Gender

Male

Location

Catlin, IL

About Me:

I am electronics hobbyist and have been for over 40 of my 50 years! I hold a U.S. armature radio license, call is N0VXX. My background includes working for Schlage Lock Co. as a technical services engineer giving me knowledge and information on security known to very few! employed as a product engineer for a resistor company, and as a field engineer for a MOCVD equipment company. the last gave me experience with delicate mechanical devices, sensors of all types, PLC and SLC controllers, interfacing Pc's to controllers and controllers to everything else, code writing/modifications, and lots of other technical skills with all sorts of applications.

Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I find the concept of UAV / ROV and assisted control remote operated systems to be some of the most interesting technology being developed and studied that started as DIY projects and the cutting edge is still primarily being done by private people. The basic parts of these vehicles has become almost affordable and accessible to me vs. other developing areas others are building projects from, even HAM equipment is expensive when considering what to put cash into for pure recreational pursuits basically "bang for the buck" factors. I also have concerns over the government and media calling any quad copter or other model aircraft "DRONES" and enacting rules (WHICH ARE NOT LAWS BTW) that are in opposition to laws and rules already in existence. Armature rules for example already specifically allow operators to use certain bands and frequency's to control RC model planes over LONG DISTACES beyond regular model ranges! (WAY WAY beyond visual range!) and congress specifically forbid the FAA to regulate hobby, model or other flying toy or small aircraft in 2014 legislation pertaining to the FAA funding, This needs researched, protested, litigated and enforced! I don't want to fly in ANYTHING a sub-300 gram object can cause a problem for (why else the microscopic weight threshold in the new FAA regs?) by the way!

Hometown:

Catlin