On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:00:20 -0500, "Mike Lucas"
wrote:
"Jeff Liebermann" wrote:
No. Brain damage is a known side effect and complication resulting
from trying to digest the entire field of antenna design all at once.
Just reading some of the posting in this newsgroup should adequately
demonstrate the extent of the damage. I suggest you approach antenna
design in the same manner as eating a loaf of bread. It's done one
slice at a time. If you try to shove the entire loaf down your throat
at once, you'll choke.

Reading one or two posts from Art will evoke chortles and guffaws, but
when taken in large, sustained doses, will make your head hurt.

I was trying to be diplomatic and subtle. Apparently, I failed.

On another mailing list, I once had someone telling me that I'm wrong
because 90% of the universe is dark matter or dark energy. Since
these are total unknowns, 90% of everything is therefore unknown.
Therefore, 90% of my analysis must also be wrong. I rather like the
logic.

However, I was serious about taking it slowly on learning about
antennas. To really understand how they work and what they, it takes
far too many diverse diciplines (Maxwell's Eqn, modeling, propagation,
topography, material science, construction techniques, impedance
matching, surface geometry, etc) to absorb it all at once. Also, some
hands on experience is always useful.

It's like trying to recover an intelligent signal out of gaussian
white noise. Despite the best efforts of all involved, the noise
usually wins.

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Jeff Liebermann
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