[Elecraft] Entertaining Tales

[Jim Brown]

Exactly right.  In other words, principles that have been proven by the 
scientific method. As a scientist, I have always believed that if you 
think there's a difference between theory and practice, you don't know 
enough about one or the other. That is, you don't understand the 
problem, or you don't understand the known science. Most REAL problems 
and systems are complex, whether technical or political or financial or 
business.

As Don said, there ARE things that we as a civilization haven't learned 
yet, and the complex effects of solar radiation are one of those things 
we know SOMETHING, but not everything, about.

On the other hand, there are all sorts of things, everything from 
science to politics, to interpersonal relationships to how business 
works that we as individuals have not taken the time to learn, but that 
ARE clearly understood by those who have taken the time to study them. 
And the fact that we as individuals haven't yet learned them does not 
make those things any less true.

How antennas and transmission lines work has been clearly understood by 
those who have taken the time to study them for nearly 100 years. But 
for someone who hasn't done that, it can seem like black magic.

73, Jim K9YC

On 9/16/2018 3:57 PM, donovanf at starpower.net wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
>
> You and W4MLE (SK) are both correct about antenna and propagation
> theory, based on the universally accepted definition used in science and
> engineering:
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> Theory: a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural
> world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed
> through observation and experiment.
>
>
> 73
> Frank
> W3LPL
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Bob DeHaney" <bobdehaney at gmx.net>
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2018 8:21:45 PM
> Subject: [Elecraft] Entertaining Tales
>
> As my Elmer W4MLE told me in about 1961, Antenna and Propagation Theory are just that, theory. Now waiting on my KX3 as we fly to IS0 next week for 15 days. Listen for IS0/DJ0RD 😊