June 17th 05, 02:07 AM
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Phil Kane wrote:
On 15 Jun 2005 17:01:18 -0700, wrote:
In all my 43 years in engineering I've met a grand total of four woman
engineers, two MEs, one EE and a Chem E.
In my 50 years in engineering I've =dated= more women engineers than
you seem to have met, was engaged to one (nuclear engineer) and
married another (EE). In my wife's office alone there are more than
4 =PEs= on her floor, including the chief of the structural engineering
section (imagine that, a lady tower engineer). Had my wife gone
through the paperwork as she talked about twenty years ago she, too,
would have been a PE.
Our contesting club alone has
three female members, an old girlfriend is a ham and I met W3CUL. Out
of Lord only knows how many engineers and hams I've met over the years.
In our club, the largest radio club in the state if not in the
Pacific Northwest, about 1/3 of the hams are women, and of them,
about half are active on the air in some fashion or other.
That IS a significant number, Phil.
- Mike KB3EIA -
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