[Hallicrafters] Re: Nobody wants to be a "technician" anymore

[rbethman]

That seems a "bit" odd.

As I am a graduate of the U.S. Army nuclear Power Program - Mid '70s.  
Classical Physics, Nuclear Physics, Health Physics, Mechanical Eng, and 
Elec Eng.

NCOs ran and maintained the plants, officers ONLY signed off on what we did.

Look up SM-1, MH-1A. PM-2, and McMurdo Station's PM-3a

I did NOT see the GO/NO GO mentality hit until about 1980.

We were the "contractors" that packed up and went to the far flung 
reaches of the Earth.

Retired 1988, Sr. NcO

Howard Weeks wrote:
> Prior to the middle 60s or so, the Army used to teach the theory 
> supporting the repair of many communication items.  Before then, it 
> was a good place to go to learn the basics.  
>
> Starting in the late 60s, the bean counters and efficiency experts 
> (?) got involved and they began to gut the courses.  Essentially, 
> they do not teach the theory behind anything these days.  Basically, 
> they teach the repairman to read the manual and follow the trouble 
> shooting charts.  Without the manual, they are completely useless.  
> With it, they are not much better.  Today, they are nothing more than 
> "module changers".  Unless something has changed recently, and I am 
> sure it hasn't, they do not teach system level trouble shooting or 
> diagnosis.  With the increasing use of router and switch based 
> digital communications systems, that is not a trivial problem.  
>
> Today, the Army takes a truck load of contractors to the field with 
> them to do the system level diagnosis and required repairs.  
>
> It "ain't" what it used to be!
>
> Howard
>
> On 31 Mar 2008 at 19:05, Ron Lawrence W4RON wrote:
>
>   
>> Yep I agree completely.
>> I've been working in the electrical, electronic, equipment
>> design field for more than 35 years. I started with electronics
>> class in high school, went to Air Force Crypto School,
>> took classes at the local community collage and learned
>>     
>
> Howard Weeks
> Harlem, GA 
> K5JCP
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