Dez Watson

Experience

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  Express Television

  Jan 1987 - Jan 1990

  Television servicing engineer & Television sales

  Television and video engineer.

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  HM Government

  Feb 1990 - Mar 2004

  Radio Officer/Communications Collection Specialist

  Formerly DV cleared, Signals analysis, HF radio, telecommunications, research and development, COMSAT, SIGINT.

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  Ofcom

  Nov 2004 - now

  • Point of contact for the reporting of interference, on a national and international basis. Responsibility for the radio station out of normal hours and weekends• Provide 24 hour cover for interference to safety-of-life services. Liaise with foreign administrations to request co-operation in the investigation and subsequent elimination of interference.• Checking, measuring and assessing the parameters of radio transmissions. The identification of transmission systems through the use of radio receivers, software, frequency measurement and direction finding equipment, spectrum analysers and ancillary electronic data analysis equipment.• Evaluate the results of investigations including the use of technical reference documentation such as the ITU Radio Regulations, the National Frequency Register, International Frequency List and other official sources of information.• Monitoring of specified frequency bands as requested, utilising such equipments as the Remote Monitoring Direction Finding (RMDF) equipments, Timed Distance of Arrival equipment (TDOA) and trailer mounted Digital Direction Finding equipment (DDF). Show less

  • Regional Engineering Manager

    Sept 2020 - now

  • Operations Manager England West

    Sept 2020 - now

  • Duty Engineering Officer

    Nov 2004 - Sept 2020