Fw: [sdiy] New synth DIY site ?

[Clint Davis]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Clint Davis" <vze2yf87 at verizon.net>
To: "The Old Crow" <oldcrow at oldcrows.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] New synth DIY site ?


>   No, no, the future is in saturable-core reactors!  Throw those
> confounded, new-fangled thyistors away!
>
> http://www.tpub.com/neets/book8/32n.htm
>
> Crow
> /**/
>
> Woo Hoo!  Go Magamps!!!
>
> I'm not sure if this story is completely apocryphal or not, but one of my
> instructors in a Navy school I was at was telling me of this late early
70's
> era submarine which had a boat-load (pun intended) of magamp equipment
> removed and replaced with more modern stuff.  Apparently the sub was not
> going to be able to dive anymore after removing them, so they had to bring
> on lead ballasting to make up for all the lost weight.
>
> Clint
>