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"This whole parasitic thing is a major exercise in bad science and=20
>bad physics. I suspect it is designed to make a few bucks selling=20
>snake oil to suckers, or to woo a fan club of people who just don't=20
>quite understand how things work and are looking for one simple=20
>answer to complex questions."
IMHO the only snake oil being sold is the frantic attempts to discredit =
Mr. Measures. Innuendo about his mental abilities or his integrity =
appear to be a bait and switch tactic that some may use to keep =
interested parties from looking to closely at the shoddy design and =
construction of commercial amplifiers that they may have a vested =
interest in. I am no "guru" but they first amplifier that I built over =
twenty years ago as a novice in anticipation of my general license was =
better constructed and designed then most of the commercial amps =
available to the middle class today. The moderator of this reflector can =
attest to the fact that I have only been on this list for a few weeks or =
months at most but in that time I have seen nothing but personal attacks =
by a few on one person. These attacks remind me somewhat of the =
infighting in academia when someone's "sacred cow " is gored. I am sure =
my opinion has already been dismissed as I don't Have a degree in =
physics, no papers in peer revue, or on the payroll for a manufacturer =
of amps. I must fall into the wooed sucker of the snake oil fan club =
because I have learned the explanations for many questions about =
amplifiers that I have puzzled over through the years from Mr. Measures =
and out here in the real world put into practice his advice works unlike =
the run around from Ameritron and others when questions arise with their =
products the answer is that the operator is not capable of properly =
operating their fine products. who is selling snake oil to who?
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>"This whole parasitic thing is a major exercise in =
bad science=20
and <BR>>bad physics. I suspect it is designed to make a few bucks =
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don't=20
<BR>>quite understand how things work and are looking for one simple=20
<BR>>answer to complex questions."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>IMHO the only snake oil being sold is the frantic =
attempts to=20
discredit Mr. Measures. Innuendo about his mental abilities or his =
integrity=20
appear to be a bait and switch tactic that some may use to keep =
interested=20
parties from looking to closely at the shoddy design and =
construction of=20
commercial amplifiers that they may have a vested interest in. I am no =
"guru"=20
but they first amplifier that I built over twenty years ago as a novice =
in=20
anticipation of my general license was better constructed and designed =
then most=20
of the commercial amps available to the middle class today. The =
moderator of=20
this reflector can attest to the fact that I have only been on this list =
for a=20
few weeks or months at most but in that time I have seen nothing but =
personal=20
attacks by a few on one person. These attacks remind me somewhat of the=20
infighting in academia when someone's "sacred cow " is gored. I am sure =
my=20
opinion has already been dismissed as I don't Have a degree in =
physics, no=20
papers in peer revue, or on the payroll for a manufacturer of amps. I =
must fall=20
into the wooed sucker of the snake oil fan club because I have learned =
the=20
explanations for many questions about amplifiers that I have puzzled =
over=20
through the years from Mr. Measures and out here in the real world put =
into=20
practice his advice works unlike the run around from Ameritron and =
others when=20
questions arise with their products the answer is that the operator is =
not=20
capable of properly operating their fine products. who is selling snake =
oil to=20
who?<BR><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>
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