[Boatanchors] amazing reference and history

[Sandy]

Oh my!  I am shocked....no fooling.  When did Walt leave us?  This might be 
why I hadn't received a reply to an email I sent him some months ago 
concerning an antenna problem no "EE" thus far has been able to explain away 
or come up with an answer for!  (So I figured I'd try to "bug" Walt!)

He blew the SWR thing right out of the water as far as I am concerned.  He 
had some absolutely great ideas.  He did not like using impedance changing 
"baluns"  (transformer type baluns) in situations were they were looking 
into highly reactive loads either.  I have had some catastrophic failures 
using "transformer" type baluns with even large cores, when working into 
center fed dipoles with open wire line with very high inductive or 
capacitive reactances even though the "R" parts of the impedance being fed 
were close to what the transformer was designed for!

As I remember Walt created the Choke type "baluns" to work around this 
problem and loss.

73,

Sandy W5TVW

-----Original Message----- 
From: Geoff
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 12:38 PM
To: Dick KF4NS ; boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] amazing reference and history

While Walt has his views on the way things work there has been a lot of
disagreement among his peers. Walts experiments are with 50-60's era
equipment of unknown calibration which doesnt help.

Keep an open mind when reading, its his last gasp effort to try and get in
the last word.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick KF4NS" <kf4nsradio at verizon.net>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 10:47 AM
Subject: [Boatanchors] amazing reference and history


>I got one of the best gifts ever yesterday for my birthday. There are no
>words to completely describe the
> worth of this book.I can't put it down.  It is titled REFLECTIONS III and
> should not be missing from the
> shelf of any serious boatanchor fan.
>
> I have a considerably large reference library and this one is right near
> the top of most valuable. All of
> us OTs are very familiar with Walt Maxwell W2DU SK but you younger guys
> should seriously consider
> purchasing this great book. This gentleman ranks right up there with Bill
> Orr, Doug DeMaw and so many
> others who helped build the foundation and future for our hobby.
>
> Give it some serious thought. You will never regret it.
>
> 73, Dick KF4NS
> St Petersburg, FL 33714 USA
> Keep The Glow!
>
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