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Subject: More Equipment Notes - Finances and Such
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For every dollar you take out of your business for personal use you
must earn 16 dollars or more to balance out what you removed. That
fancy two week $6,000 summer vacation for your family that you paid
for is going to cost your business at least $96,000 in revenue.
If you spend business funds on frivolous or unneeded things you will
need to earn 24 dollars or more for every dollar you spent. The
$4,475 leather couch you just bought for your office is actually
going to cost you at least $107,400 in revenues.
Allow all test equipment to warm up for at least 30 minutes prior to
attempting to take a calibrated measurement.
When you bring test equipment into the building in cases where the
equipment was at sub-freezing temperature in the truck, then permit
the equipment to warm up and "thaw" for at least 60 minutes before
you plug it into the wall.
Keep all test equipment in calibration at all times, and always have
more then one set of equipment so that you do not lose a project when
your equipment is out for calibration or repair.
Test equipment that is over ten years old is a liability, and a
disaster waiting to happen. Plan to do major equipment upgrades at
least every five years.
When possible, try to get at least three years ahead of
"state-of-the-art" so that you are using specialized test equipment
months or even years before it is even announced to the general public.
Know what is being developed at the leading edge of the
communications industry so that you are never blindsided by a new
bug, based on new technologies that you were not paying attention to.
Take time to think in the middle of doing. A few minutes of thinking
can save hours of doing. Doing without thinking is dangerous;
thinking without doing is misguided. Sometimes we must do and think
at the same time.
"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never
beginning to live."
- Marcus Aelius Aurelius
Make sure that you control your sweep equipment, and that it does not
control you. Meditate on this for a while, for it is one of the great
secrets of the TSCM business.
Keep your sweep equipment in good repair, and operational at all
times. A few minutes of checking out your equipment the night before
you start a sweep can prevent twelve hours of utter on-site chaos, or
a missed bug.
Check the batteries in your sweep gear before you start the sweep and
then again before you put the equipment away at the end of the sweep
to minimize any unpleasant surprises.
Many TSCM specialists have missed bugs because the batteries in their
own equipment were either weak or completely dead.
More bugs have been found with a ladder and a flashlight more then
any other tool. Step back and think about this for a while before you
start writing large checks for sweep gear.
No piece of sweep equipment can replace a flashlight, a proper
ladder, and the eyes of a TSCM specialist. This is also one of the
great secrets of how to perform a proper bug sweep.
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James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803
Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467
127 Eastern Avenue #291 Web:
http://www.tscm.com/
Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 E-mail: mailto:jm..._at_tscm.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmatkinson
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No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the
enemy until it is ripe for execution. - Machiavelli, The Prince, 1521
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For every dollar you take out of your business for personal use you must
earn 16 dollars or more to balance out what you removed. That fancy two
week $6,000 summer vacation for your family that you paid for is going to
cost your business at least $96,000 in revenue.<br>
<br>
If you spend business funds on frivolous or unneeded things you will need
to earn 24 dollars or more for every dollar you spent. The $4,475 leather
couch you just bought for your office is actually going to cost you at
least $107,400 in revenues.<br>
<br>
Allow all test equipment to warm up for at least 30 minutes prior to
attempting to take a calibrated measurement.<br>
<br>
When you bring test equipment into the building in cases where the
equipment was at sub-freezing temperature in the truck, then permit the
equipment to warm up and �thaw� for at least 60 minutes before you plug
it into the wall.<br>
<br>
Keep all test equipment in calibration at all times, and always have more
then one set of equipment so that you do not lose a project when your
equipment is out for calibration or repair.<br>
<br>
Test equipment that is over ten years old is a liability, and a disaster
waiting to happen. Plan to do major equipment upgrades at least every
five years.<br>
<br>
When possible, try to get at least three years ahead of
�state-of-the-art� so that you are using specialized test equipment
months or even years before it is even announced to the general public.
<br>
<br>
Know what is being developed at the leading edge of the communications
industry so that you are never blindsided by a new bug, based on new
technologies that you were not paying attention to.<br>
<br>
Take time to think in the middle of doing. A few minutes of thinking can
save hours of doing. Doing without thinking is dangerous; thinking
without doing is misguided. Sometimes we must do and think at the same
time.<br>
<br>
"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never
beginning to live." <br>
- Marcus Aelius Aurelius<br>
<br>
Make sure that you control your sweep equipment, and that it does not
control you. Meditate on this for a while, for it is one of the great
secrets of the TSCM business.<br>
<br>
Keep your sweep equipment in good repair, and operational at all times. A
few minutes of checking out your equipment the night before you start a
sweep can prevent twelve hours of utter on-site chaos, or a missed
bug.<br>
<br>
Check the batteries in your sweep gear before you start the sweep and
then again before you put the equipment away at the end of the sweep to
minimize any unpleasant surprises.<br>
<br>
Many TSCM specialists have missed bugs because the batteries in their own
equipment were either weak or completely dead.<br>
<br>
More bugs have been found with a ladder and a flashlight more then any
other tool. Step back and think about this for a while before you start
writing large checks for sweep gear.<br>
<br>
No piece of sweep equipment can replace a flashlight, a proper ladder,
and the eyes of a TSCM specialist. This is also one of the great secrets
of how to perform a proper bug sweep.<br>
<br><br>
<br>
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James M.
Atkinson
Phone: (978) 546-3803<br>
Granite Island
Group
Fax: (978) 546-9467<br>
127 Eastern Avenue
#291
Web:
<a href="
http://www.tscm.com/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.tscm.com/<br>
</a> Gloucester, MA
01931-8008
E-mail:
<a href="mailto:jm..._at_tscm.com" eudora="autourl">mailto:jm..._at_tscm.com<br>
</a> <b>
<a href="
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmatkinson" eudora="autourl">
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmatkinson<br>
</a></b>
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