AVR-Chat

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, Zack Widup <w9sz@...> wrote:
>
> ... 
> Some employees love radio amateurs because they're interested and 
> dedicated.  Others don't because they "steal parts" and "borrow the 
lab 
> equipment all the time". I think I'd rather have an employee who 
loved his 
> work than someone who was just there for a paycheck, no matter what 
the 
> field of work is.

LOL!  Here it went:

Chief: Stefan?
me: yes?
C: I've heard you are a HAM radio operator?
me: yes, why?
C: So, you have some knowledge with high frequencies?
me: so to say.... :-)
C: Well, then you're our EMI specialist now...

From then on I had to go to the external lab to get all the necessary 
tests done (burst, surge, radiation, ...) and test reports written 
before our equipment can be sold. Sometimes annoying (when you have 
problems to solve with your own project and must go for tests with 
some colleagues equipment) but also very interesting. And being 
familiar with things like stubs, pi filters, ferrites and such is 
really helpful when some boxes leak or are susceptible at certain 
distinct frequencies.

64+-9 de DD6FM
Stefan