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Talk about perks, my career had one of the best I can think of! I traveled in the course of business, delivering classes for my employer. I was a Senior Training Specialist for Motorola Solutions, and taught classes on a wide variety of subjects centered around 2-way radio communications. I knew that when the time arrived that I would retire, and I have. I've always said that if you can't stand the heat in the kitchen, get out! I can't handle the heat anymore. I was qualified to deliver approximately 32 different classes, but about half of those were 'Legacy' classes, and were not in demand anymore. My students were technicians, those who maintained, programmed, calibrated, and repaired large 2-way radio systems. Some of these systems are statewide, and use TCP-IP networking to allow sites to communicate with others. Some are small, traditional type radio sites. The size doesn't matter, in each case the systems must be kept operational at all times, since many of them are Public Safety Systems. So I traveled, sometimes frequently, 3-4 weeks in a row.... where have I been? Some of the places I've been (I can't list them all here, the list would be toio long) are pretty interesting. 1. Hawaii - Four times, Oahu, Maui (twice), and the Big Island 2. BangkokThailand, twice 3. Frankfurt Germany, twice 4. Algiers, Algeria 5. Melbourne Australia 6. Bismarck North Dakota, Summer & Winter 7. Los Angeles, Too many times to count 8. Washington DC, Too many times to count 9. Seattle three or four times 10. Texas, all over the state 11. Florida, all over the state 12. New Mexico, HOME! Several times  Best Cultural And Regional Honorable Mention |
| Locale: Blooomington, Illinois Weeks of: December 21 & 28, 2020 It's been a relaxing two weeks here. I spent it working with a teammate in Schaumburg last week, learning a little about a new course. There is A LOT to learn for this class though, so it will be awhile. A little about this course and the product covered in it. A customer can purchase additional equipment for their radio system, and properly configured, it will allow their Cell Phones to communicate with users on their radios. A little extra info here too. A cell phone is really a radio, but it operates differently, and in a different frequency band that our 2-way radios, so it's impossible for someone on their cell phone to make a call on our radio networks. This optional equipment ties the two types of system together. How? Once the call is received from the cell phone, the system converts it to digital (1's and 0's), then puts it on a network. Since it's all digital, as long as there's a network connection, the call can be received by radios operating in their frequency band, which convert it back to audio that we can hear. So despite being in two different frequency bands, despite using non-compatible signaling schemes, by tying the two systems together over a network, communication can occur. So I have to learn all the in's and out's of this system, how it works, is connected together, and how to configure/maintain & troubleshoot it. This past week I used my time to complete final edits on that course I learned (and heavily edited) back in March. The course materials I've been using were 'okay' at least, but really needed a good sprucing up. That's been done, I've double and triple checked the sequence of doing the Microsoft Excel exercises, and feel it's ready for others to use. Now all we need to do, is get them qualified. At least they'll have better course materials than I did to start with, plus recordings of classes I deliver in January using these materials. We'll see what happens. In Closing I will spend the weekend at home before going to Florida on January 2nd for a class next week. After that, I am home for about five weeks (as of now), delivering classes from my basement all but one of those weeks. Til next time, be good to yourselves and those you love, and WRITE! |
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