[Elecraft] The Technical Side of Ham Radio

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On Thu, 29 Oct 2015, at 23:39:56  Jim K9YC wrote:
> I AM an EE, but I also taught for five years (at DeVry in
> Chicago), and my goal has always been to try to make complicated things
> easier to understand.

I've worked in EMC since retiring from the Army in  1983 (was an 
avionics instructor there for 4 years myself), and  been up and down the 
ladder in engineering positions (best paid was 5 years as R&D's  EMC 
design engineer at Alacatel USA in Petaluma; most interesting a 
2-turned-8-months contract in Washington working on AED's). This, 
despite never did taking any college engineering courses or getting a 
degree. Playing with electronics since I was a kid was a good start, and 
21 years in comms and avionics in the Army encouraged troubleshooting 
skills and understanding. I still got an occasional contract (a couple 
earlier this year) since retiring at GE Aviation; experience teaches 
lessons most  degree programs don't.


The HPJIE paid for some cool if ancient test equipment; directional 
couplers, scopes to monitor RF envelopes  counters and SA's to look at 
the spectrum as needed (and be sure my local extended band AMBC station 
goes to nighttime power on schedule and their coax doesn't  arc over again).

The questions might be on the test, but the ANSWERS are wild in the 
world, you know?

Cortland
KA5S