RST Engineering wrote:
Really?

Novice 1959
Technician 1960
Advanced 1981?
Extra 2002?

BS Electronics Physics; 18 semester units to an MSEE.
Community College and Adult High School credential teaching ham radio class
since 1967.
Taught roughly 50 semester classes.
100% pass rate.

VE ARRL
VE LAARG

Published technical articles in 73, HR, and local club rags.
Internationally acknowledged expert in the subject of hidden antennas.
Monthly column in national magazine on do-it-yourself electronics.


Now, lay YOURS out on the table and see who takes a knife to it.

Jim




Now I have some questions as to your credentials. Len Anderson is a
sidewalk superintendent to amateur radio.


That's pretty impressive, Jim. You've been involved in quite a number of
things in and out of amateur radio. Even if I was an "Internationally
acknowledged expert in the subject of hidden antennas", I don't think I
could bring myself to so describe myself.

Aside from your not including attributions, not signing your post and
the top posting, you even manage to present some of your ideas here in a
reasonable manner.

My own credentials have been "on the table" for nearly a decade here in
r.r.a.p. One of those taking a knife to them on a regular basis is
Leonard H. Anderson. He has routinely insulted my employment,
experience in radio (amateur, commercial and government), my authorship
of amateur radio articles and even my German surname. I can't claim
that I'm special in that regard though. Len does similar things to
anyone who disagrees with him.

It is curious that a fellow such as you would make the blanket statement
that you did. Now I just question your judgment.


Dave Heil K8MN

Dave Heil wrote:
RST Engineering wrote:
Now, lay YOURS out on the table and see who takes a knife to it.

Jim

OK, from one Jim to another:

Novice 1967 (age 13)
Technician 1968
Advanced 1968
Extra 1970 (because of mandatory 2 year wait)

2nd Class Commercial Radiotelephone 1972

BSEE 1976 University of Pennsylvania
MSEE 1992 Drexel University

Coinventer US patent #5,358,202

I could go on...

Now I have some questions as to your credentials. Len
Anderson is a
sidewalk superintendent to amateur radio.

That's pretty impressive, Jim. You've been involved in quite a number of
things in and out of amateur radio. Even if I was
an "Internationally
acknowledged expert in the subject of hidden antennas", I don't think I
could bring myself to so describe myself.

Aside from your not including attributions, not signing your
post and
the top posting, you even manage to present some of your ideas here in a
reasonable manner.

My own credentials have been "on the table" for nearly a decade here in
r.r.a.p. One of those taking a knife to them on a regular
basis is
Leonard H. Anderson. He has routinely insulted my employment,
experience in radio (amateur, commercial and government), my
authorship
of amateur radio articles and even my German surname.

Don't forget military service...

I can't claim
that I'm special in that regard though. Len does
similar things to
anyone who disagrees with him.

Also anyone who points out a mistake he makes or
proves him wrong about anything.

Here's another fun quote from Len, made two years ago today:

Len wrote:

"Shut the hell up, you little USMC feldwebel. Learn to READ English.

As of 1 PM EST on the 27th of October the ARRL website news page had
NOTHING about the California wildfires. NOTHING.

Go "munch" someone else's shoes, preferrably some CROW as dessert."

- Leonard H. Anderson

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...514cd48c14fbb1

Then there's his classic "sphincters post", but you get the general
idea.


73 de Jim, N2EY

wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:

RST Engineering wrote:

Now, lay YOURS out on the table and see who takes a knife to it.

Jim


OK, from one Jim to another:

Novice 1967 (age 13)
Technician 1968
Advanced 1968
Extra 1970 (because of mandatory 2 year wait)

2nd Class Commercial Radiotelephone 1972

BSEE 1976 University of Pennsylvania
MSEE 1992 Drexel University

Coinventer US patent #5,358,202

I could go on...

Now I have some questions as to your credentials. Len
Anderson is a
sidewalk superintendent to amateur radio.


That's pretty impressive, Jim. You've been involved in quite a number of
things in and out of amateur radio. Even if I was
an "Internationally
acknowledged expert in the subject of hidden antennas", I don't think I
could bring myself to so describe myself.

Aside from your not including attributions, not signing your
post and
the top posting, you even manage to present some of your ideas here in a
reasonable manner.

My own credentials have been "on the table" for nearly a decade here in
r.r.a.p. One of those taking a knife to them on a regular
basis is
Leonard H. Anderson. He has routinely insulted my employment,
experience in radio (amateur, commercial and government), my
authorship
of amateur radio articles and even my German surname.


Don't forget military service...

That slipped my mind. Len has taken numerous shots at my Air Force
service in Vietnam, though he doesn't seem to know what it is that I did
there. He keeps alluding to MARS duty and I did spend time operating a
MARS circuit from Tan Son Nhut, but only in an off duty capacity.


I can't claim
that I'm special in that regard though. Len does
similar things to
anyone who disagrees with him.


Also anyone who points out a mistake he makes or
proves him wrong about anything.

....or, come to think of it, anyone who even questions his methods or
motivation.

Here's another fun quote from Len, made two years ago today:

Len wrote:

"Shut the hell up, you little USMC feldwebel. Learn to READ English.

Ah yes. That was directed at me, wasn't it? I was never in the Marine
Corps.

As of 1 PM EST on the 27th of October the ARRL website news page had
NOTHING about the California wildfires. NOTHING.

Go "munch" someone else's shoes, preferrably some CROW as dessert."

- Leonard H. Anderson

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...514cd48c14fbb1

Then there's his classic "sphincters post", but you get the general
idea.

Len's description of what it was like to be under artillery fire--even
though he was never actually under artillery fire.

That brings us back to RST Jim. It is apparent that he's done a number
of things in amateur radio. Perhaps he hasn't been around long enough
to see who and what Len Anderson is. Maybe his agenda in defending Len
is something entirely different. Perhaps he'll explain. I'll be around
after the CQ WW SSB DX 'test.

Dave K8MN

Dave Heil wrote:
wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:
Don't forget military service...

That slipped my mind. Len has taken numerous shots at my Air Force
service in Vietnam, though he doesn't seem to know what it is that I did
there.

IIRC you mentioned it here a few times.

He keeps alluding to MARS duty and I did spend time operating a
MARS circuit from Tan Son Nhut, but only in an off duty capacity.

Then there's Len's commentary on the military service of a
Cost Guard radio operator who posted here.....

I can't claim
that I'm special in that regard though. Len does
similar things to
anyone who disagrees with him.

Also anyone who points out a mistake he makes or
proves him wrong about anything.

...or, come to think of it, anyone who even questions his methods or
motivation.

That's self-evident from his reaction to my questions.

Here's another fun quote from Len, made two years ago today:

Len wrote:

"Shut the hell up, you little USMC feldwebel. Learn to READ English.

Ah yes. That was directed at me, wasn't it?

Yes, it was.

I was never in the Marine Corps.

Neither was Len, but he uses phrases like "murine" and "dill sergeant"
to
make fun of a certain Marine...

As of 1 PM EST on the 27th of October the ARRL website news page had
NOTHING about the California wildfires. NOTHING.

Go "munch" someone else's shoes, preferrably some CROW as dessert."

- Leonard H. Anderson

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...514cd48c14fbb1

Then there's his classic "sphincters post", but you get the general
idea.

Len's description of what it was like to be under artillery fire--even
though he was never actually under artillery fire.

Never having experienced something hasn't prevented Len from expressing
opinions, comments and criticism about it.

That brings us back to RST Jim. It is apparent that he's done a number
of things in amateur radio. Perhaps he hasn't been around long enough
to see who and what Len Anderson is. Maybe his agenda in defending Len
is something entirely different. Perhaps he'll explain. I'll be around
after the CQ WW SSB DX 'test.

Perhaps a few more quotes from Len would be helpful...

73 de Jim, N2EY

Novice 1967 (age 13)

Same age.



2nd Class Commercial Radiotelephone 1972

1st Class Commercial Radiotelephone 1964 (age 17), Radar Endorsement




Coinventer US patent #5,358,202

I quit the company and the boss got the patent designations from my
notebooks, but I'm not going to press the issue.

However, designated responsible engineer for FCC type
acceptance/certification on seven commercial two-way transceivers; two for
studio-transmitter links and five for aircraft transceivers. Currently on
the "approved" list for type acceptance/certification for FCC Laurel
Laboratories.


That's pretty impressive, Jim. You've been involved in quite a number
of
things in and out of amateur radio. Even if I was
an "Internationally
acknowledged expert in the subject of hidden antennas", I don't think I
could bring myself to so describe myself.

Well, if you had sold ten thousand (actual count may vary a few percent)
hidden antenna original design products everywhere from Latvia to Louisiana,
you may describe yourself that way.



Aside from your not including attributions,

What do you mean by attributions? I'll give proof of anything I've said.


not signing your
post

I thought I signed it Jim. If you want a full formal signing, it is Jim
Weir, WX6RST. Most people know who I am; I don't hide behind a pseudonym.



and
the top posting,

In the vernacular, go screw yourself. I'll top post, interleave post, or
bottom post, whichever I think will get the point across better. "A foolish
consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds." Or, in the Latin, "Pusca,
puscalorum."




you even manage to present some of your ideas here in a
reasonable manner.

It is the engineer showing through the politician.



That slipped my mind. Len has taken numerous shots at my Air Force
service in Vietnam, though he doesn't seem to know what it is that I did
there. He keeps alluding to MARS duty and I did spend time operating a
MARS circuit from Tan Son Nhut, but only in an off duty capacity.

I have only the highest regard for anybody who wore the uniform. It was not
my privilege to do military duty as my parents neatly sandwiched me in
between Korea and Vietnam. Sure, I did MARS duty for twenty years, and
sure, I wear the local sheriff's Search and Rescue volunteer uniform, but it
pales in weak comparison to actual military duty. I bow my head in
gratitude.




Here's another fun quote from Len, made two years ago today:

Then there's his classic "sphincters post", but you get the general
idea.

$#!+, we all get into the bottle from time to time and post stuff that we
regret in the morning, but what the hell. Two quotes from two years? Give
the guy a break. I'd hate (although my political opponents have done it
mercilessly) to be quoted two years after the fact and have to defend myself
at that time.




That brings us back to RST Jim. It is apparent that he's done a number of
things in amateur radio.

Who is "he's". Me? Len? You? Steve? ???? And don't worry about RST.
It has been around since 1973 and will probably be around long after you and
I are SK. Don't worry about it. I have the cojones to put my reputation
and my company's reputation on the line when I see something that just cries
for comment.

Perhaps he hasn't been around long enough
to see who and what Len Anderson is. Maybe his agenda in defending Len is
something entirely different. Perhaps he'll explain. I'll be around after
the CQ WW SSB DX 'test.

If you are talking about me, I've been on the usenet and this ng since 1995.
I don't claim to defend Len, but again, most of what he says makes perfect
sense. It is YOU TWO that I'm worried about.


Jim

RST Engineering wrote:
Novice 1967 (age 13)

Same age.

2nd Class Commercial Radiotelephone 1972

1st Class Commercial Radiotelephone 1964 (age 17), Radar Endorsement

Coinventer US patent #5,358,202

I quit the company and the boss got the patent designations from my
notebooks, but I'm not going to press the issue.

There's always "something", isn't there...?!?!

However, designated responsible engineer for FCC type
acceptance/certification on seven commercial two-way transceivers; two for
studio-transmitter links and five for aircraft transceivers. Currently on
the "approved" list for type acceptance/certification for FCC Laurel
Laboratories.


That's pretty impressive, Jim. You've been involved in quite a number
of
things in and out of amateur radio. Even if I was
an "Internationally
acknowledged expert in the subject of hidden antennas", I don't think I
could bring myself to so describe myself.

Well, if you had sold ten thousand (actual count may vary a few percent)
hidden antenna original design products everywhere from Latvia to Louisiana,
you may describe yourself that way.

Aside from your not including attributions,

What do you mean by attributions? I'll give proof of anything I've said.

not signing your
post

I thought I signed it Jim. If you want a full formal signing, it is Jim
Weir, WX6RST. Most people know who I am; I don't hide behind a pseudonym.

and
the top posting,

In the vernacular, go screw yourself.

Well there we go!

What is it about California engineers that tends to present a foul
mouthed, two-faced, It's-OK-For-Me-But-You-Better-Do-It-Like-I-Say
attitude...?!?!

I'll top post, interleave post, or
bottom post, whichever I think will get the point across better. "A foolish
consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds." Or, in the Latin, "Pusca,
puscalorum."

you even manage to present some of your ideas here in a
reasonable manner.

It is the engineer showing through the politician.

The arrogant showing through the deceitful?

That slipped my mind. Len has taken numerous shots at my Air Force
service in Vietnam, though he doesn't seem to know what it is that I did
there. He keeps alluding to MARS duty and I did spend time operating a
MARS circuit from Tan Son Nhut, but only in an off duty capacity.

I have only the highest regard for anybody who wore the uniform. It was not
my privilege to do military duty as my parents neatly sandwiched me in
between Korea and Vietnam. Sure, I did MARS duty for twenty years, and
sure, I wear the local sheriff's Search and Rescue volunteer uniform, but it
pales in weak comparison to actual military duty. I bow my head in
gratitude.

You're welcome.

Here's another fun quote from Len, made two years ago today:

Then there's his classic "sphincters post", but you get the general
idea.

$#!+, we all get into the bottle from time to time and post stuff that we
regret in the morning, but what the hell. Two quotes from two years? Give
the guy a break. I'd hate (although my political opponents have done it
mercilessly) to be quoted two years after the fact and have to defend myself
at that time.

"TWO QUOTES FROM TWO YEARS?"..............?!?!

So where's that "engineer" you alluded to a moment ago, Jim...?!?!

There's only EIGHT YEARS of solid profanity, deceit, arrogance,
argumenitivness, and down right ugly behaviour from Lennie!

That brings us back to RST Jim. It is apparent that he's done a number of
things in amateur radio.

Who is "he's". Me? Len? You? Steve? ???? And don't worry about RST.
It has been around since 1973 and will probably be around long after you and
I are SK. Don't worry about it. I have the cojones to put my reputation
and my company's reputation on the line when I see something that just cries
for comment.

Like tacit support for a know liar, Jim...?!?!

Where do they teach that in business school?

Perhaps he hasn't been around long enough
to see who and what Len Anderson is. Maybe his agenda in defending Len is
something entirely different. Perhaps he'll explain. I'll be around after
the CQ WW SSB DX 'test.

If you are talking about me, I've been on the usenet and this ng since 1995.
I don't claim to defend Len, but again, most of what he says makes perfect
sense.

Perfect sense if you are into self mutilation and flagellation.

It is YOU TWO that I'm worried about.

Oh jeeze...Yet another "General Hospital" trained psychiatrist.

Steve, K4YZ

Dave Heil wrote:
wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:

RST Engineering wrote:

Now, lay YOURS out on the table and see who takes a knife to it.

Jim

OK, from one Jim to another:

Novice 1967 (age 13)
Technician 1968
Advanced 1968
Extra 1970 (because of mandatory 2 year wait)

2nd Class Commercial Radiotelephone 1972

BSEE 1976 University of Pennsylvania
MSEE 1992 Drexel University

Coinventer US patent #5,358,202

I could go on...

Now I have some questions as to your credentials. Len
Anderson is a
sidewalk superintendent to amateur radio.


That's pretty impressive, Jim. You've been involved in quite a number of
things in and out of amateur radio. Even if I was
an "Internationally
acknowledged expert in the subject of hidden antennas", I don't think I
could bring myself to so describe myself.

Aside from your not including attributions, not signing your
post and
the top posting, you even manage to present some of your ideas here in a
reasonable manner.

My own credentials have been "on the table" for nearly a decade here in
r.r.a.p. One of those taking a knife to them on a regular
basis is
Leonard H. Anderson. He has routinely insulted my employment,
experience in radio (amateur, commercial and government), my
authorship
of amateur radio articles and even my German surname.


Don't forget military service...

That slipped my mind. Len has taken numerous shots at my Air Force
service in Vietnam, though he doesn't seem to know what it is that I did
there.

It's not what you did there. What you didn't do in Vietnam appears to
have defined your time there. You were a frustrated amateur in Vietnam
which caused you to under go a career change.

He keeps alluding to MARS duty and I did spend time operating a
MARS circuit from Tan Son Nhut, but only in an off duty capacity.

That must be the MARS duty that he refers to. Or maybe not.

I can't claim
that I'm special in that regard though. Len does
similar things to
anyone who disagrees with him.

Also anyone who points out a mistake he makes or
proves him wrong about anything.

...or, come to think of it, anyone who even questions his methods or
motivation.

I think Len's a little too hard on you guys. I'm sure that your cuts
and jabs are given with the best of intentions.

Here's another fun quote from Len, made two years ago today:

Len wrote:

"Shut the hell up, you little USMC feldwebel. Learn to READ English.

Ah yes. That was directed at me, wasn't it? I was never in the Marine
Corps.

Can you prove that? ;^)

As of 1 PM EST on the 27th of October the ARRL website news page had
NOTHING about the California wildfires. NOTHING.

Go "munch" someone else's shoes, preferrably some CROW as dessert."

- Leonard H. Anderson

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...514cd48c14fbb1

Then there's his classic "sphincters post", but you get the general
idea.

Len's description of what it was like to be under artillery fire--even
though he was never actually under artillery fire.

I thought that he was quoting W0EX or GrayJL or Xray or all three when
he said that.

That brings us back to RST Jim. It is apparent that he's done a number
of things in amateur radio. Perhaps he hasn't been around long enough
to see who and what Len Anderson is. Maybe his agenda in defending Len
is something entirely different. Perhaps he'll explain. I'll be around
after the CQ WW SSB DX 'test.

Dave K8MN

But, but, but what if the Coslo BBS is up and running? Hi, hi!

From: on Oct 31, 4:52 pm

Dave Heil wrote:
wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:

RST Engineering wrote:

Now, lay YOURS out on the table and see who takes a knife to it.

Jim

OK, from one Jim to another:

Novice 1967 (age 13)
Technician 1968
Advanced 1968
Extra 1970 (because of mandatory 2 year wait)

2nd Class Commercial Radiotelephone 1972

BSEE 1976 University of Pennsylvania
MSEE 1992 Drexel University

Coinventer US patent #5,358,202

I could go on...

But not much farther. Present employer unnamed. The patent is
described only as involving "vehicular technology" according
to one of Miccolis' old Comments on one of the 18 Petitions.
My sole-invention patent of 1974 is on RADIO. shrug


That slipped my mind. Len has taken numerous shots at my Air Force
service in Vietnam, though he doesn't seem to know what it is that I did
there.

It's not what you did there. What you didn't do in Vietnam appears to
have defined your time there. You were a frustrated amateur in Vietnam
which caused you to under go a career change.

What DID Heil DO in Vietnam? He's never been anymore specific
than Dudly the Imposter (of the "seven hostile actions").


He keeps alluding to MARS duty and I did spend time operating a
MARS circuit from Tan Son Nhut, but only in an off duty capacity.

That must be the MARS duty that he refers to. Or maybe not.

Damifino. Heil just hasn't been specifc about it. Can't
"take shots" at something invisible. :-)

Poor Davie has forgotten my quoting from the Army Center for
Military History which mentions the good morale service that
Army MARS did in Vietnam.


I think Len's a little too hard on you guys. I'm sure that your cuts
and jabs are given with the best of intentions.

I'm sure Jack the Ripper thought the same... :-)

I'm also sure Ted Bundy thought all his female victims "were
asking for it."


Len's description of what it was like to be under artillery fire--even
though he was never actually under artillery fire.

I was once but it was from U.S. Army artillery. :-)

Just the same, the 8235th Army Unit (that I was in) never
allowed any Tokyo territory to fall into communist hands! :-)

At the same time, that same battalion of signalmen were
moving message "traffic" at the rate of 220 thousand a month
over the Army Command and Administrative Network (later
integrated into the DCS or Defense Communications System),
a worldwide network. All with TTY. Not a single morse code
link in that system since 1948.


I thought that he was quoting W0EX or GrayJL or Xray or all three when
he said that.

Irrelevant. If Davie says I did bad, then I did bad. He is
da Judge! "Heah come da judge...heah come da judge!"


That brings us back to RST Jim. It is apparent that he's done a number
of things in amateur radio. Perhaps he hasn't been around long enough
to see who and what Len Anderson is. Maybe his agenda in defending Len
is something entirely different. Perhaps he'll explain. I'll be around
after the CQ WW SSB DX 'test.

James Weir runs RST Engineering. It is located in Grass Valley,
CA, in Nevada County (California's "gold country"). He ran for
Governor of California, had his picture in the L.A. Times as one
of many candidates. [a former Austrian citizen won the election]

I sent Jim Weir one of my computer programs (LCie4, synthesis and
analysis of passive-component inductor-capacitor filters) and he
stated that this (freeware) program has been used by his students
(successfully) in Grass Valley. We had some brief e-mail exchages
that resulted in my modifying the older LCie program to fit the
DOS 7 in newer Windows. LCie was written in MS FORTRAN 5.1 but on
an earlier operating system and that (now unsupported by MS)
FORTRAN did not have the compiler links to fit DOS 7. LCie4 runs
only under DOS, doesn't have the flash, dash, or pizazz of color
Windows but is nonetheless accurate and proven. It is freeware
to anyone requesting it...something I mentioned in rec.radio.
amateur.homebrew some time ago.

RST Engineering makes some neat electronics for general aviation
aircraft. RST has a nice website if anyone cares to look. One
of the neat things they do is what I would term "SURFACE MOUNT
VHF antennas" for aircraft fabric surfaces. :-) Neat! They
don't stick out in the airstream and thus have minimal drag.
[international civil aviation band is 108 to 137 MHz]


But, but, but what if the Coslo BBS is up and running? Hi, hi!

Then the Coslonaut will - once again - be "at the edge of
space!"

By the way, outer space is only a half hour's drive away...
provided your car can go straight UP. :-)

bit bit

wrote:
From: on Oct 31, 4:52 pm


Dave Heil wrote:

wrote:

Dave Heil wrote:

RST Engineering wrote:

Now, lay YOURS out on the table and see who takes a knife to it.


That slipped my mind. Len has taken numerous shots at my Air Force
service in Vietnam, though he doesn't seem to know what it is that I did
there.

It's not what you did there. What you didn't do in Vietnam appears to
have defined your time there. You were a frustrated amateur in Vietnam
which caused you to under go a career change.


What DID Heil DO in Vietnam? He's never been anymore specific
than Dudly the Imposter (of the "seven hostile actions").

I see the sentence with my name in it. I see the sentence which follows
it. That is typical of your behavior. It is precisely the kind of
thing I wrote about above. There is a very accurate profile of your
likely actions toward those who disagree with you. Would you like to
see it?


He keeps alluding to MARS duty and I did spend time operating a
MARS circuit from Tan Son Nhut, but only in an off duty capacity.

That must be the MARS duty that he refers to. Or maybe not.


Damifino. Heil just hasn't been specifc about it. Can't
"take shots" at something invisible. :-)

Then again, you have already done so on a number of occasions. :-) :-)

Poor Davie has forgotten my quoting from the Army Center for
Military History which mentions the good morale service that
Army MARS did in Vietnam.

I've forgotten, have I? What're you, Madame Cleo?
I was never assigned to a MARS unit anywhere, anytime in the military.



I think Len's a little too hard on you guys. I'm sure that your cuts
and jabs are given with the best of intentions.


I'm sure Jack the Ripper thought the same... :-)

I'm also sure Ted Bundy thought all his female victims "were
asking for it."

I'm pretty certain that Len Anderson thinks he's somehow involved in
amateur radio too.


Len's description of what it was like to be under artillery fire--even
though he was never actually under artillery fire.


I was once but it was from U.S. Army artillery. :-)

Perhaps they'd heard of you. :-)

Just the same, the 8235th Army Unit (that I was in) never
allowed any Tokyo territory to fall into communist hands! :-)


At the same time, that same battalion of signalmen were
moving message "traffic" at the rate of 220 thousand a month
over the Army Command and Administrative Network (later
integrated into the DCS or Defense Communications System),
a worldwide network. All with TTY. Not a single morse code
link in that system since 1948.

It took an entire battalion of signalmen to do that, Len? All this
time, I was under the impression that you did it all by yourself.


I thought that he was quoting W0EX or GrayJL or Xray or all three when
he said that.


Irrelevant. If Davie says I did bad, then I did bad. He is
da Judge! "Heah come da judge...heah come da judge!"



That brings us back to RST Jim. It is apparent that he's done a number
of things in amateur radio. Perhaps he hasn't been around long enough
to see who and what Len Anderson is. Maybe his agenda in defending Len
is something entirely different. Perhaps he'll explain. I'll be around
after the CQ WW SSB DX 'test.


James Weir runs RST Engineering. It is located in Grass Valley,
CA, in Nevada County (California's "gold country").

Fine. I don't want to deflate his ego but when I saw a post from "RST
Engineering" signed "Jim", it meant nothing to me. I never heard of it
or him.

He ran for
Governor of California, had his picture in the L.A. Times as one
of many candidates. [a former Austrian citizen won the election]

No doubt Jim's charm, as evidence here, was a factor.

I sent Jim Weir one of my computer programs (LCie4, synthesis and
analysis of passive-component inductor-capacitor filters) and he
stated that this (freeware) program has been used by his students
(successfully) in Grass Valley. We had some brief e-mail exchages
that resulted in my modifying the older LCie program to fit the
DOS 7 in newer Windows. LCie was written in MS FORTRAN 5.1 but on
an earlier operating system and that (now unsupported by MS)
FORTRAN did not have the compiler links to fit DOS 7. LCie4 runs
only under DOS, doesn't have the flash, dash, or pizazz of color
Windows but is nonetheless accurate and proven. It is freeware
to anyone requesting it...something I mentioned in rec.radio.
amateur.homebrew some time ago.

That's nice.

RST Engineering makes some neat electronics for general aviation
aircraft. RST has a nice website if anyone cares to look.

I looked at the web site. It isn't particularly nice. If one orders
online, the payment information isn't even sent securely.

One
of the neat things they do is what I would term "SURFACE MOUNT
VHF antennas" for aircraft fabric surfaces. :-) Neat! They
don't stick out in the airstream and thus have minimal drag.
[international civil aviation band is 108 to 137 MHz]

I've not noted many fabric surfaces on the aircraft I've seen in recent
decades. Thanks for providing the information on the aircraft band.
Perhaps nobody here knew where the band could be found. :-)

Dave K8MN

Dave Heil wrote:
wrote:
From: on Oct 31, 4:52 pm

Dave Heil wrote:

That brings us back to RST Jim. It is apparent that he's done a number
of things in amateur radio. Perhaps he hasn't been around long enough
to see who and what Len Anderson is. Maybe his agenda in defending Len
is something entirely different. Perhaps he'll explain. I'll be around
after the CQ WW SSB DX 'test.


James Weir runs RST Engineering. It is located in Grass Valley,
CA, in Nevada County (California's "gold country").

Fine. I don't want to deflate his ego but when I saw a post from "RST
Engineering" signed "Jim", it meant nothing to me. I never heard of it
or him.

I've seen him on various r.r.a... groups for years.