[Antennas] Re: From transmission lines to tuners;Simulator

2002年12月19日 17:26:30

At 12:20 PM 12/19/2002 -0700, E. Jerold Forwood wrote:
The problem with most of these "Programs" is that they are like statistics
or Political Poles.(sic) You can feed them with all kinds of data until
you get the outcome you are looking for and then believe you have come up
with a "great revelation". Just like the "Gain" some antenna manufacturers
claim that they can backup with all sort of charts and "theocratical data". =
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I still say: Move away from your computers, Build some antennas, Run some
feedline, Hook up your tuner and your transmitter and get on the air! See
if the ham on the other end can hear you. After all "Ham Radio" is
supposed to be about "ON AIR" Communications. Or have you all moved to "ON
LINE" ? and forgotten how to "CQ" -.-. --.-?
73's de Jerry, K=D8EJF
I joined this group after hearing it was a nice friendly bunch. I'm
certainly not trying to be unfriendly, but I have to disagree with some of
this.
I have built a lot of antennas, including an EME antenna with which I
worked all continents on 2 meters, 200+ grids and 42 states. Additionally,
even though I am a very casual operator I have 317 countries worked (all
with HB antennas) and I am nearing 5BDXCC confirmation. (Need a few on
80M). So I hope I qualify as an "on the air" ham.
That said, having spent 33+ years in the rf/microwave aerospace business
where I have done, among other things, a lot of antenna measurements on
both indoor and outdoor ranges, I am also a firm believer in computations
and modeling *before" snipping wire.
Our charter as hams, besides becoming a pool of experienced operators,
includes enhancing our technical skills. To me a computer is just a tool,
not much different from a soldering iron and a tape measure. Why on Earth
should I not use one?
Regards,
Wes N7WS
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