Purpose:
This is the blog about every day life as a Broadcast Engineer. I am 20 year veteran of the Broadcasting business. I work in radio on the East Coast of the US, near some large metropolitan area. I suppose I have always been interested in Radio, from the early days of my childhood, listening to distant AM stations at night or shortwave stations on my uncle’s shortwave radio, to my short carrier in the military.
I am outspoken and politically incorrect.
What, exactly, am I trying to accomplish here? I don’t know. I may say a few things that people won’t like. They need to be said and it is the truth as I see it. Anyone is welcome to comment and attempt to refute anything I say. At least, I hope, fellow engineers will find this site and find it entertaining. I would also like to see our profession get better at non-technical stuff. There are many genius engineers out there who can’t negotiate a pay raise. It is sad because they are often taken advantage of, become resentful and leave radio to do something else.
It should be a cathartic exercise.
I really am not inclined to give out free advice to folks who are looking to skimp and save money. Many engineers feel that they are spreading good will by giving away information. Unfortunately, you can’t eat good will and good will doesn’t pay the mortgage. Free advice is, as my uncle used to say, worth what you paid for it. If you need technical advice or a consultant, then hire an engineer. In the end, you’ll be happier.
Disclaimer:
I put some Google ads on at the beginning and end of each post. This is to offset my costs to run the blog. Those costs are website hosting, domain name registration, and my time, both as the author and blog admin. The ads are more targeted toward search engine traffic, not regular readers. In fact, if you check back every few days, you should never see a Google ad…
All in all, I might break even, which will suit me just fine. After all, the point of this blog is not to make money.
Rules:
Seems like a good idea to establish a few ground rules:
- Spam comments will be deleted
- Comments become the property of the blog once they are submitted. I reserve the right to edit, approve or delete comments as I see fit
Copyright information:
All of the pictures on this website, including the header photos were taken by me and remain my property. Any other pictures not taken by me will be noted and credited to its owner. You may not use any image from this website without my written consent.
Contact information:
If for some strange reason, you feel compelled to contact me, you may do so by using the following e-mail address:
info (at) engineeringradio (dot) us
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