When established theory and practice don't agree the the person who
says that, doesn't understand the theory, did the experiment wrong, or both.
As Jim quoted: His point was that "everything 'works,' but some things
work a lot better than others, and the results ARE predicted by
fundamental scientific principles -
73
Roger (K8RI)
On 1/12/2015 1:06 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
On Sun,1/11/2015 7:38 PM, Charles Henry wrote:
The genius of ham radio is that hams are brave and practical enough
to look THEORY in the face and then go on with WHAT WORKS. Also, to
listen to Mr. Smith, nod politely, and go on with WHAT WORKS.
As a lofty appliance operator, I live ham radio by WHAT WORKS, not
Mr. Smith or others.
That is my fun, and thank goodness for the great numbers of
inventive, theory-testing/discarding real hams who MAKE IT WORK.
I'm sure we're all glad that you are happy with ham radio as you play
with it. But those who think there is a difference between theory and
practice don't know enough about one or the other (or both). Tom
Schiller, N6BT, famously published his "light bulb" experiment,
working all continents in a short time using a light bulb as his
antenna. His point was that "everything 'works,' but some things work
a lot better than others, and the results ARE predicted by fundamental
scientific principles -- what you dismiss as "only theory."
Those who pooh-pooh those fundamental principles which they don't
bother to learn become easy suckers for every circus-barker's dumb
idea that comes down the pike to suck money out of their credit cards.
And pursue equally dumb solutions to whatever problems they encounter
along the way, like hum, buzz, and RFI.
73, Jim K9YC
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