I belong to several of these ham discussion groups and also am amazed
at some of the elemental questions asked by persons with extra class
call signs. I am not an electronics engineer or anything like it but
I have built receivers, transmitters, amplifiers, and all sorts of
accessory items for them.
I have one of the old advanced class licenses and was never motivated
enough by the small bit of extra band width and bragging rights to
put in the effort to get my code up to 20 wpm.
At no time did I ever consider purchasing a linear amp, kit or
otherwise. When I wanted a new amp, I built it.
David
KC2JD
--- In ham_amplifiers@..., "Mike\(W5UC\) & Kathy\(K5MWH\)"
<w5uc@...> wrote:
Bill, how sad, but true. I am amazed at the number of new licensees
in the
local club, some Extra Class, who don't have the foggiest idea how to
calculate the length of a dipole, or how to put it up.
