[TowerTalk] elephants, antennas and propogation

[R. Otto]

Hello alsopb,

I agree with your statement, and try my best to post data with both
facts, and sources of data.  One question for you Professor.....does a
elephant have two cracks in it's backside??  Or cheeks?  Hmmmmmmmmm,
wheres my reference books, guess I need to study an elephants backside
a bit closer  <G>

a> You want to know what an elephant looks like.  You go out and view
a> the backside of the elephant only.  Does he have a trunk, does he
a> have big ears or is he made up of just two **big cracks** and a
a> tail?

Brain, I'm teasing you of course!! Your point is valid.  Have a good
day my friend.

73's from.......

R. Otto
N8NGA@one.net
Cincinnati, Ohio

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Saturday, September 02, 2000, 8:02:12 AM, you wrote:


a> Pet peeve time.

a> For what it's worth. I had a professor who espoused knowing as much as
a> one
a> could about the theory of how something worked before going out,
a> measuring something
a> and concluding anything.

a> His story was the following.

a> You want to know what an elephant looks like.  You go out and view the
a> backside of
a> the elephant only.  Does he have a trunk, does he have big ears or is
a> he made up of
a> just two big cracks and a tail?

a> He also pointed out: If you just knew that the line of symmetry was
a> from head to tail you could have looked at him from the side and
a> gotten a good picture of what an 
a> elephant looks like.

a> It seems like a lot of the antenna and propagation conclusions here
a> are based upon sampling just the rear of the elephant.  

a> The guys who have the theoretical background and are kind enough to
a> share this with us
a> are pretty much ignored.   

a> Every time I hear "my G5RV is the best antenna or my 2 element XYZ
a> antenna has 10 db gain or you can use R25 without guys" I think of the
a> old Prof.

a> Maybe it's my hang up but I'd rather try and understand the big
a> picture before judging the merit of results obtained from sampling the
a> elephant's behind.

a> Brian/K3KO

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