Re: Batteries - EV Conversion

"Jim Wilkins"  wrote in message news:vq1kqn$plf3$1@dont-email.me...

A disdain for hands-on technician work was fairly common among electrical engineers,

Amateur radio is an exception, an operator might be the chief engineer at a large tech company or even the King of Jordan, and amateur experimentation was sometimes at the leading edge of technology, such as tracking Sputnik.
https://www.onallbands.com/amateur-radio-history-hams-inspired-by-sputnik-1-built-oscar-1-2-and-3-satellites-taking-amateur-radio-into-space/
"A ham himself, the Air Force chief set aside space on the Discover 36 KH-3 Corona surveillance satellite in the aft of the payload (where a ballast was normally kept) for the candidly-titled OSCAR-1 (Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio) satellite to hitch a ride on its history-making space debut."
https://brightascension.com/what-is-a-cubesat/