There is one area a field engineer will show up mucho pronto - any issue
involving GPS. We had a situation in Greenville, SC several years ago with
pilots complaining about what looked to them like the GPS was being jammed.
After initial investigations, a call was made to the FCC in Atlanta, and the
next day he was here driving around in a interestingly outfitted car. The
interior compartment, including the glass, was designed to make it RF tight.
The only signals arriving inside the car and test equipment came from
externally mounted antennas. At that time, there were only one of those cars to
cover the entire Southeast, and one operator.
One of Bill Clinton's endeavors with the federal government was to change it to
a social club of sorts. It became necessary to hire as needed, individuals who
would fill out the social makeup of gender, race, and sexual orientation. If a
highly qualified Caucasian male was hired or promoted, a letter had to be
written, outlining why any member of the aforementioned groups, was not
selected for a position. Today, in many technical jobs the government is
involved in, management and upper management meets the social goals, but are
mostly full of incompetents. The FCC is in that group. So is the FAA, which
is a good reason to drive yourself or take the train.
Charlie, W4MEC in NC
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