>Yes, I planned on discussing the appropriate applications for each
>amplifier class. I don't expect my tutorial to make seasoned RF designers
>out of people, just to help beginners over some of the "humps" that they
>encounter in trying to understand RF work.

This is what the ARRL Handbood, the Ham's 'Bible', is about. The older ones
are less technical and are worth checking out - circa 1980

>> A lot of competant men (and women) schooled in solid
>> state physics and semiconductor fabrication as well as
>> practical engineers versed in the practical experience of
>> RF amp design have spent countless hours putting
>> together those design guides and data manuals. The
>> 'selection' of device based on arbitrary parameters
>> described coldly in a text on design or in a short paper
>> will be pressed to do really do this topic justice (no
>> offense) without 'shorting' some aspect of this art.

Ham's, Hackers and Hobbyists don't need that. BTW got my latest Globalnet
newsletter today:

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I should drop in and query the experts about radio-solitons, Bessel beams
and x-waves. Be nice if an engineer could explain the U1 and SU(2) groups.
Perhaps its just including the transient response of space-time with
Maxwell's steady state equations?

Scott

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