On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 11:41:33 -0400, Walter Maxwell
wrote:

Sorry to disagree, Reg, but it appears you're overlooking an important
point--the difference between the efficiency of the radiating system
itself, versus the efficiency of the ground area external to the
radiating system.

Walter, my friend, you're beating a dead horse. It would appear that
Reg's mind is made up and no amount factual proof is going to change
it.

Had BL&E been Englishmen I sure things would be different.G

73,
Danny, K6MHE

On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 09:39:28 -0700, Dan Richardson wrote:

On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 11:41:33 -0400, Walter Maxwell
wrote:

Sorry to disagree, Reg, but it appears you're overlooking an important
point--the difference between the efficiency of the radiating system
itself, versus the efficiency of the ground area external to the
radiating system.

Walter, my friend, you're beating a dead horse. It would appear that
Reg's mind is made up and no amount factual proof is going to change
it.

Had BL&E been Englishmen I sure things would be different.G

73,
Danny, K6MHE

Good point, Danny, how true.

Walt

Dan Richardson wrote -
Had BL&E been Englishmen I sure things would be different.G
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They sure would!

They would have been instructed to go back and finish the job.
----
Reg.

Dan Richardson wrote -
Had BL&E been Englishmen I sure things would be different.G
====================================

They sure would!

They would have been instructed (by their employers) to go back and
finish the job.
----
Reg.

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I am reminded of the military engineer who was dispatched by Napolion,
an engineer himself, in connection with standardisation of the Metre,
to measure the distance between the Earth's Equator and the North
Pole.

Measurements began, but the further the engineer departed from his
beautiful lady friend in Paris the more difficult it became to make
progress along the route. Eventually, he couldn't withstand the mental
and physical stress. He returned to her Parisian boudoir and resorted
to cooking the books in what time he had to spare.

So, the International Standard of Length, The Metre, held in Paris,
France, carefully guarded by the German occupying forces during WW2,
may or may not be equal to 39.37 English inches.

Actually, the most fundamental physical measurement standard is the
Mass of the Standard Kilogram on which everything else depends. But it
is quite an arbitrary quantity.

I have just finished a bottle of Blossom Hill, Californian, white
wine. Makes a pleasant change to arguing about what 'amateurs' BL&E
might, or might not have done before leaving the site.
----
Reg.

Reg Edwards wrote:

Dan Richardson wrote -
Had BL&E been Englishmen I sure things would be different.G
====================================

They sure would!

They would have been instructed (by their employers) to go back and

finish the job.

----
Reg.


=====================================

I am reminded of the military engineer who was dispatched by Napolion,
an engineer himself, in connection with standardisation of the Metre,
to measure the distance between the Earth's Equator and the North
Pole.

Measurements began, but the further the engineer departed from his
beautiful lady friend in Paris the more difficult it became to make
progress along the route. Eventually, he couldn't withstand the mental
and physical stress. He returned to her Parisian boudoir and resorted
to cooking the books in what time he had to spare.

So, the International Standard of Length, The Metre, held in Paris,
France, carefully guarded by the German occupying forces during WW2,
may or may not be equal to 39.37 English inches.

Actually, the most fundamental physical measurement standard is the
Mass of the Standard Kilogram on which everything else depends. But it
is quite an arbitrary quantity.

I have just finished a bottle of Blossom Hill, Californian, white
wine. Makes a pleasant change to arguing about what 'amateurs' BL&E
might, or might not have done before leaving the site.
----
Reg.


All the above is/maybe true but remember that all the formule work using
the values represented in the METRE and the KILOGRAM. Something must be
correct here....

Dave WD9BDZ

David G. Nagel wrote:
SNIPPED for readability

All the above is/maybe true but remember that all the formule work using
the values represented in the METRE and the KILOGRAM. Something must be
correct here....

Dave WD9BDZ

Yep! Everything simply requires adjustments to proportionality
constants, Reynolds numbers, Plankian constants, etc.

On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 16:09:23 +0000 (UTC), "Reg Edwards"
wrote:


I have just finished a bottle of Blossom Hill, Californian, white
wine. Makes a pleasant change to arguing about what 'amateurs' BL&E
might, or might not have done before leaving the site.
----
Reg.

I hate to say this, Reg, but calling BL&E 'amateurs' is insulting to
me. I knew them well, and worked with B and E in the RCA Laboratories
antenna lab, and they are anything but 'amateurs'. I think you
finished off the Blossom Hill to rapidly.

Perhaps you should take a look at the long list of IRE articles
published by Dr. G.H. Brown, reporting his work that shaped the
present design of all AM BC antennas. Did you ever wonder what
happened to the diamond-shaped AM towers? And why the AM towers
constructed since 1940 have a uniform cross section?

And did you know that Dr. Brown gave John Kraus, W8JK, the idea of
close spaced elements that culminated in the 'W8JK Beam' antenna?

L, (Bob Lewis) is also a fine engineer, although he is also a ham,
W2EBS.

Walt