<div dir="ltr"><h1>Ham radio led to electrical engineering career</h1><p>                      The ARRL report that antenna designer <strong>Jim Breakall WA3FET</strong> says amateur radio led to his Electrical Engineering career <br><br>                      In an online “Spotlight” interview published recently in EEWeb, antenna designer Jim Breakall, WA3FET, explains that he got interested in ham radio and electronics as a youngster, and that led to his becoming an electrical engineer.<br><br>“I knew at that time that I was going to be an electrical engineer and specialize in antenna and radio engineering,” Breakall said in the wide-ranging interview.<br><br>  His most recent big project was the HF Cassegrain feed for an ionospheric modification at Arecibo that’s similar to the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) facility in Alaska, but on a smaller scale.<br><br>  Read the EEWeb article at <br><a href="http://www.eeweb.com/spotlight/interview-with-dr.-jim-breakall" target="_blank">http://www.eeweb.com/spotlight/interview-with-dr.-jim-breakall</a><br><br>  Read the ARRL article at <br><a href="http://www.arrl.org/news/antenna-designer-wa3fet-says-ham-radio-led-to-his-electrical-engineering-career" target="_blank">http://www.arrl.org/news/antenna-designer-wa3fet-says-ham-radio-led-to-his-electrical-engineering-career</a></p></div>