THE OLD DAYS and DOC KD4E

[KC7VDA]

Thanks guys for some wonderful memories!

I haven't thought about "Pop" tronics and Carl and Jerry for Years! 
Did anyone ever gather all their adventures together in a book? 
I would really like to reread them.
  
I learned my craft by building, modifing and  some times ruining various pieces of 
electronic equipment .
You know what an expert is don't you? Thats someone that has ruind so much equipment
that the company does not dare fire him!  
 I had my share of R.F. burns, melted grids, blown caps  and shorted selenium rectifiers! 
 Now, there  is some thing you NEVER forget, Selenium rectifiers could stink worse then a skunk! 
I some times wonder how we managed to survive long enough to grow up!
 I have come to the conclusion that  the only way to really understend electronics,
is to just get in there and build it.
If your project works then you have proven that you knew what you were doing, BUT real 
knowledge comes from failure and the effort required to find where you went wrong.
 I really pity todays students, Simulations may teach but nothing teaches like geting the 
pee shocked out of you. [;-)  

73 de kc7vda (Dan)

-----Original message-----
From: RAY FRIESS rayfrijr at MSN.COM
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:04:42 -0700
To: BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
Subject: Re: THE OLD DAYS and DOC KD4E

> Yes, youre correct.  My mistake....
> Ray
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Nigel Holmes<mailto:Holmes.Nigel at abc.net.au> 
> 
> 
>   Instead of 829B (a WWII vhf twin tetrode) do you mean 572B (a '60's
>   vintage overgrown 811A triode with 2 or 3 times the plate diss & higher
>   rated plate volts)??
> 
>   Nige VK3ZNQ  

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