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6/17/2025, 5:30:43 AM
>>2822741
>what do you do?
"Communications Technician", usually what I call myself. Mostly public safety and commercial (schools, utilities, etc) work.
I'm a full-service radio tech; everything from site work and installation at the ground (certified R56 installer) to the tower. Most of my work is on infrastructure equipment, but I also do some vehicle installs/upfits (law, fire, ems vehicles, utility trucks, school buses), subscriber/fleet updates, and emergency management/COMT/COML work.
Motorola, Vertex, and Kenwood are mostly what I work with on the two-way side, with some Icom, Harris, Pyramid, Tait, GE stuff thrown in.
Broadcast is mostly antenna/tower work, everything's big there. Mainly FM, some AM (those are spicy). TV's out of my budget for insurance requirements (they usually want $2M policy, bitch i ain't got that kinda budget, ABC/NBC/CBS wants $5M for working on their main transmit sites).
Shit breaks, I fix.
>>2824864
>You the tower dude in Idaho?
I've climbed towers in Idaho before. Right now I'm the tower dude in Utah. Friday I'll be the tower dude in Denver. Monday I'll be the tower dude in Steamboat. July I spend a week+ in southwestern CO doing firmware and fleet updates on nearly 1400 radios.
>what do you do?
"Communications Technician", usually what I call myself. Mostly public safety and commercial (schools, utilities, etc) work.
I'm a full-service radio tech; everything from site work and installation at the ground (certified R56 installer) to the tower. Most of my work is on infrastructure equipment, but I also do some vehicle installs/upfits (law, fire, ems vehicles, utility trucks, school buses), subscriber/fleet updates, and emergency management/COMT/COML work.
Motorola, Vertex, and Kenwood are mostly what I work with on the two-way side, with some Icom, Harris, Pyramid, Tait, GE stuff thrown in.
Broadcast is mostly antenna/tower work, everything's big there. Mainly FM, some AM (those are spicy). TV's out of my budget for insurance requirements (they usually want $2M policy, bitch i ain't got that kinda budget, ABC/NBC/CBS wants $5M for working on their main transmit sites).
Shit breaks, I fix.
>>2824864
>You the tower dude in Idaho?
I've climbed towers in Idaho before. Right now I'm the tower dude in Utah. Friday I'll be the tower dude in Denver. Monday I'll be the tower dude in Steamboat. July I spend a week+ in southwestern CO doing firmware and fleet updates on nearly 1400 radios.
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