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"John Smith" wrote in message news PM: Most of that is fictional... lots of "could have", "should have", "would have" which it suggests though... Computer related hardware/software is where all of the engineers are coming from today. John I guess you never put together a crystal set or a 1-tube radio, or designed your own VFO-controlled transmitter. I did, and from those days in 7th grade, I knew what I was going to do the rest of my life. By sophomore year in high school I learned to send and receive Morse Code at 15 WPM so I could be sure to meet the 13WPM requirement for my Ham license. At 21, my Engineering education was interrupted by the draft, and I joined the Navy to become an Electronics Technician and service radar and communications equipment for 4 years. Resuming my education, I became an Electrical Engineer and worked in industry for the next 38 years, continuously learning new things as they became current technology. I was never laid off or a victim of "reduction in force" through that entire career - - because I was a "natural" and kept my skills up to meet the needs of my employer. Ham radio is an excellent start for anyone who has a curiosity and fascination about electronics, be it represented by radio communications or computers or industrial control technology. I was inspired by Polymath's description of the good effects of ham radio on its devotees. He should be congratulated on his explanation - - a very readable and true to life presentation. 73, Chuck W6PKP |
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Chuck:
Your text reminds me of some of the "motivational speakers" on TV. I don't dispute it may well be true, for a past age, just not accurate under todays technology and the state amateur radio now exists in... .... yesterday just doesn't matter, today is only useful for being able to plan tomorrow, tomorrow is where it is at! John On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 14:22:02 -0700, Chuck Olson wrote: "John Smith" wrote in message news PM: Most of that is fictional... lots of "could have", "should have", "would have" which it suggests though... Computer related hardware/software is where all of the engineers are coming from today. John I guess you never put together a crystal set or a 1-tube radio, or designed your own VFO-controlled transmitter. I did, and from those days in 7th grade, I knew what I was going to do the rest of my life. By sophomore year in high school I learned to send and receive Morse Code at 15 WPM so I could be sure to meet the 13WPM requirement for my Ham license. At 21, my Engineering education was interrupted by the draft, and I joined the Navy to become an Electronics Technician and service radar and communications equipment for 4 years. Resuming my education, I became an Electrical Engineer and worked in industry for the next 38 years, continuously learning new things as they became current technology. I was never laid off or a victim of "reduction in force" through that entire career - - because I was a "natural" and kept my skills up to meet the needs of my employer. Ham radio is an excellent start for anyone who has a curiosity and fascination about electronics, be it represented by radio communications or computers or industrial control technology. I was inspired by Polymath's description of the good effects of ham radio on its devotees. He should be congratulated on his explanation - - a very readable and true to life presentation. 73, Chuck W6PKP |
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Bravo Chuck. Right on!
Harry C. |
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ups.com... Bravo Chuck. Right on! Harry C. Oh...now *that* has my curiosity up... Kim W5TIT |
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Chuck:
You ask me if I ever put ham gear together from old radios, tv's and army surplus equip., Yes, gobs... my uncle had a chain of army surplus stores. Most of that equip you just took to the air... But, born right around 1950, I got in on the tail end of tubes. In the late 60's we were already attempting to run transistors with multi-parallel-push-pull circuits to get higher outputs on low HF. The 70's provided some decent high power transistors, in the 70's seen a lot of hybrid equip (tube/transistor), in the 80's-90's mainly transistors, even multi-KW linears designed around transistors. Now I awaiting the next generation equip., you see it in commercial and industrial use, but very rarely in amateur shacks. Now I play with single chip wide band oscillators... buffers, amps and finals in personal experiments, all transistor. The tube, except for greater than 2KW linears/transmitters is pretty much dead... most new homebrew amps I see are using the russian tubes, cheap if you get the right source... but the filament draw on those big amps can heat a shack! Just look at the number of hams still running the old tube equip. henry 2KW linears, drakes, heathkits, hallicrafters, gonset, johnson, etc.... although a lot of it is still in use, it isn't built anymore... some hams just haven't adapted to building with transistors... don't ask me why... What does spark-gap transmitters, crystal radios, regenerative, TRF, etc have to do with today? Collectors items? Junk sold at hamfests? Most high power stuff is custom made mosfet, or commercial adapted to amateur use--if you are into homebrew... John On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 14:22:02 -0700, Chuck Olson wrote: "John Smith" wrote in message news PM: Most of that is fictional... lots of "could have", "should have", "would have" which it suggests though... Computer related hardware/software is where all of the engineers are coming from today. John I guess you never put together a crystal set or a 1-tube radio, or designed your own VFO-controlled transmitter. I did, and from those days in 7th grade, I knew what I was going to do the rest of my life. By sophomore year in high school I learned to send and receive Morse Code at 15 WPM so I could be sure to meet the 13WPM requirement for my Ham license. At 21, my Engineering education was interrupted by the draft, and I joined the Navy to become an Electronics Technician and service radar and communications equipment for 4 years. Resuming my education, I became an Electrical Engineer and worked in industry for the next 38 years, continuously learning new things as they became current technology. I was never laid off or a victim of "reduction in force" through that entire career - - because I was a "natural" and kept my skills up to meet the needs of my employer. Ham radio is an excellent start for anyone who has a curiosity and fascination about electronics, be it represented by radio communications or computers or industrial control technology. I was inspired by Polymath's description of the good effects of ham radio on its devotees. He should be congratulated on his explanation - - a very readable and true to life presentation. 73, Chuck W6PKP |
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some hams
just haven't adapted to building with transistors... don't ask me why... ============================= For one thing, with advancing years, eyesight deteriorates. --- Reg. |
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Reg:
LOL!!! Good to see you... well, that is how it looks from here... but, I imagine it might differ even in other states... You sure it isn't the same across the pond? John On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 20:16:22 +0000, Reg Edwards wrote: some hams just haven't adapted to building with transistors... don't ask me why... ============================= For one thing, with advancing years, eyesight deteriorates. --- Reg. |
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Seems to me FCC Rules and Regs Part 97 defines it quite well
-- CL -- I doubt, therefore I might be ! |
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.... define what? And, how in relation to what we are discussing?
John On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 17:16:46 -0700, Caveat Lector wrote: Seems to me FCC Rules and Regs Part 97 defines it quite well |
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