[BC] Re: How we got our first break in radio....

[Jerry Mathis]

Jonathan,

We can tell how long people have been in Radio just by observing how they
act around their transmitter.

If you ask what parameter that meter is reading, you've been an Engineer for
two days.

If you ask if that meter is reading correctly, you've been an Engineer for
two weeks.

If you have finally screwed up the courage to actually touch the tuning
controls on the transmitter, you've been an Engineer for two months.

If you verbally threaten that you're going to smash that meter if it doesn't
start reading what it's supposed to, you've been an Engineer for two years.

When you start talking to your transmitter like it's a little child ("Uncle
Jon will make it OK") or treat it as a sex object ("whack a well mannered TX
on the rump and tell her that she is a
good girl"), then you've been an Engineer for TOO LONG!  :D

--
Jerry Mathis

On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Kevin C. Kidd CSRE/AMD <
kkbroadcastengineering at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Jonathan,
>
> Do you wake up in the middle of the night wondering why the crap
> something was designed as it was and immediately think that you can
> improve on it?
>
> <snip>