[hpsdr] Apology to Cornell Drentea, Larry Wolfgang, QEX, etc.

[Bob McGwier]

Have you ever done something in heat which you wish you had not done 
later? Consider these:

http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/2007-November/020003.html

http://lists.openhpsdr.org/pipermail/hpsdr-openhpsdr.org/2007-November/005905.html

Cornell wrote a series of articles on his Star 10 transceiver design for 
QEX.  I consider the entire series a work of art and clearly based on 
Cornell's long and illustrious career as a design engineer.


“Dear QEX Editor:

Please allow me to send my sincerest possible admiration for Cornell 
Drentea's Star 10 transceiver series.   This is the kind of article I 
would hope we see regularly in QEX.  The entire effort is a testimonial 
to the life time's experience Drentea has instilled into
the effort. I admire Mr. Drentea’s technical effort and presentation and 
the extensive list of accompanying references.  I always knew Mr. 
Drentea was a
skilled engineer.  May I add my voice to the chorus who really like
the direction and content and evolution of QEX.  Doug Smith was doing
a great job and it is clear this tradition will be improved upon.



  My best 73's
Bob McGwier
N4HY"

was sent to QEX after the last installment.

I strongly objected to what I considered commentary in article 1 in this 
series.  I wish I had sent my strongly held view to Larry and Cornell 
directly.  Unfortunately I did not.

I did and still do believe that article 1 should NEVER have been 
published in that form.  I have since seen QEX be managed VERY well and 
edited with great skill by the brand new editor at that time, Larry 
Wolfgang.

To Larry and Cornell, I give my sincerest apologies for my intemperate 
remarks.  If anyone considers anything in my notes to forums in the 
links above as defaming the character of Cornell Drentea,  you are 
mistaken.  I do not know anything about Cornell Drentea's character so I 
have nothing to defame.  He has an illustrious career as an engineer and 
having owned and operated amplifiers designed my Mr. Drentea, I consider 
him to be a good and valuable engineer and amateur radio operator.

Sincerely,
Dr. Robert W. McGwier
Bob, N4HY