Editor's Note

June 13, 2012
While all of us at Microwaves & RF appreciate the passion Mssrs. Polivka and Monzello have brought to this debate, we must eventually free our "Feedback" section for other contributors. Hence, we invited both authors to contribute their final comments ...

While all of us at Microwaves & RF appreciate the passion Mssrs. Polivka and Monzello have brought to this debate, we must eventually free our "Feedback" section for other contributors. Hence, we invited both authors to contribute their final comments on the subject, which are printed above. We would like to thank both Mr. Polivka and Mr. Monzello for their input during this exchange.

Jack Browne
Technical Contributor

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