[BC] HAMS

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On May 9, 2008, at 8:57 PM, rameuser at tmo.blackberry.net wrote:

>
> I have always been very careful about hiring hams. There are some who 
> are very skilled and talented. There are others who are and should be 
> kept away from anything electrical.


I'll say that for some engineers I know.  I am a ham, and have NO 
tolerance for crappy unorthodox work


> At work we have an amateur radio society. We have our own repeater and 
> a ham shack equipped to operate on almost every band HF through 23 cm.
>
> All our equipment and antennae is installed around active broadcast 
> systems. Some in our group are happy to have our internal engineering 
> do the major installs (especially antenna systems) so they conform to 
> the same engineering, mechanical and safety standards as the broadcast 
> systems.
>

I think I would be VERY glad for that to happen.


> A few, though, want treat the installs the same as they would at home 
> without regard to the other broadcast systems around. They feel you 
> are not a real ham unless you do everything yourself. The latter is 
> the type of Ham I would avoid hiring.
>
> Don,t get me wrong, experimenting and home brewing is a very enjoyable 
> part of the hobby. It is just you need to keep your dead bug proto 
> board at home and not in the broadcast environment.  Some people get 
> that while others do not.
>

I've seen that in non ham engineers. UGH!


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