[RFI] "LED noise"

[Jim Brown]

Dave,

You and I are old enough to remember when QST was edited b active hams 
who were technically competent. A typical issue had several articles 
about things you could build, and they worked. It's been quite different 
since I got back on the air in 2003. QST is edited by "magazine" people, 
and last I heard, there was no review by anyone who was technically 
competent. Ward Silver, N0AX, who has edited the Handbook and Antenna 
Book for more than ten years, and written the Grounding and Bonding 
book, had a column that was the only thing in most issues you could 
count on as being solid science. Ward retired from that column several 
years ago. George Wallner, AA7JV, wrote a great piece on an easy to 
build vertical Yagi. Several years ago, there was a good piece on RF 
absorption in dense forests. Other than a few examples like those, it's 
been pretty slim pickings. And I see stuff that causes me to cringe in 
almost every issue that I take the time to skim.

73, Jim K9YC

On 12/20/2022 7:20 PM, David Eckhardt wrote:
> Well.........  Compare the present QST with those of some 2 or three
> decades ago.   Nothing but pablum in the recent issues.