[Antennas] Re: From transmission lines to tuners;Simulator
Edwin J Forwood
[email protected]
2002年12月19日 23:14:47 -0700
I did not say you should never use a computer. What I said was, Get on
the air an see what you can accomplish in the "Real world". If we don't
use the freq's, we will lose them. Then you can operate every day on the
"Ham Internet".
73's de Jerry, K�EJF
On 2002年12月19日 17:26:30 "Wes (N7WS) and Linda"
<[email protected]> writes:
> 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".
> 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�EJF
>> 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
>>>>>
E. J. (Jerry) Forwood
K�EJF