Experience with all major carriers COPs, as well as all major turf vendor COPs
10 years of experience with ATT installations, troubleshooting and alarm clearing, from gsm to current 5th and 6th carrier LTE
Installing, troubleshooting, commissioning, many different types of TMO Mod projects as well as Metro PCS upgrades in the 3.5 years they began their Modernization initiative, experience troubleshooting the new L700 and L1900 systems along with commissiong and integration
AT@T and Sprint Backhaul installations, radio configuration, and alignment
Verizon LTE upgrades
I also have experience in FM, AM, TV, Two-way radio, emergency and municipal services repeater systems and microwave, as well as commercial microwave
Summary of Technical Skills:
Installations of Fiber of different modes and connector types, integrity testing and troubleshooting using ODM and JDSU fiber loss and OTDR measurement equipment , as well as associated software for reporting
Comprehensive understanding of sweeping techniques for testing and troubleshooting, using Anritsu and ALU products, DTF, return loss, SWR, smith charts, spectrum analyzers for interpreting traces, troubleshooting faults, site labeling, downloading to LST or MST software.
PIM testing with Kaelus, CCI, and Anritsu gear, some troubleshooting with radio based spectrum analyzers
Path alignments of different types of PTP dishes utilizing different means including voltage measurement, audio tones, and software based alignment tools, troubleshooting PTP path issues and radio commissioning and programming with with various radios
Understanding of the properties of various licensed and unlicensed frequencies, and their uses in the commercial and government markets
Functional mathematical understanding of the concepts governing antennas and transmission lines, PA’s, duplexers, diplexers, combiners, filters, AC/DC electricity, and electronic components
Comprehension and experience configuring and using software programs for different types of microwave and cellular microwave radios, such as NSN Flexi Radio Modules and system modules, various Ericsson radios, Bridgewave, Exalt, Ceragon, Redline, Alcatel-Lucent 9500 MPR radios, Ericsson Mini-Link
Functional understanding of Fresnel Zones, Multipath reflections, diffraction, refraction, fading, receiving threshold, IF transmission frequencies, reactance’s, antenna and electrical polarity, insertion loss, attenuation
Ability to read understand and implement RF data sheets and port matrices, blue prints of different types from structural, electrical, civil, and RF CD’s, SOW’s, MOP’s
Installing duplexers, diplexers, RET systems and associated software for down tilt setting and naming
 Summary of Structural Skills and Experience:
14 years of experience working on broadcast, cellular, microwave, AM,FM, emergency service, rooftops, and water tower, communication equipment support structures
Experience erecting towers of different types, including guyed, self –support, and ballast
Using various erecting methods up to 500’including pipe gin-poles, small gin-poles, and large broadcast TV antenna gin poles 
A wide spectrum of rigging skills and knowledge, including, rope, capstan and tag for smaller communications towers, to heavy rigging utilizing wire chokers, wire cable wenches, and man baskets, for lift and trolley systems for larger broadcast towers
Structural reinforcements for wind code revisions for cellular towers and monopoles, as well as structural upgrade and diagonal change and replace for larger self-support and guyed broadcast towers
Installing small diameter TX line from ½ to 3”, also round ridged 4”and 6”FM and TV TX , rectangular microwave waveguide line, associated rigging, hoist grips, line hangars, and spring hangars for ridged line and rectangular line
Installation of a variety of different types of connectors for different types of coax, including Andrews, Commscope, RFS, PPC, LMR, CAT 5e
Installation of various support structure, such as, mounts, booms, collars, standoffs, banding, cable ladders, climbing ladders, safety climbs, ice bridges
Installation of a wide variety of antennas, including cell, FM, parabolic, grid, Omni, folded dipole, ¼ wavelength radial, Yagis, ENG(electronic news gathering systems)
Installation, repair and troubleshooting of variety of lighting systems, older style bulb beacons, actuator driven strobes, led, sidelights, work of controller systems, replacement of faulty boards and parts, understanding of NOTAM filing laws, installing conduit, comprehension of electrical schematics pertaining to lighting systems
Tower inspection and audit
Tension and plumbing of a variety of different towers, smaller cellular towers and larger broadcast structures
Guy wire installation and replacement
Installation of grounding based equipment, including grounding home runs, bus bars, and cad welding.
Civil experience, including cabinet installations, conduit installations, running and routing telco, fiber, power
Installing foundations for self-support and guyed towers, rebar cages, and fitting templates.
Operating heavy machinery, such as boom trucks, skytracks, cherry pickers, front end loaders, scissor lifts
Commercial electrical experience
Certifications
First Aid/CPR, AED, Comtrain, MUTI Climbing Course, RF Awareness, Rigging, Capstan, Bloodborne pathogens, Universal SDS, All ATT Ericsson certificates, All ATT installation courses, ATT 502
Also currently working on aquiring an FAA Commercial Drone Flight Certificate

 

Last Resume Update January 26, 2018
Address Temple
E-mail lock Locked
Phone Number lock Locked
Resume File J.-Floyd-Resume-3.doc 33 kB

Contact Candidate

Login or purchase this resume contact details.