A very interesting view. I never this before. The opposite.
In the old days, 1960's, a young kid who started with a ham license as a
young teenager, could have a great summer job in Broadcasting at 18, if you
got your first phone. Again, a union shop in a major market.
I have also heard
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When I got a job
Got my First Phone in 1973. It has generated several employment
opportunities for me. However, having an Amateur license has opened even
more opportunities.
Got out of the Air Force in 1974 and went looking for a job in broadcast
radio. One local station was looking for an engineer.
When I got a job in the 1970's at a big LMR shop in Southern
California, they told me they almost didn't hire me because I
had an Amateur Radio License. They were unimpressed by most
ham's skills.
Al Wolfe wrote:
Got my First Phone in 1973. It has generated several employment
At 06:00 PM 3/31/2010, AA8K73 GMail wrote:
When I got a job in the 1970's at a big LMR shop in Southern
California, they told me they almost didn't hire me because I
had an Amateur Radio License. They were unimpressed by most
ham's skills.
---Been a ham since 1967 (at the ripe old age of
Nothing personal about you Ken, just my experience
was different. My ham license was not an advantage.
I got my first ham license in 1961. I was hired in 1975.
In 1973 I got my Amateur Extra when you had to have
a full minute of 20 WPM error-less CW both receiving
and sending (which I did
Being an old school guy, I have to admit a certain bias against General RT
holders and even the new codeless ham guys. I've seen many General RT holders
who couldn't tune a broadcast radio to a local station let alone work on a
genuine 2-way radio. So sue me.. I'm only human :-)
Yes! So
Being an old school guy, I have to admit a certain bias against General RT
holders and even the new codeless ham guys. I've seen many General RT holders
who couldn't tune a broadcast radio to a local station let alone work on a
genuine 2-way radio. So sue me.. I'm only human :-)
Yes! So have I;
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