[ARC5] Zero Beat Question

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi Richard,

The fundamentals haven't changed even if the methods and materials have 
(ICs, Microporcessors, DSP, etc). I am now wondering if adding a 
videoconferencing studio in the shop/shack could be helpful sometimes. 
The questions are valid but can be really difficult in email. Seeing the 
questions in email suggest the askers have access to the internet and 
maybe some sort of computer.

I think it would be helpful when I have questions. I have not learned it 
all in spite of starting in the 1950s with my father's college textbooks.

73,

Bill  KU8H

On 07/07/2016 04:26 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>      I am always glad to see questions that are relatively elementary 
> of the sort that one thinks "why, everybody knows that", but when I 
> try to explain it decide that perhaps its not obvious at all. In fact, 
> sometimes I discover _I_ don't really understand something I thought I 
> did.  I think sometimes older books had better explanations than newer 
> ones, perhaps because there was less to cover.  A good source is Pete 
> Millet's site
> http://tubebooks.org  this has all sorts of stuff on it including 
> several ARRL handbooks and some good fairly elementary electronic 
> theory books. Do not sell the old ARRL handbooks short; their 
> introductory theory chapters are usually well written and are aimed at 
> those who want and need practical information.  The "Radio Handbook" 
> edited by William I. Orr is also excellent. Modern radios with all 
> their digital functions have become rather un-intuitive so it is 
> sometimes enlightening to go back and see how all this was done with 
> analog.  Never ignore the fundamentals.
>
> On 7/7/2016 12:41 PM, Bill Cromwell wrote:
>> Hi Wayne,
>>
>> Richard nailed it down but your question suggests there may be enough
>> holes in your experience to not fully grasp what he has said. I sure
>> wish I could get some of the people who are asking the questions like
>> this in my shop/shack for even just a few minutes. We could make it
>> crystal clear in just a few minutes in front of radio on the air and
>> especially with some computer software available to give us a panadapter
>> display - aka waterfall. I'm sure Richard would like to do that too.
>>
>> Meanwhile we can try to answer any questions that remain from Richard's
>> explanation.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Bill  KU8H
>>
>

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