Any HAM Radio operators on the Cabl Bar?
http://www.scte.org/news/detail.cfm?ID=677
MARCH 4, 2010 (Exton, PA)—Demonstrating its renewed focus on engineering and applied science, the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) today announces the formation of the SCTE Amateur Radio Club. In keeping with the core of cable’s business, Hybrid Fiber/Coax (HFC), the club will bear the Federal Communications Commission-issued call sign, W3HFC.
This new SCTE initiative highlights the enduring, prominent role that Radio Frequency (RF) technologies play in the advancement of the cable telecommunications industry. Open to all SCTE members, the club will serve to increase awareness of the vital need to equip today’s technical workforce with a sound working knowledge of RF.
“Although many new technologies are being adopted by the cable industry, competence in RF technologies is a cornerstone for successful operation of modern cable telecommunications networks,” said SCTE President/CEO Mark Dzuban, the new club’s president. “This includes not only the network itself, but RF technologies that are used in satellite and wireless. RF was once a primary skill. In order to improve the operation of cable networks, we need to bring it back into focus so that frontline personnel can effectively deal with it.”
Much of the expertise in RF in the cable industry, Dzuban noted, has come from cable engineers who got their start by becoming amateur radio operators and then parlaying those skills into an effective cable career. “But many newer cable employees have missed that stage,” he said.
In addition to Dzuban (K4MHZ) as president, the club’s inaugural officers are Frank Eichenlaub (N0TPR), vice president; Keith Hayes (KD4KDG), treasurer; and Steve Oksala (NI3P), secretary.
SCTE members are welcome to join the club whether or not they hold a current amateur radio license. There are no club membership dues. SCTE members are encouraged to update their SCTE membership record to include their HAM radio call sign at www.scte.org to reflect their current status and to send an e-mail to (-REDACTED-) to join the club.
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SCTE Establishes Amateur Radio Club
Member #: 10564
Registered: 1996-2001
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Name:
Brian Johnstone
Name:
Brian Johnstone
Company:
Johnstone Technical Srvc
Occupation:
Owner
Location:
Cleveland, OH
Personal:
mid 40s
Experience:
~25 years
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