Communication Engineer

Engineering wasn't my dream job. It was pushed into me for better life, better prospect and the only card out for survival. If i had a chance to choose another career now, will it be difference.. may be! I wouldn't want to say that i want to born again and again as an engineer. Engineers build things, from bridges to phones. But the best part of engineering i love is about the human touch. The engineering achievements cannot be celebrated without the humanity in mind. The purpose to all engineering is to improve human life, to make it easier

Yes, i love to be a Communication Engineer than a Engineer. The one help people to communicate, connect....yes. I love designing radios, which help to connect two far far away people. I was interested to find similarities between human life and communication engineering. I find the whole communication theory is very much equated to humans and their lives. "Of course it may be much a surprise that everything we do and invent is just another reflection of us and our lives". Before getting into more interesting technical metaphors, i would like to note that it was all written with fun intent and not to offend anyone or anything.

Modulation:

Lets start with frequency modulation theory. Have you ever wondered the modulation is a marriage, a marriage between high frequency(Carrier) and a low frequency(modulated signal). Carrier signal a high frequency signal, very much like a female. The low frequency signal is like the male. Both of them being alone has no meaning, no use!. The high frequency signal has no use with out the low frequency information and vice verse. But when they join in harmony, you have a wonderful modulated signal which can be transmitted to a very far distance with meaning full information. Don't forget the byproducts....the inter modulated side bands!!. That's the children's!!! :). Some people call it noise, but some learn to live with it. In harmony.

Response:

Low frequency when it passes through a resistor or an inductor or a capacitor, you get a predictable behaviour. Some thing that a male brain works like. If you tell him you want a diamond ring, the will understand and not to go around giving hints, which the low frequency won't comprehend. The high frequency, which can be very unpredictable. You will know if you work in RF!!. You never know where the noise or the interference coming from. But they emerge unknown, undetected. Doesn't sound the familiar female traits!. At high frequencies, the inductor behaves like a capacitor. A capacitor becomes a inductor. And a resistor going crazy and becomes frequency dependent!. Its not all complex for high frequency. Its the carrier, a mom, which carriers all information. Yes, female carry all the men and woman. They are the driving force on communication (earth).

Analog versus Digital:

Another part of communication i love is Analog. The digital is bit crude. It has only two states 0 or 1. You can do all sort of manipulation with 1's and 0's. But in the end, you have only extremes. Either 0 or 1. But analog is wonderful. It has various levels. It can bend to your need. It doesn't understand extremes. It tries to create a balance by adjusting the levels and strengths.