[AMPS] Blown TL922A... What to do?

[Mike Sawyer]

They lost my membership as a result of this and their "dumbing down" of the
license.
Mike(y)
W3SLK
----- Original Message -----
From: michael watts <wy6k@yahoo.com>
To: Jim Reid <kh7m@hsa-kauai.net>; Paul Christensen <paulc@mediaone.net>;
<amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: [AMPS] Blown TL922A... What to do?


>
> It sounds like QST is now run by magazine editors for
> the benefit of the league rather than the benefit of
> the members of the league.
>
> I agree that the act of allowing manufacturers
> unfettered smearing rights is disgraceful.  This was
> handled in a very unprofessional manner that caters to
> the interests of advertisers and, therefore, the
> league's revenue.
>
> Despite whatever legitimate debate and investigation
> that we might have concerning parasitics, this was not
> a proud moment for ham radio or for any technical
> endeavor.  League officals should be ashamed.  As a
> league member I am certainly ashamed of them.
>
> Mike wy6k
> --- Jim Reid <kh7m@hsa-kauai.net> wrote:
> >
> > Paul wrote,  in part:
> >
> > > Notwithstanding the ARRL's procedure for accepting
> > an
> > > article for publication in the first place, a
> > professional journal
> > > would have dealt with this issue in a true
> > professional
> > > manner...
> >
> > (and would have)
> > >
> > > The League's review board, functioning as an
> > unbiased
> > > mediator would, much like a court trial, review
> > all evidence
> > > presented by both parties and decide what, if any
> > action
> > > should be taken to correct any technical
> > inaccuracies or
> > > deficiencies based on prima-facia evidence.
> > >
> > > Instead, the League decided to form an ad-hoc
> > review board (the
> > > "contributors") without disclosing their rationale
> > for selecting these
> > > individuals.  Several contributors were far from
> > being financially
> > > disinterested.
> >
> > This sort of action smacks of what happened to Walt
> > Maxwell's
> > material and his reputation as a result of an
> > approach to the
> > ARRL by a famous former Collins Radio amplifier
> > engineer.
> > This person asserted that Maxwell's material was all
> > wrong.
> > That actual SSB power amplifiers wanted to see high
> > output
> > SWR to be most efficient,  and that Walt's claims
> > that a
> > conjugate match,  applying the Conjugate Matching
> > Theorem
> > was all wrong!
> >
> > I,  of course,  thought it was the job of the
> > typical Pi-L
> > matching network to "match"  the high Z from the
> > amp to the low Z of the feedline coax;  and from
> > that
> > terminal on,  the Conjugate Match theory would be
> > applicable....as I presume does Maxwell,  but this
> > belief is not shared by Maxwell's detractors. This
> > former sentence is my thought,  not anothers!
> >
> > The result was the removal of Maxwell's material
> > from ARRL
> > publications,  and semmingly without printed comment
> > about
> > the removal in QST or any other publication,  so far
> > as I know.
> > Evidently,  in Maxwell's case,  not even an "ad hoc"
> > review
> > board was consulted before just dropping Maxwell.
> > Only the
> > single complainer,  with  reputation,  seemed
> > needed.
> >
> > Also,  the League did not reprint Walt's book,
> > "Reflections".
> > There has remained quite a market demand for the
> > book.
> > It is now about to be republished,  as a new
> > edition,  by a
> > different organization.
> >
> > Further,  Maxwell has prepared material in support
> > of his
> > positions and has submitted same to the "new" QEX
> > publication/editors.  It would seem that,  so far,
> > he is
> > still being "overlooked"  by the ARRL!
> >
> > It really is too bad that Maxwell's material was not
> > also
> > peer reviewed in a professional manner rather than
> > just
> > evidently dropped and judged henceforth to be worth
> > only
> > ignoring.
> >
> > 73,  Jim,  KH7M
> >
> >
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