[Elecraft] securing toroids in K2, why not?

[R Thompson]

Hi Jim,

   I've worked on aircraft for over 30 years and know what engineers can
do :-)  There are many airworthiness directives issued after the
engineers have finished their work.  I'd better not get something
started, as I really do appreciate the work of the engineers.  More
field experience would help some of them.

           Ron VE8RT

On Sat, 2011-07-02 at 22:47 -0400, Jim Campbell wrote:
> Reminds me of a story that I heard years ago while on an assignment in 
> England.
> 
> Seems that the Rolls Royce company didn't have an automatic transmission 
> in their cars. Since automatic transmissions were the up-and-coming 
> thing they decided that they needed one to offer in the Roolls Royce.  
> Rather than design one from scratch they surveyed the field and decided 
> that the best of breed was one made by General Motors. They entered into 
> an agreement with GM to use theirs.
> 
> They took a GM automatic transmission into their shop and tore it down 
> completely. They wanted any transmission that was going into a Rolls 
> Royce to be top quality, inside and out.  Everything passed muster 
> except for one part.  It had a rough surface.  That just wouldn't do so 
> they machined the surface to a Rolls Royce standard.  The trouble was 
> that when the transmission was assembled it wouldn't work.  They 
> contacted GM and found out that the surface in question had to be rough 
> or the transmission wouldn't work.
> 
> Best to trust the judgment of the design engineers.
> 
> 72,
> 
> Jim - W4BQP
> K2 #2268
> 
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