Thread: "Transmission Design Assistant"
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Unread 15-09-2005, 23:50
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Re: "Transmission Design Assistant"
Well, here I go deviating from the flow of the thread again.

My personal opinion is that in this case it is one of those "calculators make you stupid" scenarios. I think some teams may rely on magical spreadsheets so much that they don't know what is actually happening to the numbers behind the scenes. While they are great for some, my personal opinion is that sometimes these spreadsheets can be detrimental to the technical/design ability of some people/teams. I prefer to "run the numbers" the good ol' fashion way because I actually know what is going on and have a better understanding of why the numbers are what they are.

I say this with nothing against the creators of these spreadsheets; I want to make sure that is certain. These tools are wonderful resources for some people, just not for me I guess.

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