They can be wonderful engineers, however.....
My 999 story: A major automobile manufacturer tasked their German
branch to design a new transmission for a "sporty" car. Prototype
arrived at the proving grounds and looked anemic. Transmission was
placed into prototype car. Everyone went to see the first use. Driver
wound up the engine to red line, and loud 9 9 9 was heard as clutch was
engaged and shrapnel was produced. US engineers turned to German
engineers and said: "We told you how it would be used - now believe
us."
An antenna system was used to send data back for analysis. 73 Mac
N8TT

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J. Mc Laughlin - Michigan USA
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"Richard Harrison" wrote in message
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Cecil, W5DXP wrote:
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Charlie Wright, an A.D. Ring and Accociates engineer used to drive our
German engineers crazy, telling them that slopes on the autobahn used
coble stones because they didn`t know how to pour concrete on an
incline.

Charlie also got to a group using an RCA WM-30A phase monitor to tune
parasiitic elements in a curtain array. Most medium-wave directional
stations at the time used a WM-30A as a phase monitor, just as
shortwave
stations used them for tune-up.

Charlie had used the monitor for years and knew it had an underated
resistor which sometimes failed. The group had upended the chassis and
Charlie offered to help troubleshoot. The Germans acquiesced.

Charlie asked for voltage measurements from unrelated parts of the
circuit, took out his slide rule and feigned a few calculations. Then,
Charlie pointed to the defective resistor and said: "Change that one."

The crowd shook its collective heads but complied. The monitor
miraculously sprang to life again. Charlie chuckled to himself as he
left the incredulous crowd.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI