[TowerTalk] Re: What was his name

[Mike Gilmer - N2MG]

Earl Madman Muntz (I think he is credited with inventing of the 8-track - could be wrong)

He used badger engineers to explain the need for every part, and insist on them removing ones he deemed unnecessary. If I remember correctly, these included temperature compensating parts, parts designed to allow equipment to work over wide supply voltage swings, etc.  Basically stuff that, when removed in the lab, you'd never notice, but out in the field, well, they were important.  Somehow, I don't think he was much of an engineer...

Let's see, that step start circuit..yank it...that grid protection scheme, dump it...bypass capacitors? ferrite beads? get rid of them all!

Mike
N2MG

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