but should QST really spend 8 pages o
Welcome to the Kermudgeon club, Pete! Being a member allows unlimited complaining and gripping about such short comings. 73, Gerald/K5GW In a message dated 9/23/2005 11:07:30 A.M. Central Standard Ti
Given that QST, like most hobby magazines has no significant paid writing staff, most technical articles are contributed by people who who have decided to write about something they've done. QST will
Pete, You have gone and done it now. You made an intelligent observation, put it out there for others to comtemplate, and have gone and made yourself a targer. I knew as soon as 3-4 people butted int
73, Pete N4ZR PS - a lot of us contesters remember, a very few years ago, when QST management explained their intention to slash contest coverage by moaning about how tight space was and how much eac
And .. my comments offered to the ARRL RE: Contest coverage included this one: "I want to be able to open my Q STreet and show my grandchildren and great-grandchildren where Pops participated in ARRL
That explains the criticism. It sounds more like sour apples to me. 73 Bob W7KD _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless
Is this endless sniping really necessary? Can we get back to towers and guys and antennas and propagation, please? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Can we all ju
Author: "K8RI on Tower talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 15:13:37 -0400
Most of the other hobby mags with which I am familiar such as aviation, photography, and even Amateur radio do pay although not enough to get rich. So I guess, no significant writing is not all that
Well, I have contributed articles to the ARRL to publish and have no plans to ever do that again. When a magazine publishes weak articles like this one, an author has to consider whether he wants to