On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:01:35 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:

Do I spend the money, or do I seach for your secret horde of free
university publications on antenna design?

Hi Jeff,

Surely you must realize that this is not about money (a convenient
foil in this troll topic), but about skill (what the troll lacks).

The cheesy inventions that we have been breathlessly advised of have
the commensurate value of the bandwidth they return in a simple Google
search. It takes very little effort to recognize the moldy
fluorescence surrounding those meager offerings.

If you want the exact article specified, yes you can shell out money.
If you want the research behind it, and probably more data than you
would care to wade through, you simply investigate the investigator.

Myself, if I don't want to spend any more than the cost of bus fare, I
go to the engineering library, check it out, bring it home, scan it,
and its done. As I am on campus twice a week anyway (and the cost of
bus fare is already covered for my other activities), it is hardly an
imposition and the university certainly isn't suppressing me as they
give alumni library privileges.

Even public libraries have online access to special topic databases
(subscriptions) - unless you live in Bumf**k, Illinois.

Now, if you happen to be a troll who visits a campus infrequently only
to spit on their library shelves, I can well imagine the ego-bruised
outrage that is visited upon us here after they give you the bum's
rush.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC