[madengr]

Ham, yes. EME no (yet). Putting fingers down on 0.5 mm traces carrying 50W at S-band will char your skin. Just tuning amps with golf tees and copper lead frames.

[nickysielicki]

I suppose you work in aerospace and/or DoD? Sounds like you are up to some very fun stuff.

Man, I wish I has the foresight at 18 to study EE instead of going for CS.