[Milsurplus] Tom Kneitel

[J. Forster]

Richard Arland, W3OSS wrote:

> I grew up with Uncle Tommy. I noticed that the early issues of Pop Comm
> featured a number of his EI articles with a bit of updating.
>
> As I understand it Tommy has an in-depth background in electronic
> warfare...he is a member of the "Old Crows" although I have never seen his
> formal pedigree, I doubt he is a total buffoon when it comes to electronics.

[snip]

First off, I've never met the guy. However, in general, it is possible to be a
very expert USER of electronics (or many other things) without understanding how
the guts work.

Years ago, I groused to Doc. Edgerton (of strobe fame) that color film chemistry
was very complicated and I didn't understand it. How could I use it
intelligently w/o understanding it. He basically told me to treat it as a black
box and forget about the guts, and he was right.

FWIW,
-John