I must say, anyone can turn wrenches and squeeze an engine in there.

(Well, no, not true 'cause I can't - I SURE couldn't mess with a clutch.)

But electronics, down to the component level was my job for 29 years. I've worked on vacuum tube transmitters (even built one from the ground up at age 16), I've done component-level repair on everything from tubes to SMD. I've designed countless DC-level comparators, logic array and have an extensive background in RF, from 5 watt ham stuff to 21,000 watt broadcast transmitters. I've fought and won battles against intermod and various interference problems.

But taking on what you have taken on amazes me. When I first met Rudy I had NO clue what was between those ears, and now you are the up-start kid following behind him.

This thread has fascinated me - and I hoped you'd get to this day, you did, and with less help than I imagined.

I have to ask: What the hell do you do for a living?