[BC] Old Farts

[Larry Bloomfield]

I went to ET school at Treasure Island, San Francisco. Nearly all the 
way through the Radar Phase, I had to go in for an operation on my tale 
bone - it was a cyst. (no funny comments - I straight - usually :-) ) 
When I got done with that - 4 months later, I went back and they put me 
in the Communications Phase, so I had both. I was an ET(N) who had ET(R) 
training. Perhaps that's why I was one of the few 3rd class ETs who drew 
Pro Pay. Remember that? I recall fixing many FTs radar when they had 
trouble. Part of this is because I was also a college grad with an ET 
(Electronics Technology) degree. I spent 3 years at Stanford (couldn't 
afford the last year) and graduated from San Fernando Valley State 
College (now Cal State Northridge). Like many in this business, I've not 
made a great deal of money, but I sure do love what I do and have done.

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Larry Bloomfield, KA6UTC
1980 25th St.
Florence, OR 97439
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http://www.Tech-Notes.tv
See you on the Taste of
NAB 2007 Road Show



Dennis Cope wrote:
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>
> My electronics training was in the Navy - 1966. We had 41 weeks of tube
> based stuff, then 1 last week of transistors with the promise that "you may
> be seeing some of these in the future".
>
>
> Larry, you must of gone to FT school.  I went in 69 to Great Lakes, like you
> said, it was mostly tubes but
> we had a RSPE (Radar Signal Processing Equipment.) that was all solid state
> (gasp) and got training on it.
> Oops I'm not sure if it's still classified information.
>
> Dennis
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