On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:00:06 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:48:50 GMT, "JB" wrote:

Excellent post.

Thanks. I'll add one more notch on my LCD frame.

The problem with QEX is not enough submissions.

Well, they rejected one of mine many years ago. The problem was they
never really said why. When I pressed the editor, he replied that he
had enough submissions of sufficient quality. I tried again later and
had it rejected because I wasn't an ARRL member at the time (because I
was broke). I don't know what was going on, but I wasn't thrilled and
never bothered again.

As for the
QST AM mods, I was thinking that was ATV, but maybe you were talking about
something else.

Something else was converting commercial land mobile FM radios from
WBFM or later NBFM to AM (A3A) modulation. Mostly, it was adding a
low level modulation circuit, and converting the power stages from
Class C to Class A or AB. To me, it was a little like publishing an
article today on converting a Prius Hybrid automobile to only run on
gasoline.

The same applies to QST. If there aren't enough
submissions, the only recourse is to hire writers to do columns or fill the
empiness with drivel and ads like 73.

Probably true. I submitted an article in about 2002 on using the
audio time delay through a repeater to do hyperbolic (Loran A style)
vehicle location. I forgot why it was rejected because I ended up in
the hospital and my memory from that period is rather muddled. When I
inquired about the submission a year later, they said that they
couldn't find it or that it was lost. Then, I mentioned that I still
wasn't an ARRL member and all communications ceased.

The best things to come out of 73 was
the Star Trek communicator clone and Byte magazine. I hate how Ham Radio
magazine died out.

73 published Joe Moell's column on amateur radio direction finding. To
me, it was worth the price of a subscription. Before I tossed my
archives, I ripped out and saved most of these issues. Wanna build a
rotating antenna direction finder? The only references in ham radio
land you'll find are in these 73 magazine issues. Same with various
microwave columns. I could have done without Wayne Green's endless
editorials.

I was President of the local ham club for a while, and
wound up doing the newletter too. For the three or four years of that, I
only got 3 submissions from the membership. All the rest I had to either
pull out of my A** every month or go around like a reporter and interrogate
people.

Our current newsletter editor complains about the same thing.
http://www.k6bj.org
Still, he manages to produce a superior ham radio newsletter. I used
to submit irregular technical articles and obnoxious opinionated radio
politix articles. However, one article that I spend considerable time
writing was butchered beyond recognition. When I asked for an
explanation, I got nothing. So, no more articles from me.

On the other hand - What neat inventions can we come up with to share with
the World, so it can be exploited and give reason to take more of our
spectrum?

It probably shouldn't be an invention. More likely, an unusual or
interesting application of some existing technology. Your ATV camera
for disaster services is a good example. Direction finding is still a
common problem (i.e. stuck public safety transmitters). Perhaps
demonstrating how some of the dumb|great ideas originating out FCC can
be made to work (i.e. white space, ultra narrow band FM, on the fly
TDMA, etc). I could think of lots of useful things to build, design,
buy, or analyze.

Interesting to note how public safety volunteers showed Los
Angeles Sheriff how neat ATV was and they turned around and petitioned the
FCC for those frequencies.

We had some floods a few years ago. The levee broke along the Pajaro
river. One of our members has a helicopter and volunteered to fly an
ATV camera over the area for the sheriff. On screen was GPS position
in APRS format. Everything worked and everyone was suitably
impressed. Then, nothing. No clue exactly why, but my guess is that
homebrew is not funded by Homeland Security.

Oh well, we will probably all be shot in head by the next regime because we
are an irritation.

Nope. We will all be promoted to a position of responsibility, where
we will be setup to fail, thus demonstrating that technologists are no
better at running the country than politicians, crooks, bureaucrats,
and thugs.

How very weird. I am the pretty much acknowledged top technologist in
my workplace. Yet i cannot get promoted.

YMMV

On Nov 30, 6:55*pm, JosephKK wrote:
On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:00:06 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:



On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:48:50 GMT, "JB" wrote:

Excellent post.

Thanks. *I'll add one more notch on my LCD frame.

The problem with QEX is not enough submissions.

Well, they rejected one of mine many years ago. *The problem was they
never really said why. *When I pressed the editor, he replied that he
had enough submissions of sufficient quality. *I tried again later and
had it rejected because I wasn't an ARRL member at the time (because I
was broke). *I don't know what was going on, but I wasn't thrilled and
never bothered again.

As for the
QST AM mods, *I was thinking that was ATV, but maybe you were talking about
something else.

Something else was converting commercial land mobile FM radios from
WBFM or later NBFM to AM (A3A) modulation. *Mostly, it was adding a
low level modulation circuit, and converting the power stages from
Class C to Class A or AB. *To me, it was a little like publishing an
article today on converting a Prius Hybrid automobile to only run on
gasoline.

The same applies to QST. *If there aren't enough
submissions, the only recourse is to hire writers to do columns or fill the
empiness with drivel and ads like 73.

Probably true. *I submitted an article in about 2002 on using the
audio time delay through a repeater to do hyperbolic (Loran A style)
vehicle location. *I forgot why it was rejected because I ended up in
the hospital and my memory from that period is rather muddled. *When I
inquired about the submission a year later, they said that they
couldn't find it or that it was lost. *Then, I mentioned that I still
wasn't an ARRL member and all communications ceased.

The best things to come out of 73 was
the Star Trek communicator clone and Byte magazine. *I hate how Ham Radio
magazine died out.

73 published Joe Moell's column on amateur radio direction finding. To
me, it was worth the price of a subscription. *Before I tossed my
archives, I ripped out and saved most of these issues. *Wanna build a
rotating antenna direction finder? *The only references in ham radio
land you'll find are in these 73 magazine issues. *Same with various
microwave columns. *I could have done without Wayne Green's endless
editorials.

I was President of the local ham club for a while, and
wound up doing the newletter too. *For the three or four years of that, I
only got 3 submissions from the membership. *All the rest I had to either
pull out of my A** every month or go around like a reporter and interrogate
people.

Our current newsletter editor complains about the same thing.
http://www.k6bj.org
Still, he manages to produce a superior ham radio newsletter. *I used
to submit irregular technical articles and obnoxious opinionated radio
politix articles. *However, one article that I spend considerable time
writing was butchered beyond recognition. *When I asked for an
explanation, I got nothing. *So, no more articles from me.

On the other hand - What neat inventions can we come up with to share with
the World, so it can be exploited and give reason to take more of our
spectrum?

It probably shouldn't be an invention. *More likely, an unusual or
interesting application of some existing technology. *Your ATV camera
for disaster services is a good example. *Direction finding is still a
common problem (i.e. stuck public safety transmitters). *Perhaps
demonstrating how some of the dumb|great ideas originating out FCC can
be made to work (i.e. white space, ultra narrow band FM, on the fly
TDMA, etc). *I could think of lots of useful things to build, design,
buy, or analyze.

Interesting to note how public safety volunteers showed Los
Angeles Sheriff how neat ATV was and they turned around and petitioned the
FCC for those frequencies.

We had some floods a few years ago. *The levee broke along the Pajaro
river. *One of our members has a helicopter and volunteered to fly an
ATV camera over the area for the sheriff. *On screen was GPS position
in APRS format. *Everything worked and everyone was suitably
impressed. *Then, nothing. *No clue exactly why, but my guess is that
homebrew is not funded by Homeland Security.

Oh well, we will probably all be shot in head by the next regime because we
are an irritation.

Nope. *We will all be promoted to a position of responsibility, where
we will be setup to fail, thus demonstrating that technologists are no
better at running the country than politicians, crooks, bureaucrats,
and thugs.

How very weird. *I am the pretty much acknowledged top technologist in
my workplace. *Yet i cannot get promoted.

YMMV

If you exercise free speech then you divulge to all what you are and
who you are.!

Art Unwin wrote:

...
If you exercise free speech then you divulge to all what you are and
who you are.!

Hmmm, you are very correct. However, that "free speech" might just have
been some "canned crap" he picked up ...

Regards,
JS

Art Unwin wrote:

If you exercise free speech then you divulge to all what you are and
who you are.!

Please divulge full legal name, birthdate and birthplace, SSN, address,
telephone number, mothers maiden name and all bank account and credit card
numbers.

--
Jim Pennino

Remove .spam.sux to reply.

On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:05:01 GMT, wrote:

Art Unwin wrote:

If you exercise free speech then you divulge to all what you are and
who you are.!

Please divulge full legal name, birthdate and birthplace, SSN, address,
telephone number, mothers maiden name and all bank account and credit card
numbers.

I installed pop off legs a long time ago.

JosephKK wrote:

...
How very weird. I am the pretty much acknowledged top technologist in
my workplace. Yet i cannot get promoted.

YMMV

Well, I really hate to break this to you, don't look for a
recommendation from me ...

How about anyone else?

Regards,
JS

On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:55:02 -0800, JosephKK
wrote:

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:00:06 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:
Nope. We will all be promoted to a position of responsibility, where
we will be setup to fail, thus demonstrating that technologists are no
better at running the country than politicians, crooks, bureaucrats,
and thugs.

How very weird. I am the pretty much acknowledged top technologist in
my workplace. Yet i cannot get promoted.
YMMV

That's because nobody has found a reason to want you to fail. There
can be many reasons for this. Optimistically, you have a well managed
company, that keeps people in positions where they are best suited.
That's rather rare as most companies will follow the Peter's Principle
method of promotion (rise to your level of incompetence).

Another possibility is that you have successfully eliminated any and
all competition for your position, thus making find a replacement
impossible. Unless you have a suitable replacement trained and
waiting, most companies will not your promotion to create vacuum.

In some companies, a promotion is tracked by a raise in salary and
benefits. In some countries and companies, it's actually impossible
to get a raise without a change of title. Perhaps your company needs
to manufacture a suitable position and title for your promotion? Note:
Assassinating your boss is not a viable option.

It's also possible that you have hit the glass ceiling, where
promotion is no longer possible. For example, many family owned
companies will not promote non-family members beyond a certain point.
If you're the wrong race, religion, sex, age, or nationality, you will
have problems getting a promotion. Same with failing to join the
correct country club, attending semi-mandatory social occasions,
wearing the wrong style clothes, attending the wrong church, and
generally sticking out like a sore thumb. Conformity pays well.

It's conceivable that you also lack sufficient initiative to obtain a
promotion. Many managers assume that someone that keeps their mouth
shut, does not need a promotion. Leaving your resume floating around
your desk is great way to either indicate that it's time to move up or
move out. Unfortunately, it can also get you fired, so use this trick
sparingly.

Anyway, if you need advice on what NOT to do in order to get promoted,
I have a long list of personal experiences that eventually inspired me
to become self-employed. I can't say that it was the right decision
from the financial point of view. However, I can say that I probably
saved a few companies from self destruction by removing myself from
their management structure.

--
Jeff Liebermann
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

On Nov 30, 8:26*pm, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:55:02 -0800, JosephKK
wrote:

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:00:06 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:
Nope. *We will all be promoted to a position of responsibility, where
we will be setup to fail, thus demonstrating that technologists are no
better at running the country than politicians, crooks, bureaucrats,
and thugs.
How very weird. *I am the pretty much acknowledged top technologist in
my workplace. *Yet i cannot get promoted.
YMMV

That's because nobody has found a reason to want you to fail. *There
can be many reasons for this. *Optimistically, you have a well managed
company, that keeps people in positions where they are best suited.
That's rather rare as most companies will follow the Peter's Principle
method of promotion (rise to your level of incompetence). *

Another possibility is that you have successfully eliminated any and
all competition for your position, thus making find a replacement
impossible. *Unless you have a suitable replacement trained and
waiting, most companies will not your promotion to create vacuum. *

In some companies, a promotion is tracked by a raise in salary and
benefits. *In some countries and companies, it's actually impossible
to get a raise without a change of title. *Perhaps your company needs
to manufacture a suitable position and title for your promotion? Note:
Assassinating your boss is not a viable option.

It's also possible that you have hit the glass ceiling, where
promotion is no longer possible. *For example, many family owned
companies will not promote non-family members beyond a certain point.
If you're the wrong race, religion, sex, age, or nationality, you will
have problems getting a promotion. *Same with failing to join the
correct country club, attending semi-mandatory social occasions,
wearing the wrong style clothes, attending the wrong church, and
generally sticking out like a sore thumb. *Conformity pays well.

It's conceivable that you also lack sufficient initiative to obtain a
promotion. *Many managers assume that someone that keeps their mouth
shut, does not need a promotion. *Leaving your resume floating around
your desk is great way to either indicate that it's time to move up or
move out. *Unfortunately, it can also get you fired, so use this trick
sparingly.

Anyway, if you need advice on what NOT to do in order to get promoted,
I have a long list of personal experiences that eventually inspired me
to become self-employed. *I can't say that it was the right decision
from the financial point of view. *However, I can say that I probably
saved a few companies from self destruction by removing myself from
their management structure.

--
Jeff Liebermann * *
150 Felker St #D * *http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann * * AE6KS * *831-336-2558

My best friend H B Mutter N3CBW had a position of one of three
military top judges
where he was on call for any major criminal case which could involve
the maximum
sentence. However as a Judge he had his own ideas of morality that
sometimes clashed
with beaucrasy but he always held to his guns which is why I respected
him so much.
Eventually he was offered a generous retirement based on a perceived
malady, so in the end he won.
This was the only way out available to beaurocracy, the common man
does not have such leverage
and is blown away. He now lies at Arlington cemetary bless his soul, I
miss him so much
Art Unwin KB9MZ.....xg

On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:26:33 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:

On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:55:02 -0800, JosephKK
wrote:

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:00:06 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:
Nope. We will all be promoted to a position of responsibility, where
we will be setup to fail, thus demonstrating that technologists are no
better at running the country than politicians, crooks, bureaucrats,
and thugs.

How very weird. I am the pretty much acknowledged top technologist in
my workplace. Yet i cannot get promoted.
YMMV

That's because nobody has found a reason to want you to fail. There
can be many reasons for this. Optimistically, you have a well managed
company, that keeps people in positions where they are best suited.
That's rather rare as most companies will follow the Peter's Principle
method of promotion (rise to your level of incompetence).

Another possibility is that you have successfully eliminated any and
all competition for your position, thus making find a replacement
impossible. Unless you have a suitable replacement trained and
waiting, most companies will not your promotion to create vacuum.

In some companies, a promotion is tracked by a raise in salary and
benefits. In some countries and companies, it's actually impossible
to get a raise without a change of title. Perhaps your company needs
to manufacture a suitable position and title for your promotion? Note:
Assassinating your boss is not a viable option.

It's also possible that you have hit the glass ceiling, where
promotion is no longer possible. For example, many family owned
companies will not promote non-family members beyond a certain point.
If you're the wrong race, religion, sex, age, or nationality, you will
have problems getting a promotion. Same with failing to join the
correct country club, attending semi-mandatory social occasions,
wearing the wrong style clothes, attending the wrong church, and
generally sticking out like a sore thumb. Conformity pays well.

It's conceivable that you also lack sufficient initiative to obtain a
promotion. Many managers assume that someone that keeps their mouth
shut, does not need a promotion. Leaving your resume floating around
your desk is great way to either indicate that it's time to move up or
move out. Unfortunately, it can also get you fired, so use this trick
sparingly.

Anyway, if you need advice on what NOT to do in order to get promoted,
I have a long list of personal experiences that eventually inspired me
to become self-employed. I can't say that it was the right decision
from the financial point of view. However, I can say that I probably
saved a few companies from self destruction by removing myself from
their management structure.

Good stuff. I think i need to reconsider hanging out my own shingle.
It is not the best time out there versus a stable position though.

On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:50:59 -0800, JosephKK
wrote:

Good stuff. I think i need to reconsider hanging out my own shingle.
It is not the best time out there versus a stable position though.

Maybe. I'm not an authority on self-employment and small biz.
However, I've been doing it for 25 years, so I must be doing something
right.

One of my "hobbies" was collecting business cards sitting on the
counter at the local retail electronics parts supplier. Every time
there was a layoff or downturn in the industry, a wide assortment of
business cards for newly minted consultants would appear. I would
grab a card, and scribble the date on the back. I would then wait to
see how long they would last. 6 months was the running average before
they found employment and/or decided consulting was not for them. A
few moved out of the area. I wasn't very organized or accurate, but
when the local economy sucked, there were perhaps 100 consultants.
When it was going full blast, perhaps 10.

A fairly small number survived over the years, and have built up a
customer base and revenue source sufficient to maintain their
lifestyle. Several have day jobs as well. One characteristic I noted
was the higher up in corporate America they went, the smaller the
likelihood of survival as a consultant. My guess is that this is
because of their addiction to the corporate support structure. For
example, I was horrified at the prospect of having to buy my own
stationary supplies, instead of simply stealing them from the company.

Another characteristic is that most consultants get their start by
obtaining work from their former employers. That included me. If you
burn your bridges when leaving a company, you will have problems.
Later, as your contacts move to other companies, your business base
will expand with them. If you have a mentor, do everything you can to
make them happy. I would say that without the business provided by a
very small number of industry contacts, I would have starved long ago.
I should also mention that I started my biz taking on small consulting
projects while still employed. I didn't need the money, but I was
bored and knew that I would evenutally need the experience and
contacts.

At one point, I had illusions of designing and producing antennas.
It's an ideal product. Few people understand how they work. Antennas
tend to be surround by hype and are often close to magic. Testing is
difficult and expensive. Product comparisons are non-existent.
Religion and bias toward specific styles and manufacturers seem to be
the prime criteria for selection. The weirder it looks, the better it
sells. Aesthetic concerns have provided a whole new market. There
are already some rather dubious antenna products on the market. Etc.
In all, it's a perfectly acceptable small market waiting to be
exploited. Hopefully, my marketing and sales expertise will
adequately compensate for my marginal antenna design abilities. I had
plans to build the product line using the audiophile model, where
garish industrial design and endless ambiguous buzzwords have done
quite well. Due to health problems, I doubt that I'll do anything, so
it's all yours.

Good luck.

--
Jeff Liebermann
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558