[Boatanchors] A Classic Example of the Homebrew Art

[David Stinson]

On 9/27/2020 3:13 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
 >    You bring up a very good point. One thing I noticed is that much 
of the QST stuff was very crowded. Looked impossible to build that way. 
I wondered why
 >A lot of QST articles were also for impossibly elaborate equipment, 
all band double conversion receivers. No one I knew had the facilities 
or test instruments to build anything like that. It made me wonder 
sometimes who was willing to do all that work for publication.
 >    It was also only after many years that I realized that articles in 
"professional" technical magazines (as opposed to peer reviewed 
journals) were often written by engineers looking for work or promotion.

If they actually want someone to build the things
they publish, they need to remember
"Dave's Law of Pernicious Parts Proliferation:"
"For every part needed for your construction project
beyond a dozen, half of potential builders will decline
to build it."

Sad but true.
73 Dave S.

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