On Wed, 12 May 2010 23:05:23 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:

Whatever your vision of modeling history, one historical observation
remains constant. One must always suffer before enlightenment and
this newsgroup provides that function.

The Aztecs had a far more accurate model of the calendar than Mini NEC
has for antennas.

As for suffering, the Aztecs also experimented with open-heart surgery
- of a sort. Unfortunately like Art, they never perfected nor did
they care about the recovery phase. There were always plenty of
models (aka prisoners) to replace failures. If you could carve, you
had proven your point and a party generally followed.

A superior technology (conquistadors) took over rapidly. The success
rate of open-heart surgery didn't improve, but the population of
models was enlarged to include All of South America (less Brazil where
Portuguese total-heart bypass was attempted), greater Central America,
and portions of North America.

Basically, we have a theory here that has gutted the heart of RF from
electromagnetics to transplant it with magnetics using a broken
stopwatch.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC