[Amps] Muffin Fan on Swan Mark 1

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Fri, 26 Jul 2002 06:30:36 -0700


An IR thermometer,  a manometer, and some horse sense are more 
trustworthy  than computer modeling -- i. e., if the thermometer says 
it's too damn hot, and the computer app says it's not, it is.  

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>> I can quite believe that, having been in the air/gas flow business back 
>> when such programs were in their infancy (Lord, that makes me feel 
>> old...)
>> 
>> Failing which, you can do wonderful things with tracing air flow using 
>> smoke candles or even ceegars. It gives you a pretty good sense of where 
>> the air is going to go, even when you can't see it.
>> 
>> Steve, do you know if there is anything freely available on the net for 
>> heat and mass transfer modeling, equivalent to the way NEC-2 is freely 
>> available for antenna modeling?
>> 
>> //Ian, no I don't.  I honestly doubt there's anything very good available,
>> or my company probably would not have invested $60K in Flowtherm!
>> -WB2WIK/6
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>> -- 
>> 73 from Ian G3SEK          Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book'
>>                            'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
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