My buddy Dave has been pestering me to SUBSCRIBE to this newsletter for
over a year now.

My name is Steve Wilke, I've been involved on and off in aviation since I
was a kid.

I spent over 20 years in Aerospace & Defense, both active duty in the
Marines and as a civilian working on the radar and missile systems of such
aircraft as the F-4J/S Phantom II, the F14A/F14D Tomcat, the F-15 Eagle, F/A-18
Hornet, the YF-22 prototype, the AMRAAM Missile, and many other very fun
toys.

I decided to subscribe because I am concerned about people using
commercial-grade parts in an aviation environment.  At the very least, they  should
be using automotive-spec parts, but most preferably mil-spec parts.

I have a feeling that many of your newsletter readers/posters are not aware
of what happens during "load dumps", such as turning off your landing
lights.  You can get pretty high voltage "spike" transients on the  electrical
system (>60v) when you suddenly turn off a heavy load.   This will wipe out
circuits that don't have protection against such transients,  particularly
those like the 4000 series CMOS.

I really don't care so much for the "newsletter" type of things; it would
be preferable to have everything on a forum - it is so much easier to
maintain  continuity that way.

I have been a member of "AllAboutCircuits.com" as "SgtWookie" for several
years - and I have managed to accumulate more posts than any other member,
by a  long shot.

Anyway, rather long - I guess "SUBSCRIBE" would've been adequate.

Regards,
Steve in Orlando.