Jim,
See below.
--- In ham_amplifiers@..., "pentalab" <jim.thomson@...>
wrote:
--- In ham_amplifiers@..., "RICHARD GEORGE" <k6kwq@>
wrote:
It's also funny that when I asked on the amps reflector if Rich
had been kicked off, Tom wrote back to me the reasons he was kicked
off for, before it ever showed up on the reflector that he was gone.
The admin guy didn't answer me until the next day. If the admin guy
is not Tom, then he must be helping the admin guy censor.
### Now this just cracks me up !! Were the reasons that
Tom gave you.. identical to the "official" ones on the now
defunct ..'amps' ????
What happened, and you may well know this, was that when Tom first
came back on the mailer, Rich and myself collared him on several
topics he was really wrong on. When we done this, the unknown
moderator placed Rich and myself on moderation. The lazy b@st##d would
only post Rich or my replies maybe twice a day either early in the
morning, or late at night. What brought the thing to a head for me was
Toms reply to me about how to figure the rms current needed by a
transformer from a bridge rectifier with capacitor input circuit. Tom
had replied that I was wrong, so my next post proved me correct, with
a link to Hammond Transformer showing the same formula. This unknown
moderator would NOT release my reply to the list because I proved Tom
wrong. I then took the advice of Rich and started going around this
moderator by direct mail. That's when it came out on the mailer about
"harvesting e-mail addresses" which I never did. I did however send
that reply for Tom to almost everyone in my address book. The
moderator really got pissed about this. He finally took me off
moderation about a week later, but did not Rich. Next, he silently
banned Rich from the group, and a member posted about Rich being
banned. The rest is history.
I also received a very bitterly written e-mail from this unnammed
moderator about Rich and myself. I have to say, it was to the point of
liable. The rant sounded a lot like Tom by the words and expressions
used in the text. I then e-mailed the letter to Rich and a few others
who wanted to see it. That's when we first started wondering if the
moderator wasn't Tom.
### I also noticed that once the dust settled... that W8JI is
back at it again...... posting left, right and center...
on 'amps' !!
Yup, and the shame is that ones not knowing any better will believe
some of the theory he's just plain wrong on. I finally added Tom to my
junk mail filter and his posts end up in the waste basket in my e-mail
application. I noticed he was really taking off as my junk mail folder
really grew in the past 1-2 days, all from Tom.
### some poor fellow wants to build a hb tube amp.
Tom.. 'suggests' he build a 12 vdc SS device.
Talk about splatter without using a filter, and the guy will be extra
good friends with his neighbors.
### If Tom Rauch is not the admin/censor of 'amps'..... then
he's certainly joined at the hip of whoever is... or has a huge
influence over the ...."mystery censor" .
AMEN!!!!!!!!!
### Rich tells me... that the mega mailing list is now defunct
on 'amps'. To me... that's the straw that broke the camels
back.
### IMO... 'amps' has just degenerated into a ... "Tom Rauch
knows everything soapbox/platform"
Exactomundo!
## In the past..... anybody who didn't have a callsign got
booted from 'amps'...... ditto with some very knowledeable
11m amp builders...... and also Carl, KM1H.... who was a wealth
of practical info.
Yup, the moderator said in his e-mail that since I didn't post a call
sign, and used to build illegal amps back in the 80's, he gave me
plenty of leway. I had to laugh as he didn't post a name nor a call
sign himself!
Ed Dullaney who owned D&A Manufacturing was who talked me into the
business right before he passed away (Actually two others did to which
will remain nameless). We became good friends and spoke a lot on the
phone. Ed actually was a teacher at a Vo Tech, and was an instructor
for an electrical corrospondence school. He used to be pictured in
some ads for the corrospondence school in some old electronics
magazines. Ed was also a Ham by the way, and knew a great deal about
amplifier design. I like him give my hard earned knowledge of amp
design free to anyone who asks. Just because we built illegal amps at
one time doesn't mean we can't offer free knowledge to others.
### who ever designed the undersized tank coils in the AL-80B
was a complete idiot imo. The wire ga is the same size as
what's used in a 200 w Drake T4XC TX.
IMHO, about everything they have as far as amps has been copied from
other manufacturers (IE: Heathkit, etc). This, including the mistakes
of before. Tom also evidently claims to have worked for Heathkit, or
was close with the designers. I really think that is a bunch of hoopla
myself. He may have spoken to a few, but I don't think he ever worked
for them. When Rich asked him about his association on Amps, he
declined to answer.
later.... Jim VE7RF
Best,
Will
