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Subject: Re: Riding after heavy manual labor
Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 18:59:54 -0500
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On 5/31/2024 6:34 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On Fri, 31 May 2024 16:40:06 GMT, Tom Kunich <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu May 30 14:17:37 2024 Jeff Liebermann  wrote:
>>> Time to wash the Subaru for the first time in about 4 years.
> 
> Actually, it was more the first car wash in 7 years.  It didn't work
> well.  When I wiped off the soap, the car was left with a white (clear
> coat oxides) and brown (7 years of pollen) on all the painted
> surfaces.  Household cleaners removed the pollen but not the oxides. I
> had to stop when the night insects and mosquitoes started to attack.
> I'll see what alcohol can do later today.  If that works, Meguiar's
> Cleaning Wax to follow.  I'll announce the results on Tues and the
> next few days are a mixture of paying work, charity work, home repair
> and damage control.
> 
>> 1.what position did you hold as an EE.
> 
> I think I've posted the story at least twice.  I held a variety of
> titles, most of which were something like "RF Engineer".  I got stuck
> with "Junior Engineer" because HR looked up my salary and used the
> corresponding title from the WEMA (western electronic manufactures
> association) pay scale.  I think I used the box of business cards for
> scratch paper, magneto shims and staring my wood burner fire.
> 
> I'll post a link to scans of whatever old business cards I can find.
> 
>> 2. Why could you not find another job in electronics in the
>> hottest job market in the whole world?
> 
> I also answered that at least twice.
> 
> My 2nd to last job was something like "RF Engineer" at Intech Inc
> ended in June 1981.  Intech was private labeling and selling HF SSB
> marine radios that were made in Seattle.  In order to force a price
> reduction from the vendor, someone in management decided that Intech
> should clone the radio to convince the vendor that Intech could
> produce the product without outsourcing.  I was stuck with the project
> mostly because nobody else wanted it.  The problem was that the radio
> didn't work quite right and needed some redesign.  Instead of fixing
> the problems, I was told to copy the original exactly including using
> the same disreputable parts sources.  I didn't like it, but I followed
> instructions.
> 
> About 3 or 4 months later, we had our first prototype which was called
> the Mariner 1600.  Sorry, I couldn't find any photos.  Predictably, my
> clone had exactly the same problems as the original radio.  Also
> predictably, I was blamed for it not working.  After a few days to
> consider my options, I quit and starting interviewing for a similar
> position at Granger Assoc where I worked for 2 years on a 900 MHz
> electric utility SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition)
> radio:
> <http://www.learnbydestroying.com/jeffl/Granger%20Assoc/Granger%20RADAC%206710/>
> Granger Assoc laid me off because I irritated the engineering
> department head.  (Details later, if you want them).  Someone had to
> go and I was the obvious choice.  That was in June 1983:
> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-liebermann-151823/details/experience/>
> 
> After the layoff, I went back to my previous job at Intech Inc working
> on 500 watt and kilowatt transmitters, 40 watt driver board cleanup, a
> 1 kiloWatt PEP VMOS power FET design, and a very low IMD
> (intermodulation distortion) 40 watt driver for an NMR (nuclear
> magnetic resonance) power amplifier for Diasonics.  I have a few
> photos of all those, but no scans.
> 
> That lasted for 7 months when I finally decided that I didn't want to
> commute an hour (one way) every day.  I had accumulated enough stock
> and options to take a few months vacation.  Instead, I took on some
> consulting work and dived into the computer business, which was deemed
> to be the next big thing.  That eventually turned into a full time
> computer consulting and repair business from which I finally retired
> in Dec 2020 (36 years).
> 
> Back to washing the oxides and pollen off the Subaru.
> 

Tips for cloudy clear coat:
https://carroar.com/cloudy-clear-coat/
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Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
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