Message	Date	From	Subject
15453	2019-09-09 10:29:57	Dana Myers	Class E amplifiers - interesting bit of history (a little OT)
I admit I'd never read the IEEE paper introducing Class E amplifier operation until last night. Here's a link to the PDF: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ad56/c06a6f0033a328a2c70c916d99ddcf614c0e.pdf It's very good reading and surely relevant to EMRFD. Reading the author biographies at the end, it was heart-warming to see they are apparently father-son (and ARRL members), and perhaps almost a stereotypical example of the 1970s generation gap when looking at their photos. Something seemed familiar about the authors; so I looked it up and discovered I had heard of the younger Sokal before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Sokal and his episode of fame (infamy?): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair It appears that Alan Sokal's call was WA1HQB and expired in 2006. Admittedly a bit off-topic, but amusing. 73, Dana K6JQ
15454	2019-09-09 10:42:35	Dana Myers	Re: Class E amplifiers - interesting bit of history (a little OT)

15456	2019-09-09 14:28:28	Eric J	Re: Class E amplifiers - interesting bit of history (a little OT)
I've built 3 amps 5 to 15 watts using Tonne's Class E design software. All performed close enough to expectations. The NM0S 40 meter rig got me interested in these amps. Eric KE6US

I admit I'd never read the IEEE paper introducing Class E amplifier
operation until last night. Here's a link to the PDF:

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ad56/c06a6f0033a328a2c70c916d99ddcf614c0e.pdf

It's very good reading and surely relevant to EMRFD. Reading the
author biographies at the end, it was heart-warming to see they
are apparently father-son (and ARRL members), and perhaps almost
a stereotypical example of the 1970s generation gap when looking
at their photos.

Something seemed familiar about the authors; so I looked it up
and discovered I had heard of the younger Sokal before:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Sokal

and his episode of fame (infamy?):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair

It appears that Alan Sokal's call was WA1HQB and expired in 2006.

Admittedly a bit off-topic, but amusing.

73,
Dana K6JQ