[TenTec] Tuning Amp on 17 meters

[Cecil]

Wait...I thought all that stuff was on the test to get a ham license...time was if you didn't understand all that "Jazz" you didn't get a license...and now days we have extras all over the place that can't build a simple dipole and make it resonant.

Sad state...

Cecil
K5DL



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On Apr 19, 2013, at 10:51 AM, Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:

> On 4/19/2013 1:09 AM, Richards wrote:
>> I suspect most hams want an easy, quick solution they can wrap their heads around.  Impedance, reactance, inductance, capacitance, SWR, return loss, and all that jazz is just too blamed complicated for most hams, who often lack formal education in physics and electronic theory.
> 
> You're an attorney, right?  Did you learn what you needed to do that in an easy, quick solution that you could wrap your head around? :)
> 
> There is a lot to learn, and it takes serious time and effort to learn it.  You didn't learn law by skimming "an article" about it, you studied it for a LONG time.  The ARRL Handbook, and the ARRL Antenna Book are pretty good places to learn how radio, antennas, and transmission lines work, but you have to STUDY this stuff. You don't learn it by throwing up your hands and saying "I lack formal education."  All over the world, millions of people have learned this stuff without formal education, by digging into it and studying on their own.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
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