In article , Dave Heil
writes:

Len Over 21 wrote:

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(N2EY) writes:

In article ,

(Len Over 21) writes:


Not me. "Kluge' is a familiar term in aerospace. Too bad you never
worked in that...

Why would I want to?

Tsk. I doubt anyone in the aerospace industry really cares what you
want to do personally, but that's just an off-the-cuff opinion. :-)

I see your point, Len. I doubt that there are many in amateur radio who
care what you want to do "personally".

This brings up something I've been wondering about....

Len describes himself as "retired during regular hours" which I take to mean
that he may still do some work on the side. He's 72 and still working part
time, after a "career in radio electronics". Probably retired at 65, if
postings are any indication. Lives in a nice little house that he is fortunate
to own because he bought it 40+ years ago.

Dave is also retired, if my information is correct, after a career of service
to our country. He's also much younger than Len. Lives in a nice house that is
also a great location for ham radio. Happens to be in WVA but could be
anywhere. Dave could probably live in SoCal if he so desired, but he doesn't.

So I am wondering, looking at their relative retirements, why I should be
interested in following Len's example rather than Dave's.

Not "put out" at all. You behaved exactly as expected and predicted.

Oooooo..."as expected" and "as predicted!" :-)

"Predicted" to whom? :-)

...to the entire newsgroup on quite a number of occasions :-) :-)

There's a one-paragraph profile around here somewhere....;-)

Meanwhile, readers may note that you talk of "homebrewing" and "technical
subjects", but have nothing to show that isn't work-related except perhaps
having purchased a ready-built receiver 20+ years ago. For "CASH"...

Tsk. Someone else having money gets you UPSET does it?

Not at all.

I didn't see any statement about someone else having money, Leonard. We
have an indication that you had, at one time, enough surplus "CASH" to
purchase an Icom R-70.

Brings up another subject...

If I go out and buy an Orion or an IC-7800 "for CASH", will that somehow change
Len's behavior here?

A kluge is a kluge. A picture of one speaks for itself.

Len, you are a rude churl. If we had a photo of you, perhaps it could
speak for itself.

Dave, why do you say that about Len? He's not describing the Southgate Type 7,
because it doesn't fit his definition of a "kluge".

What's most noteworthy is that while Len sits in judgement of what others do,
he hasn't presented any homebrew radio projects of his own. You'd think a
retired guy with a home shop and all his claimed experience, know-how and
critical addy-tood would have built *something*.

But we see nothing at all from Len. Heck, he can't even solve a simple
heterodyne design problem.

You've heard my homebrew rigs, Dave - did they sound any different from "state
of the art" rigs?

73 de Jim, N2EY