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From: John Larkin on 5 Aug 2006 19:16 On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 20:04:30 GMT, Phat Bytestard <phatbytestard(a)getinmahharddrive.org> wrote: >On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 12:07:49 -0700, John Larkin ><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> Gave us: > >>The cool new semiconductor is GaN on diamond. The ultimate would be an >>AlN fet on isotopically pure diamond, but I hear there are materials >>problems to be resolved. >> >>GaN on silicon ain't bad, though. We've been blowing up\\\\\\\\ >>evaluating some impressive parts lately. > > Where is that link on those 50W devices you posted once? http://www.nitronex.com/ We've got some samples of the smaller part in a proper flanged package, and it's real nice. Note that they call a part "50 watt" if it can make 50 watts of RF at WiMax frequencies, not because it can dissipate 50 watts. The 35050 is rated "50 watts" but can dissipate 90 and could make hundreds of watts class C at lower frequencies. John
From: John Larkin on 5 Aug 2006 19:28 On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:52:14 -0700, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote: >On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:42:24 -0700, John Larkin ><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >>On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 20:03:09 GMT, Phat Bytestard >><phatbytestard(a)getinmahharddrive.org> wrote: >> >[snip] >>>> >>>>The B-52's are scheduled to be retired in 2040, at which time they'll >>>>be 80 years old. >>>> >>> >>> As the oldest still in service airframe in history. >> >>I wonder if any old C47/DC3's are still in actual use. >> >>Yes! >> >>http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Aerospace/DC-3/Aero29.htm >> >> >>"The DC-3 has proven to be the workhorse of the aviation world. Back >>in 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt awarded the Collier Trophy to >>Donald Douglas, head of Douglas Aircraft, for his achievements >>relating to the DC-3. In the year 2000, more than six decades after it >>was introduced, hundreds of DC-3s are still flying." >> >> >>John >> > >When I first started flying commercial aircraft the DC3 was the >predominate vehicle. > > ...Jim Thompson I flew in a C47 during the week I was in the Navy. It was horrible... web seats, noisy as hell with no insulation, and like a furnace when parked on the runway running the engines up and down, which they seemed to enjoy doing. John
From: Phat Bytestard on 5 Aug 2006 19:30 On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 21:42:00 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> Gave us: > > >John Woodgate wrote: > >> In message <ecu9d2ll11uhp2l1ka33ccthgpfmvdkuc2(a)4ax.com>, dated Sat, 5 >> Aug 2006, Phat Bytestard <phatbytestard(a)getinmahharddrive.org> writes >> >As the oldest still in service airframe in history. >> >> Well, maybe by 2040, but there are some real oldies still flying now. >> WW1 stuff. > >Plus, the ones to be retired in 2040 won't be 80 yrs old. > Sure they will. Production stopped on those planes decades ago, and they have since merely been upgraded.
From: Phat Bytestard on 5 Aug 2006 19:31 On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 21:47:19 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> Gave us: >Yes I do indeed. Israel's won plenty of *real* wars with its neighbours before without >your help. Bullshit. They have had our help the whole time they have been a nation, dumbass. Not to mention an allied nation.
From: Phat Bytestard on 5 Aug 2006 19:36
On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 21:56:51 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> Gave us: >" ONE of our delivery devices is the Trident II, and it is far more advanced than its ancestor. " >Clearly implying you thought we had the previous version. Not at all. You are the idiot that said trident, not trident II. |