[R-390] First they chased off Nolan...

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Well since we are going to beat this to death. (Hey, it's the R390 list 
- old habits die hard).

I started this one off with a less than perfect response to a question 
about URM-25 signal generator repair. I responded with a more or less 
generic (and not terribly well phrased) response. I also responded in 
the context of this list. By that I mean that the URM-25 is just 
another piece of test gear rather than an item to be treasured and 
restored. I view TV-7 tube testers in the same light. Make them as 
reliable as you can rather than as authentic as you can. And that's an 
*opinion* rather than a fact. People have a variety of opinions ....

Dallas (rightly) pointed out that my phrasing was a bit off. A 
re-reading my initial response to the question showed it certainly 
sounded like rip and romp through the generator. He (a valid opinion) 
suggested that the URM 25 was worth restoring. He's certainly far more 
into URM 25's than I am. His view of them is different than mine.

All of the URM-25 stuff got the juices flowing and the temperature nice 
and toasty long before we slid over to the fate of the same parts in an 
R-390. Once we made that slide the frustration level got a bit higher 
since I look at an R390 in a *very* different light than a URM-25.

Needless to say we all are getting older. I certainly have a temper 
(and then some). Often it gets in the way. If it did so this time I 
apologize to all involved.

Lets get back to radios and have some fun.

	Enjoy!

		Bob Camp
		KB8TQ




On Jan 16, 2005, at 3:47 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:

> John KA1XC wrote:
>
>> The Dr. J situation
>> reminded me of  my early experiences in my electronics career, and 
>> that was that
>> some of the most talented or educated engineers also had some of the 
>> most
>> difficult personalities to get along with.
>
> I have had much the same experience.
>
> In addition, I must remind Tom and certain others that Dallas FIRST
> publicly called at least two people, Walter Wilson, and Cecil,  LIARS
> because they dared to mention that they had experience, and physical
> evidence, with photos, of bad capacitors.
>
> If anyone had called me a liar for simply reporting what I had
> experienced, and for which I had physical evidence, I would tend to be
> rather irritated, and would probably respond in kind.
>
> As I see it, the problem was not with those reacting to Dallas' 
> attacks,
> but with Dallas' attitude from the beginning of the discussion.
>
> I was rather amazed at his vehemence, and quite surprised and
> dismayed.
>
> Ken Gordon W7EKB
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