[R-390] Stifling Newbe questions

[Charles Steinmetz]

Perry wrote:

>When I suggested to the list that someone might want to make a DBM 
>mixer using the LM 1496 chip to replace the *A* first mixer, Charles 
>was johnny-on-the-spot to tell the list why it wouldn't work.  And 
>even W/O building it to prove his point!

There you go again, misrepresenting what I said and spewing alleged 
"facts" that you could have no possible way of knowing.

First, you didn't suggest "that someone might want to make a DBM 
mixer using the LM 1496 chip to replace the *A* first mixer."  You 
said you wanted ME to design such a mixer.  You also said you wanted 
it to be a "plug in" solution.

Specifically, you said:  "I would like to see that with your skill 
set you would design a plug in DBM first mixer replacement using the 
LM 1496 for the *A*.  I think that it would be a quantum leap improvement."

I never said it wouldn't work, I said that if I were to design a new 
first mixer I would never use an LM1496 because it would be too 
noisy.  I could have continued that it would also have limited 
dynamic range and would give what most people would consider 
extremely disappointing results -- worse than the stock circuit, not 
better -- all based on extensive experience with the LM1496 and other 
mixer circuits.  Furthermore, I suggested an alternative that would 
not suffer from those problems.

Finally:  You claim to know what I have and haven't designed and 
built over the last 40+ years??  That's just pathetic.

Please, if you are going to attribute a position to me in the future, 
get it right.

Thank you,

Charles