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Well said!! When I retire in a few years I would also love to work in a shop with other folks fixing radios but mainly for the company. I too started my career in electronics at Bendix Aerospace, went into management, forgot everything I knew and learned and now am trying to remember my name. I think my radio community appreciates me but I still will not mod any radio outside of the clarifier and they now understand that. In fact, the radios with mods are the hardest for me to fix. Is it a problem with the basic radio or is the mod the problem? I do get a kick out of figuring something out and getting a radio back on air. Funny enough, I think what I do better than other folks in my area is solder. Because I was trained to solder to mil spec levels and had the opportunity to do it every day for years earlier in my career I have that advantage. When I get a radio that was worked on by someone else, I think that if they were better with a soldering iron they might have more success.

I will say that without this group here I would never be able to fix many radios that hit my bench. I sincerely appreciate each of you!!

<blockquote data-quote="Lkaskel" data-source="post: 855799" data-attributes="member: 50403">Well said!! When I retire in a few years I would also love to work in a shop with other folks fixing radios but mainly for the company.&nbsp; I too started my career in electronics at Bendix Aerospace, went into management, forgot everything I knew and learned and now am trying to remember my name. I think my radio community appreciates me but I still will not mod any radio outside of the clarifier and they now understand that. In fact, the radios with mods are the hardest for me to fix. Is it a problem with the basic radio or is the mod the problem? I do get a kick out of figuring something out and getting a radio back on air. Funny enough, I think what I do better than other folks in my area is solder. Because I was trained to solder to mil spec levels and had the opportunity to do it every day for years earlier in my career I have that advantage. When I get a radio that was worked on by someone else, I think that if they were better with a soldering iron they might have more success.I will say that without this group here I would never be able to fix many radios that hit my bench. I sincerely appreciate each of you!!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lkaskel, post: 855799, member: 50403"] Well said!! When I retire in a few years I would also love to work in a shop with other folks fixing radios but mainly for the company. I too started my career in electronics at Bendix Aerospace, went into management, forgot everything I knew and learned and now am trying to remember my name. I think my radio community appreciates me but I still will not mod any radio outside of the clarifier and they now understand that. In fact, the radios with mods are the hardest for me to fix. Is it a problem with the basic radio or is the mod the problem? I do get a kick out of figuring something out and getting a radio back on air. Funny enough, I think what I do better than other folks in my area is solder. Because I was trained to solder to mil spec levels and had the opportunity to do it every day for years earlier in my career I have that advantage. When I get a radio that was worked on by someone else, I think that if they were better with a soldering iron they might have more success. I will say that without this group here I would never be able to fix many radios that hit my bench. I sincerely appreciate each of you!! [/QUOTE]

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