ABSTRACT
As a starting point let us now rephrase the position that was developed in the preface and the introductory Chapter 1 by means of a negation. “Building the ultimate beast” is a standing expression in the EPR community to describe microwave physics and engineering research activities to push the possibilities of EPR spectrometers beyond extant specifications. On the contrary, our goal is rather not to build the ultimate beast but to befriend the spectrometer as a thoroughly domesticated, useful animal.
