| Jerry K. Thorne -
Cable TV, Satellite, and Fiber Optics Engineer |
Jerry K. Thorne, CATV
Applications Engineer |
| From 1994 through 2000, I was available for technical
consultations at the QRF home office when you were not sure which QRF product would
properly fill your CATV requirements. I had a 19-month hiatus from QRF with a
startup company, Narad Networks, involved in the development
and deployment of 100-megabit switched ethernet over coaxial systems. On August
12th, 2002, I returned to the QRF family and did some of the things I did before, like
maintaining the web site again. I traveled in the field to SCTE vendor days and
other functions, and supported our sales reps around the USA. Due to industry
downturns, my position was eliminated February 12, 2003. I have been working since
then with Broadband International of Medley, Florida. My
position with BBI was eliminated on March 1, 2005 due to management changes. That
gave me the time to finish my airplane project and enjoy flying it during the summer and
into the fall of 2005. |
| Experienced in CATV since 1971, a regional field engineer for Jerrold 1973-77. CATV and broadcast satellite communications
experience with Microdyne Corporation 1978-1989 as
applications engineer and technical support supervisor traveling world wide building
satellite uplinks for video and radio networks. Regional staff engineer, Comcast SE region 1990-1992 working with plant managers and
techicians in the 19 cable systems in the region at the time. Sales engineer with
John Weeks Enterprises in Florida 1992 to 1994. Applications
engineer with Quality RF since 1994. (The QRF.com orginal Webmaster) I have made many appearances
as a guest speaker on technical topics to SCTE chapter meetings, and I have also worked
with the folks at Comcast University as a guest speaker on distribution and headend
topics. (April 29, 2007: I have
recently posted some of my old technical articles that were lost when ATX eliminated the
original web pages from QRF.com. I hope that some of you may
find these old articles useful. ) |
| I am currently working for Olson Technology, Inc. as Senior
Application Engineer since January 2006. Their fiber optics products are used in hybrid-fiber-coax (HFC)
distribution networks in the cable telecommunications industry and in passive optical
networks. They also provide headend modulators, demodulators, and processors used in
those systems. My company cell phone number is 423-883-7834. |
For those of you who want to get in touch with me, you can email
me at  . |
| I had a chance to meet up with two friends
from my Narad Networks job when I was in the Washington, DC area on business. My two
friends are John Fontenot to the right and Glen Carstater on the left in the photo
below. John's young daughter made him the tie since this visit was on Father's Day. 
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