[TowerTalk] "experts" on loading towers on low bands

[John King]

I have been looking at the posts of the "firing squad" on towertalk and did not realize there were so many experts who are so highly educated and possessing the "ultimate factual truth on the subject of feeding a tower" to "pooh pooh EVERY other hypothesis of feeding a transmitting tower EXCEPT THEIRS.
I am not denying that their opinions may have merit but with nearly 50 years of trial work as an attorney, cross examining engineers (qualified as experts by the COURT), I have found that EVERY expert Engineer witness is always faced by another EXPERT witness on the other side of the litigation who testifies the opposite "expert opinion". Their calculators may be exact however their reasoning about exactness gives them wiggle room and I have seen many many experts run out of wiggle room. Their calculators may be exact but their opinions on application may not be exact.

I have been licensed as an amateur for 61 years and licensed by the FCC as an "old", prior to "dumbing" down, First Class Radiotelephone licensee for many years. Throughout about half of my life, I have work in Commercial AM, FM Radio and Television. I still do not know a lot about anything. However, I do know that there is more than one way to skin a Cat and if you don't kill it first you will likely get scratched. 

Obviously, I am appalled at the myopic outlook upon the ideas of other's ideas and suggestions. My question is have you actually tried ALL of the methods of feeding a tower and after all, the "beloved ARRL" accepted and published the article. I am ready for the firing squad but I will never be blindfolded. You can only learn new and better things with your eyes open !!! So much for advocating "the exact science"
73, John, K5PGW
















































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