1997-present XYZ***
Technical Services , OH
Field Engineer
All aspects of shipping / receiving as pertain to the project / location
Invent tooling as necessary
Install subassemblies
Interconnected subassemblies into a cohesive whole
Obtain final acceptance from clients
Wrote documentation
Extensive travel
expenses, hotels, rental cars, etc.
XYZ*** Radio Network,
Dallas, Texas
Project leader - coordinate installation team(s)
All aspects of scheduling, ordering, building, installing as
related to the project at hand.
Made, implemented, suggested, field changes as necessary
Pulling wire, cabling, interconnect, and trunk.
Responsible for hiring and firing assembly sub-contractors
Liaison between trades
Final testing of the integrated systems as a whole.
XYZ*** Communications,
various locations
Project leader - coordinate installation team(s)
Worked with digital, analog, hybrid equipment
Built, tested, approved screened room(s)
Built, inspected, moved, repaired, designed RF transmitter sites
Personally did rigging, and relate well to riggers in nearly
all circumstances.
Installed, tested, designed RF penetrations
Install, repair, troubleshoot, specify, RF transmitters
Transmitter start-ups and calibrations
Did final tune-ups and final inspections
Resolved spurious emissions and interference problems.
Coordinated moves of stations
Generated, approved, and disproved, change orders
Generated project budgets, ECO's
Participated in original design phases of all aspects of various projects
Made, suggested, wrote, implemented field changes
Install / troubleshoot computer networks
Data recovery ( various )
1995-1997 A Christian
Broadcaster Inc. OH
Chief Engineer - Translator Division
Overall responsibility for 96 FM translators.
Coordinated conversion of 58 stations using unqualified
personnel in 5 days.
Built, tuned, installed multi-cavity broadband filters.
Redesigned off-air translators
Interfacing with engineering ( ECR's ) and manufacturing
Redesigned satellite fed translators
Responsible for division inventory
Manufactured ID boxes
1992-1995 A Christian
Broadcaster OH
Engineering Consultant
Personally wrote the network operations manual.
Support Consultant for Translator Division
Support Consultant for Radio
Moved, built, or rebuilt up to 40 radio stations including AM, FM,
and translator stations.
Develop and maintain contact with equipment suppliers
Consulting on OEM changes in their products.
Advanced design and prototyping of various automation products.
Resolved problems on four of the directional AM stations.
Specified and oversaw change of the transmitting antenna at W***-FM
in Chicago area, Illinois.
Resolved conflicts between companies in Camden NJ.
1988-1992 A Christian
Broadcaster OH
Chief Engineer
Filled the position of Chief Operator for 3 stations
simultaneously
Responsible for 6 other AM stations and 5 other FM stations
Ran W*** for four years single handedly
Supervised several assistants.
Installation of satellite systems.
1988-1989 Self OH
Contract Maintenance Engineer
W***-FM XYZ*** College, Ohio.
W***-AM XYZ*** Broadcasting, Ohio.
W***-AM A Christian Broadcaster, Cleveland, Ohio.
1985-1988 A Commercial
Broadcaster OH
Assistant Engineer
Responsible for Studio maintenance.
Responsible for setting up for remote broadcasts.
Primary on call engineer.
Worked on outside projects including the Corum antenna project
Built prototype automation system.
Swept floors.
1984-1985 XYZ***
Custom Electronics. OH
Repair Technician
Machine tool repair
Machine operator
1983-1985 XYZ***
OH
Electronics Bench Technician
Two-way business radio repair
Portable pager repair
1981-1983 TV repair
OH
Electronics Technician
Consumer electronics repair
Other experience
1973-1983 Various
positions OH
XYZ*** Technical Institute - Instructor
XYZ*** Amateur Radio Club - Instructor
programming - Z-80 assembler language Applesoft Basic(non MS).
software design.
Apple Lisa using machine serial number 3
machinist
experimental motor vehicles, including race cars and motorcycles.
experimental antenna designs
Interests
Computer software development and testing in all stages.
Still experiment with motored vehicles building experimental components
as needed.
Publications
Commenter of record before the Federal Communications Commission
Computer software published at the request of Creative Computing Press.