Wait...I thought all that stuff was on the test to get a ham license...time was
if you didn't understand all that "Jazz" you didn't get a license...and now
days we have extras all over the place that can't build a simple dipole and
make it resonant.
Sad state...
Cecil
K5DL
Sent from my iPad
On Apr 19, 2013, at 10:51 AM, Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
> On 4/19/2013 1:09 AM, Richards wrote:
>> I suspect most hams want an easy, quick solution they can wrap their heads
>> around. Impedance, reactance, inductance, capacitance, SWR, return loss,
>> and all that jazz is just too blamed complicated for most hams, who often
>> lack formal education in physics and electronic theory.
>
> You're an attorney, right? Did you learn what you needed to do that in an
> easy, quick solution that you could wrap your head around? :)
>
> There is a lot to learn, and it takes serious time and effort to learn it.
> You didn't learn law by skimming "an article" about it, you studied it for a
> LONG time. The ARRL Handbook, and the ARRL Antenna Book are pretty good
> places to learn how radio, antennas, and transmission lines work, but you
> have to STUDY this stuff. You don't learn it by throwing up your hands and
> saying "I lack formal education." All over the world, millions of people
> have learned this stuff without formal education, by digging into it and
> studying on their own.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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