[Lowfer] Lowfer Final Transistors-Switching Time

[LEE BAHR]

Makes sence, JD.  (I did say:  "I know they rarely print something 
technical").

In a way it is too bad.  I really enjoyed the monthly magazine back then. 
But,  I must say we didn't have the internet then and if I could only have 
one,  I'd pick the internet any day of the week.  I'm not a designer, but I 
love to build things.  Seems like the most interest these days by more guys 
is receiving and capture.  There is not much new stuff anywhere or the 
transmitting side.  I have been having "eye ball" meetings with Bill Bower 
"WEB", and he is a real joy to get to know.  Bill, of course, continues to 
refine his knowledge of loading coils and antennas.  He is the one plus "CV" 
who got me interested again in Lowfer activity and putting a beacon on the 
air.

Lee, w0vt





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JD" <listread at oswegoblade.com>
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp;UK) and MedFer bands" 
<lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 1:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Lowfer Final Transistors-Switching Time


>>>>
> I remember when Ken Cornell had his Scrapbook and monthly technical stuff 
> in
> the LOWDOWN.  Then there was Vince Pinto with new technical stuff all the
> time until he gave up the hobby and dissapeared.  His stuff was also in 
> the
> LOWDOWN.  What happened?
>>>>
>
> Instant gratification happened, that's what.
>
> The couple dozen or so regulars in this reflector who COULD be writing the
> technical tips and articles that used to make the LOWDOWN a very active
> publication, are instead chatting away in short daily snippets here and on
> similar Internet services, rather than putting words down on paper or into 
> a
> file where they could be shared with hundreds of other subscribers in a
> meatier and more tangible form.
>
> The club sure didn't tell the Ken Cornells and Vince Pintos and Lyle
> Koehlers of the LowFER world that we didn't need them any more!!!
>
> Others who can write are mainly doing it for their personal Web sites now.
> Gratifying for them personally, perhaps; but certainly not as helpful as
> having that content in a location that has always had as its primary 
> purpose
> the promotion and publicizing of the hobby, and attracting newcomers to 
> our
> ranks with solid information.
>
> If people don't write it, we can't print it!  That's "what happened."
>
> But I'll tell you, to say there's _never_ any tech information is not
> accurate.
>
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