Jerry, you can trust me when I say that hams have their full share of
beliefs in voodoo physics and misunderstandings about how even the
simplest phenomena take place. A quick scan of the
rec.radio.amateur.antenna archives provides ample evidence in itself,
but there's plenty of other evidence scattered about.

So let's not be too hasty at calling the kettle black.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

Jerry wrote:

CBers are very susceptible to urban myth and legend. Not understanding the
"normal" nature of an AM carrier, often they won't see the needle move very
much (assuming some cowboy jockey hasn't been in the rig snippin' and
clippin'), they get kind of excited. "HEY! I ain't got no "swang", so
therefore, they think they
aren't "gittin'" out. Voodoo techs have been able to take advantage of this
by monkeying around with the sets and/or using funky, cheap meters to show
the unknowing how much their radio is "swangin'". "LOOK! Ya got 8
watts o' carrier and 40 watts of 'swang'"! The CB guys eat it up! AND
willingly part with $$$ to get this "Swang". Swing is fully embedded in CB
psyche and, like the "coax length" (18 FEET! 18 FEET! Ya gots to have 18
feet of coax!!!!!!) bullsh--, it is part of the "holy" grail of CB radio!
LMAO!


J