Jimmie D wrote:

...
I really think Arts game is to try to get someone else to do his work for
him. If not that he is suffering from delusions of granduer. Sad thing is I
have heard Arts story before in another time and place. I knew a guy that
was truly a mechanical genius but wasted it repairing bank tabulating
equipment back in the 60s & 70s when everything was mechanical. When he
retired after everything was taken over by computers he got interested in
Ham Radio, particularly interested in antennas. Many of the mistakes he made
are the same as Arts. The same mistake about efficiency.

Jimmie

Jimmie:

Actually, you make a good point. But, I think we are all guilty of it;
or at least I am, I tend to try to focus attention on my personal
antenna endeavors/experiments/needs.

Not everyone needs a perfect, small, highly efficient, stealthy antenna
.... but then, not every needs a stacked pair of 5 element yagi-udas'.

And, mistakes? I am looking forward to the day I have made 'em
all--maybe then I will get relief from having 'em pointed out to me! ;-)

Regards,
JS

John Smith wrote:
And, mistakes? I am looking forward to the day I have made 'em
all--maybe then I will get relief from having 'em pointed out to me! ;-)

You do realize that when you succeed in becoming an
all-knowing guru, you will have condemned yourself
to a state of arrested development, incapable of
acquiring new knowledge, thus instantly ignorant? :-)
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Cecil Moore wrote:

...
You do realize that when you succeed in becoming an
all-knowing guru, you will have condemned yourself
to a state of arrested development, incapable of
acquiring new knowledge, thus instantly ignorant? :-)

Been there! Done that!

Starting over ... ;-)

Regards,
JS

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:55:28 -0700, John Smith
wrote:

And, mistakes? I am looking forward to the day I have made 'em all

It has been observed (and is a motto of mine)
"If you aren't making any mistakes;
then you aren't trying hard enough."

Unfortunately, when all you do is make the same mistake over and over,
then you aren't trying anything at all.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Richard Clark wrote:
Unfortunately, when all you do is make the same mistake over and over,
then you aren't trying anything at all.

One wonders why you have never corrected your
"reflections brighter than the surface of the sun"
assertion.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Richard Clark wrote:

...
Unfortunately, when all you do is make the same mistake over and over,
then you aren't trying anything at all.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Somewhat akin to the repetitious building of the same antenna, over, and
over, and over again--huh?

Regards,
JS