I had a boss at JPL that used a similar saying: "If its good enough
to do right, its good enough to do imperfect", meaning to finish it
versus making it perfect but never getting there.
I have a Drake MN2000 tuner waiting for a 8877 to be
built. Actually, I will use it with the CCI 300w sspa.
Ed - KL7UW
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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:59:33 -0800
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Milt Sullivan, RL Drake Chief Engineer, SK
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Milt was a good guy. I believe his title was VP of Engineering when I
was there 1976-1979. Even though he was supposed to be an executive at
that point he still loved to get his hands dirty. I remember him coming
up with creative ideas to solve engineering problems on some designs I
was working on at the time. For example, the MN2700 kilowatt antenna
tuner required some high-voltage, high-current fixed capacitors. We
were quoted a ridiculously high price and a 6-month lead time by the
vendor. So we figured out a way to make our own capacitors from Teflon
printed circuit board (for low loss / high Q) spray-painted with Q dope
to prevent corona discharge.
Milt was a realist about project management. He was very aware that
engineers have a tendency to try to design everything to perfection,
regardless of the schedule or cost. He had a sign over his desk that
read, "Good enough is better than perfect."
Alan N1AL
73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
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