Personal...
In case you are interested here are some details of the owner of the 'Joataman' Website.
Profile
- Happily married for more than 35 years with three marvellous children (all now in their 20's) and two grandchildren. My 'better half' is shown below, just after I have regaled her with the details of yet another 'antenna project'... :-)She is a mad-keen gardener. Here is a link to her 'Gumnut' garden website.
- Home interests are amateur radio , electronic music and some gardening (LOL from XYL*) when the other interests (and 'the list' from the domestic activities coordinator) allow.
- Love Science Fiction movies from the early examples to the latest. Favourite Sci-Fi movie is "Forbidden Planet". I am building a DVD collection of retro science fiction as they become available.
- Enjoy watching documentaries about travel or the natural world, especially anything Michael Palin or David Attenborough produce.
- Also I am a fan of British comedy and any period drama that the BBC makes.
- Enjoy listening to electronic music, especially ambient or chillout. Favourite music artists are Kraftwerk, Laurie Anderson, Zero One and Kultarr (me:-).
Formal Education
- Qualified with a Diploma in Electronic Engineering, Degree in Electrical Engineering (BE) and Diploma in Technical Teaching (Dip Ed Tech).
Career
- Worked on UHF Test Equipment, Ultrasound Scanners (medical imaging), Hyperthermia (treatment of tumours by localised heating by high-power ultrasound) and worked at a Cooperative Research Centre (Cardiac Research) for a short period.
- I have mostly worked in medical electronics interspersed with periods in teaching college level Electrical Engineering.
- Now retired, my last work was for a world leader in sleep apnea treatment - firstly designing CPAP flow generator machines and then designing semi-automated test fixtures for testing sleep apnea products (mechanical, electronic and software design).
Where I Have Lived
- Currently I live in the Hawkesbury District which is about 60km west of Sydney, in the Eastern Australian State of New South Wales. I have lived here for more than 30 years now.
- I moved around the State of New South Wales as a child as a result of my Father's occupation and attended seven different schools as I grew up. I have lived on the coast and in the Central West and Far South-West of New South Wales as well as in urban Sydney.
- I have lived in the NSW towns of Barellan, West Wyalong, Gundagai, Bega, Dareton, Gosford and in the Sydney suburbs of Blacktown and West Ryde (where I met my XYL*).
* XYL - Amateur Radio term for wife/partner/better-half...