Those of us who got into Amateur Radio in our youth -- if we learned more on
our own -- might sometimes have more understanding of electronics than some who
walked off a stage with a BSEE.
Learning how to read at age three, I latched onto my parent's library after we
returned from the UK in 1953, and was quickly reading adult level books.
I got into Amateur Radio after a teacher showed how insulated wire on a nail
could pick up thumbtacks and paperclips, so I I bought some wound inductors
from our landlord's junkyard, and found one shaped like a doughnut. When
powered for a short time, that TV focus coil could propel ball bearings across
my bedroom enough to stick in the wallboard. Dad of course talked to the
landlord, and a crystal-radio kit distracted me.... with Dad promising a
transmitter if I built the ARRL's two-6AQ5 regenerative receiver.
I got one of the WV6 Novice licenses and with a short hiatus, got my General
Class at 14 or 15, with Advanced and Extra after I joined the Army Signal Corp
at 17, reenlisting for Avionics maintenance, and on retiring, walked into
engineering positions with no degree or coursework.
From a Quora Answer:
If we’ve worked hand-in-hand with engineers of other specialties, we will be
more able to produce — working with them — solutions or designs that allow both
to maximize the desired results. We will be likely to to see fixes (when
needed) that a conventional education might not consider.
And if we’re both accommodating of overall goals; resourceful, thoughtful and
flexible, creativity that suggests factors others don’t think of may be
acceptable despite others’ failure to see what we may suggest.
That’s how an autistic engineer (even sans coursework or degree) can work, and
how I had a 21 year career in communications and avionics in the Army — but it
was 28 years after that before I learned I was “on the autism spectrum”. I’ve
worked in EMC test and/or design engineering in a number of fields; TEMPEST and
consumer/business computers, Digital Telecomm Network equipment, portable
defibrillators, and Aviation EMC.
The physics are the same; only the standards are different
https://www.quora.com/Which-group-of-individuals-will-be-more-successful-in-creativity-and-innovation-operators-working-daily-on-specific-systems-or-highly-educated-engineers-that-have-never-worked-on-a-specific-system-or-capability/answer/Cortland-Richmondt.\\
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-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Gallo <charlie@thegallos.com>
Sent: Jul 5, 2021 8:44 PM
To: David Eckhardt <davearea51a@gmail.com>
Cc: Rfi List <rfi@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RFI] Odd broadcast radio reception.
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 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 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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