I just had visions of a guy buying a television set, hauling it home,
taking it apart and running endless tests to see if it does as Consumer
Reports said it does. Or buying a car and setting it up to test its
horsepower, compression ratio, etc. There is nothing wrong with doing
these things -- it's just sorta amusing for me to think of it.
73, Mike N4NT
----- Original Message -----
From: "George, W5YR" <w5yr@att.net>
To: "Clark Savage Turner" <csturner@falcon.csc.calpoly.edu>
Cc: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <N4NT@chartertn.net>; <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OMNI VI Transmit IMD [6+]
| Mike, I guess it is no excuse to those who prefer to operate most of
the
| time, but as a retired engineer, I have a great deal of curiosity
about the
| equipment that I use. So I devise tests using my relatively modest lab
| equipment to get a better feeling for what I am using. I didn't design
it
| or build it, but at least I can try to understand how it works and to
| measure what it is capable of doing. None of that prevents me from
| operating a fair amount with a comfortable degree of success.
|
| Some folks like to design and build - some folks like to operate and
could
| care less about the gear as long as it "talks" - and some of us are
| interested in the how, why and what that is in the box.
|
| And, we are also usually the ones that answer the questions that arise
| about various radios and problems . . .
|
| Each to his own, my friend! <:}
|
| And, Clark, ham radio *is* a 12-step program! <:}
|
| 73/72/oo, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas
| Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe
| Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 56th year and it just keeps getting better!
| QRP-L 1373 NETXQRP 6 SOC 262 COG 8 FPQRP 404 TEN-X 11771 I-LINK 11735
| Icom IC-756PRO #02121 Kachina 505 DSP #91900556 Icom IC-765 #02437
|
|
| Clark Savage Turner wrote:
| >
| > On Sat, 13 Apr 2002, Mike Hyder -N4NT- wrote:
| >
| > > I wonder if all you guys ever operate your radios or just sit
around
| > > running tests on them.
| >
| > Heck, I haven't been part of this, but now I must speak up! Its
true. I
| > don't operate much at all. I mostly run lots of tests and
repeatedly
| > compare my OMNI VI to other radios. Somehow, it is what I like to
do.
| > I am a similar user of my new OS X machine (playing underneath with
| > UNIX, not doing anything useful...) Are there any 12 step groups
for guys
| > like me? :-) .
| >
| > Clark
| > WA3JPG
|