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Sharing Electronics Knowledge with Future Servicers in Honduras (Continued) Jeff Smith will continue to help set-up an electronics training center in Tegucigalpa, Honduras in late December. above Tegucigalpa. 1600 squatters, 800 of which are children, have relocated to this barren hillside above the Capital. Water is available by truck, if you can pay for it, otherwise you must resort to capturing rain from your roof. There is no sewage, and unreliable power. The unemployment rate is 75%. A full day's construction labor pays $4 a day – when you can get it. In spite of this, the people are smiling. The children truly are precious. "Freddie is a hard worker. I was impressed by his construction skills, but most of all, I was impressed with the fearless ease with which he climbed the utility pole and hand wrapped a bare copper line on hot electrical for service. I was impressed by how meticulously he wired the 20 amp breaker box, single light bulb, and two outlets. Since this house had two doors, I suggested a three-way switch. That is when the light went on – so to speak. "During a break, I showed Freddie how to do three-way and four-way switches. He had questions about car charging systems. So I went through diodes, bridge rectifiers, and AC to DC conversion. Freddie asked questions about power amplifiers, transistors, and "integrados." I don't speak much Spanish, and his English is lacking, but we had a common language and passion for electronica. All we had was a carpenter's pencil and a slab of wood to write on. PAGE 20 – December 2004 "All we had was a carpenter's pencil and a slab of wood to write on." [Editor's note: Jeff now keeps this slab of wood in his office as an ongoing reminder. It is pictured above in the middle column.] "The following day we put on the roof. During a break and a light rain, Freddie brought in a black briefcase. He carried it like he carried Brian – his four-year-old son – with great pride and a certain softness. You could tell it was precious. "Inside there were five items: a circa 1990 Sears multimeter with a shattered LCD, a plastic sandwich bag with electronics parts from scavenged radios and TV's, a 1993 IC Master catalog, and what looked like a seventh generation copy of a training manual from an electronics class in Tegucigalpa. The pages of the IC Master catalog were bent indicating the identification of the "interados" in the plastic bag. Freddie had memorized the pinouts of each of them, and asked me questions I could not answer about the Audio Amplifier SIP that needed to be replaced to fix the stereo he found in a dumpster in the city. "A few months later I arrived with an oscilloscope, books on TV repair, 3 electrical and electronics training systems from CES, and 40 pounds of nails. This time we built a house (12 feet by 16 feet) for Freddie's family. Another family was out of the mud. Freddie was thrilled and has set up an electronics repair and training lab on the first floor of the feeding center we built on a previous trip. "Water is available by truck, if you can pay for it, otherwise you must resort to capturing rain from your roof." "I am heading back to Honduras on December 26, 2004. Freddie has sent me a list of NTE parts he needs to repair radios and TV's. He has started a business, and is now training some of the others. The young boys are curious and excited about the oscilloscope and training systems. "A seed has been planted. I set up a website for Freddie, not bad for a self-taught electronics guy with only six years of formal education, and am hoping to provide wireless Internet access and a laptop computer for his service facility so he can access the information that is online. The kind people at NESDA/ISCET have graciously provided training materials and electronics books. Chiquita Banana will allow us to use an empty 40-foot container to be sent in late January. We will fill it with kitchen equipment for the feeding center, hopefully a medical and/or dental chair for the clinic, wood and metalworking equipment for the shop, and electronics repair parts and equipment. Merry Christmas!" If you are interested in coming to help in this endeavor, helping finance the work, or have materials, parts, or equipment to donate, please contact Jeff Smith at SensorLogic, or Hope for Honduras, www.hopeforhonduras.com .
Feel the Power of ISCET Certification and Learning Whether FEEL THE you're PERSONAL studying SATISFACTION for Certification, THAT or just to better perform in your job…or maybe to get a better job or a promotion in the COMES job you FROM have…or KNOWING maybe electronics YOU ARE is A a big part of your HOBBY. YOU can study at home either using your computer online, or BETTER with books THAN and AVERAGE other printed PROFESSIONAL material. ISCET has a learning program for you. Using proven text books by the nation's best authors and publishers, you will be able to quickly gain knowledge, quiz yourself and find where you need more study, where you are strong. ISCET’S ONLINE WEB-BASED TESTING MAKES IT EASY TO OBTAIN YOUR CERTIFICATION College Credits Recommended by the American Council on Education (ACE) — An independent, internationally Communications recognized organization Electronics dedicated to excellence in education. STUDENTS, MEMBERS, TECHNICIANS LIGHT YOUR PATH TO ELECTRONICS LEARNING – STUDY FOR CERTIFICATION Basic Electronics, Advanced Electronics, Industrial Electronics, Consumer Electronics, Radar, Computer, (Items in Blue are available for online and printed study. Items in Red are available only in printed form). Using Online Learning the student is immediately drawn into the flow of the knowledge stream, with text and graphics that bring the subject alive. Various types of learning are available. Totally online, learning discs, Interactive online classes will be available soon, with instructor(s) and on-screen presentation of the subject in such a manner as to captivate the student. Coupled with audio that allows any class member to talk to or be heard by the rest of the students in attendance. Check it out today. Visit www.iscet.org and click on the Online Learning link in the middle of the page…you'll see what's available to help students learn Electronics and prepare for certification if desired. Testing & Certification by ISCET With so much activity centered around the Certified Service Center (CSC) today, it is appropriate to point out that ISCET will work with all parties to achieve a timely testing session to meet your CSC filing needs. Online testing is fast and can be arranged quickly. In your haste to achieve certification, don't neglect to do a little 'boning up' for those questions that might touch on some element of electronics that your recent past has not utilized…on which you're a little rusty. This can sometimes mean the difference in a passing or failing grade. The ISCET website, www.iscet.org, shows a multitude of materials that can always help you. Some of this is also online so that you can access it anywhere there is a web connection…makes study easy, and convenient. If you need special help in setting up your testing, call 1-800-946-0201 and ask for Patricia or Ed.
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