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Outside electronics, what other qualifications/experience do you have?

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james_s:

--- Quote from: VK3DRB on September 19, 2020, 11:38:23 am ---Over here, no-one ever asked me for my ham license whenever I bought equipment, and I have been licensed since 1982. Retailers in Australia like Dick Smith Electronics would sell stuff to anyone, no proof of license required. Only in medical electronics has anyone asked for proof of my degree. Absolutely no-one has ever asked me for evidence that I am a trained children's shoes fitter, not even the wife, and that really hurts  :'(.

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Would they have reason to? Over here you don't need a license to buy or posses radio gear, you only need to be licensed in order to operate it. It's only certain things deemed to be hazardous such as CFC or HCFC refrigerants, explosives and that sort of stuff that requires a license to procure.

VK3DRB:

--- Quote from: james_s on September 20, 2020, 06:09:59 pm ---
--- Quote from: VK3DRB on September 19, 2020, 11:38:23 am ---Over here, no-one ever asked me for my ham license whenever I bought equipment, and I have been licensed since 1982. Retailers in Australia like Dick Smith Electronics would sell stuff to anyone, no proof of license required. Only in medical electronics has anyone asked for proof of my degree. Absolutely no-one has ever asked me for evidence that I am a trained children's shoes fitter, not even the wife, and that really hurts  :'(.

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Would they have reason to? Over here you don't need a license to buy or posses radio gear, you only need to be licensed in order to operate it. It's only certain things deemed to be hazardous such as CFC or HCFC refrigerants, explosives and that sort of stuff that requires a license to procure.

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We had a big problem is the 1980's with pirates on 2 metres and even HF. Even in the 2000's I witnessed an unlicensed bloke buying a VX5R from Dick Smith Electronics to use it as a scanner. He admitted to me later that he had operated as a pirate because the temptation was too great. CB'ers operating 200W or higher on 27MHz out of band and 25W or higher on UHF was not uncommon. IMO, the govt made it all too easy because the cost of enforcement was too great. Today, no-one cares to be honest.

Quite a lot of CB'ers and ham radio operators from the 1970's and 1980's went on to fulfilling careers as electronics technicians and engineers. But most of the CB'ers just ended up as mobile phone junkies with minimal interest in technical matters. That being said, most new graduate electronics engineers have never heard of CB or ham radio. For the same reason why many would not know what Betamax or VHS is.

tkamiya:
I don't have any formal training, like degrees or certifications.  Everything I do in electronics, computer hardware, and software is self-taught.  I made some good living through it though, so I'm quite satisfied.  I do have an electrician's license but it's only valid in Japan.  Does ham radio counts as electronics?  I'm licensed in Japan and US.

I am certified in silver level on ballroom dancing.
I can cook some mean meals.
Trained in abacus (or is this considered vintage computing? :-DD)
I'm proficient in B&W film based photography and darkroom process.

Ice-Tea:
I'm an electronics engineer but I could work as a lifeguard (have the certificate). I also work as a teacher. I have a C1 in french. That's about it..

BravoV:
Love electronics since young age, but didn't want to take it as my career path and I never regret it. Abandoned it totally during busy periods of early life in education after high school, and graduated majors in accounting (bean counter  >:D) and law, worked in finance industries and big tobacco company, and finally ended up starting my own business and running it till today.

Finally after the dust settled down, about 1 or 2 decades ago re-started again my passion and hobby in electronics, I guess I will be forever EEE (Electronics Engineering Enthusiast).  ::)

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