42 Years in Electronics Servicing .74 Years old. Started in Tampa, Fla after graduating from Tampa TV Labs, Now Tampa Technical Institute in 1957 . Took the Radiotelephone 2nd Class.passed, but failed the First Class. Went to Paris, France & worked as an Civilian Radio Tech. Got Sick. came back to the States on an Ocean liner & Studied all the way, & passed the 1st Class Telephone. In New York City at the FCC. Sister lived in Sarasota,Fla. Took an job with Coastal Communications in Sarasota (An GESS) worked on the GE progress lines, which I loved until the GE TPL came along And the Sarasota PD had those( bad News) Went to work for Goff Communiacations an Motorola MSS & introduced to the T41GGV,T & other Units, Then the Motrac came along(Transistors) Went to School At the Community College for that & taught the other Techs how to work with Transistors. Then the Dispatcher came along. VHF ok, But UHF some problems. Then The Micor.Not bad. Over the Years, had some fantastic jobs, but you are probably getting bored at this old Codgers Remenicing.
Wesley AB8KD P.S, Still have a GE Prog Line on 42.96Mhz on the old GESS frequency
