[600MRG] Short Radial Observation - Check this out

[Ben Gelb]

Has this thread reached its termination point?

On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 3:03 PM Brian, WA1ZMS <wa1zms at att.net> wrote:

> Excatly.
>
> One must terminally terminate the terminal's termination at the bus
> terminal.
>
> -Brian, WA1ZMS
>
> On Aug 31, 2018, at 5:30 PM, Glen Zook <gzook at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Don't you just love the English Language, especially that dialect used in
> the United States!  The same word, as spelled, can have a number of
> different meanings even within a single discipline.  If one does a "Google"
> on "termination" several different definitions come up and then if one does
> a "Google" on "electronic termination" even more definitions come up such
> as "a wire termination is the work performed to the end of a wire that
> allows it to connect to a device".
>
> I can see why someone, who does not have English as their primary
> language, can easily be confused when conversing with someone in this
> country.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
> Website: http://k9sth.net
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Mel Farrer <farrerfolks at yahoo.com>
> *To:* Glen Zook <gzook at yahoocom>; Neil Klagge <w0yse at msn.com>; "Brian,
> WA1ZMS" <wa1zms at attnet>
> *Cc:* 600 meter group <600mrg at mailman.qth.net>
> *Sent:* Friday, August 31, 2018 4:02 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [600MRG] Short Radial Observation - Check this out
>
> Thanks Glen.
>
> BUT after 50+ years in the antenna and communication industry,
> Termination has several definitions depending on which group of engineers
> you are talking to ....So,  You are correct only in certain regiments of
> technology.  You ask a Broadcast or Microwave engineer, and you would be
> questioned as to what you meant.   For me, termination means something that
> is either a dummy load, dissipation line, or Ground.
>
> Your reference to a "termination at an antenna or dummy load" is
> confusing. The first is incorrect the second is correct.  Termination in
> it's simplest meaning is END, not a junction.  In a train ride, arriving at
> your destination is the termination of the trip. Going further it was a
> connection..... IMHO  end.
>
>
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