Elitist snobbery...... really,,,,, !?  It doesn't look like the response was "only particle physics graduates from cornell need apply".  Geeeeeeez!

Instead of slamming the BB about it... why didn't you just take all your thoughts from paragraph 3 above, craft it into a reasonable introduction to the AMSAT team and send it off?

Why create this unnecessary drama on the BB?

Joseph Armbruster
KJ4JIO


On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 12:18 PM David Reinhart <wa6ilt@cox.net> wrote:
Clint Bradford posted:

Speaking only for myself ... Do you have an engineering background? If
so, have you submitted your resume to AMSAT for consideration to be
involved? Clint Bradford K6LCS

I wasn't going to respond to this, but I'm going to. This is exactly the
kind of elitist snobbery that turns people off and keeps them from even
wanting to volunteer.

I have been involved with radio and electronics for 54 years without an
engineering degree. When I was in college I tutored my EE program
girlfriend on circuit theory that I'd learned studying for my Novice
exam when I was 10 years old! I was able to make the jump from social
sciences to computers because of my ham background and spent 35 years in
IT. I learned control systems because I helped put on-line a large plant
producing IC chemicals and ran it as its Sysadmin with a 99.9% uptime.
During my career I added embedded OS's, networking, etc. All without an
engineering degree.

One thing I have never understood about AMSAT is why, in the absence of
any legal requirements such as NDAs or ITAR restrictions, we seem to
keep our materials so close to the vest. And if those are the reasons
why not state so plainly, along with the conditions that must be met
before the materials can be released?

Are we worried about somebody stealing AMSAT work for commercial
purposes?  As hams  we're supposed to help advance the state of the art
in electronics, and I don't think that means only electronics used by us.

Whatever the reasons why we restrict access to engineering data, remarks
like the one from K6LCS do not help attract people.

Dave Reinhart, W4DSR (ex-WA6ILT)


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