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

[Jim Brown]

On 9/10/2019 7:57 AM, John King via TowerTalk wrote:
> who are so highly educated and possessing the "ultimate factual truth on the subject of feeding a tower" to "pooh pooh EVERY other hypothesis

The various methods of feeding a tower are not hypotheses -- that is, 
ideas or concepts to be proved. Rather, they are applications of the 
fundamental principles of physics -- our understanding of how things 
work, developed as a result of scientific study over hundreds of years, 
the results of which are studied in an organized fashion, and written 
down so that others can learn from, apply, and even study further to 
learn about the subject in question.

Sometimes statements or recommendations made here (and elsewhere) are 
the result of erroneous understandings of the fundamental principles. 
Few, if any, of us with education and training in the sciences know much 
about everything -- rather, nearly all of us have specialized in 
scientific disciplines of interest to us. This is equally true in all 
fields of human endeavor -- the law, in business, in medicine, 
construction, mining, driving, teaching, and so on.

My formal education is EE; after that, I extensively studied photography 
(including lighting, color, and other related technical issues); then 
electrical construction methods, acoustics, sound systems, and music in 
order to pursue a career as a sound system design consultant; then EMC 
in order to address issues of interference to sound systems from AC 
power and radio systems. Much of that is quite specialized, as a 
professional, I learned to acknowledge what I know and don't know!

Problems arise when statements or recommendations are made on the basis 
of faulty understanding of the principles and/or their application, or 
even quoting erroneous statements and methods of others.

73, Jim K9YC