David et al:
Ohm is high on the list, but without a Kirchhoff check of voltage drops around
the circuit, we’re all up Schitt’s Creek.
Ed McCann
AG6CX
MSEE MIT
Researcher for Lan Jen Chu
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> On Jul 5, 2021, at 5:48 PM, David Eckhardt <davearea51a@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> And worse yet, they come out of 4-years not knowing Ohm's Law!!! They may
> be able to put it on the white board, but
> certainly don't know how to use it. Pretty important!!!! ??
>
> Dave - WØLEV
>
>> On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 6:44 PM Charles Gallo <charlie@thegallos.com> wrote:
>>
>> And these days, you get an EE Degree, and they barely cover BJTs,
>> everything is FETs/MOSFETs. BJTs are basically considered “old, obsolescent
>> tech”
>>
>> --
>> 73 de KG2V
>> Charlie
>>
>>> On Jul 5, 2021, at 6:40 PM, David Eckhardt <davearea51a@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> ARRL has always been behind the power curve. Remember how long it took
>>> them to recognize the lowly transistor and to start including it in their
>>> publications, especially QST and the Handbook? A long time well after
>>> industry had accepted the new, smaller, cooler, and few aging issues, all
>>> of which vacuum tubes have! They couldn't grasp current controlled
>>> instead of voltage controlled active devices. I was the one who 'taught'
>>> ARRL how to represent printed transmission lines and printed reactive
>> lines
>>> in the 1985 Handbook, 1296 transverter.
>>>
>>> Now they want to give Technician licensees HF privileges with no
>> additional
>>> questions on the 'exam' (such as it is) applied to HF operations. I give
>>> up...... even though my ex wife gave me life membership - long ago.
>>>
>>> Jim, I believe we both know Ken Wyatt. I recently attended his 70th
>>> surprise birthday party in Fort Collins, Co. I'm 74 and counting.
>>>
>>> Dave - WØLEV
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 3:37 PM Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 7/5/2021 11:27 AM, David Eckhardt wrote:
>>>>> A strong RF source likely sent the front end and maybe even the IF into
>>>>> saturation to produce a condition where nothing was received.
>>>>
>>>> This mechanism makes great sense to me. BTW -- THIS is my definition of
>>>> "fundamental overload," and it was rejected by ARRL when I was asked to
>>>> write a chapter on RFI for the Handbook more than ten years ago. Theirs
>>>> dates back to the days of analog TV, when it was common for rigs to
>>>> produce harmonics that caused TVI.
>>>>
>>>> 73, Jim K9YC
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>>>
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