This document provides a summary of Blake Anderson's qualifications, including his education, training, and work experience in avionics and communications systems. He has over 5 years of experience as an Aviation Electronics Technician in the US Navy, specializing in electrical systems for various aircraft. Since 2012, he has worked in private industry installing, maintaining, and programming radios, dispatch equipment, and communications infrastructure for public agencies and private clients. He is currently a Communications Technician for Spokane County, where he manages their digital radio network and maintains 27 radio sites.

1. BLAKE C. ANDERSON
PHONE: 509-934-5051 EMAIL: 1Blake.Anderson@gmail.com
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
 Qualified Avionics Apprentice and Plane Captain - Troubleshooter and Aircraft Handler
 Avionics Technician - Organizational Level Class A School (generalized)
 F/A-18E/F Avionics System - Organizational Level Maintenance C School (specific)
 F/A-18E/F and EA-6B - Wire Bundle Connector Repair
 EA-6B Communication, Navigation, and Radar Systems - C School (specific)
 EA-6B Integrated Electronic Attack and Protection Systems - C School (specific)
 University Of Montana February 2012-June 2012
 Eastern Washington University – Jan 2015 to March 2015
 ICOM America IDAS P-25 trunked radio training – Feb 18-212013
 Zetron MAX Dispatch Console training – July 16-19 2013
 Avtec 911 Dispatch Training – WHITCOM, Pullman, WA Aug 2013
 Comtrain – Certified authorized Climber/Rescuer - 6-9-2015 Sacramento, CA
 Motorola Astro 25 7.15 Upgrade training and refresher course March - 7-11 2016
 Transtector AC/DC and Site grounding Training – 8-23-16
 Cisco CCNA router training - 12-16 Sept 2016
WORK EXPERIENCE
Aviation Electronics Technician December 2006 to December 2011
United States Navy - Whidbey Island, WA
 5 years experience specializing in aviation electrical systems in the F/A-18 Super Hornet Charlie Echo and
Delta, EA-18G Growler and EA-6B Prowler.
 Recognized expert in the following aircraft subsystems:
o APS – 130 Search radar o Advanced test equipment
o KY-58 Secure speech radio o APN-194 Radar altimeter
o AN/ASN-172 GPS o Aircraft integrity checks
o Coaxial and Waveguides
o Building multi-pin wire bundle
connectors
o Time Domain Reflectometers
o Phase Inspections
o Data bus maintenance
o Oscilloscope/Multimeter/Wattmeter
o Navair technical publications
o Airborne/ Aircraft Carrier Landing
Systems (ACLS)
Field Service Technician October 2012 to March 2015
Valence Wireless and Communications – Spokane, WA
 Installation, maintenance and programming of radios and dispatch equipment mostly at the customers’
location.
 Services high-profile customers, public service agencies, schools, and privately owned business including:
o Latah County Sheriff, Shoshone Sheriff, Lincoln County Sheriff, Whitman County Communications –
Whitcom, Pullman, WA, Walla Walla PD/ Fire, Troy Montana Dispatch, Idaho County Sheriff –
Grangeville, ID and Medstar/Life Flight
o Central Valley School District, Washington State University and Gonzaga University
o Northern Lights Electric Company, Bonner County General Hospital and Silver Mountain

2.  Experience includes:
o Remote site installing, including base stations, repeaters and antenna installs on over 200’ towers
o Formal training at Zetron in Redmond, WA for MAX Radio Dispatch and IDAS trunked radio training at
ICOM in Kirkland, WA.
o Installation of the 911 Radio and Call-taking systems at Latah County Sheriff and installation of dispatch
center and 10 radio resources in Troy, MT.
Communications Technician March 2015 to Present
Spokane Regional Emergency Communication Systems, Spokane County Radio Shop – Spokane, WA
 Manage and maintain digital Trunked Astro 25 infrastructure network in Spokane / Cheney for
Police, Sheriff, WSP, Fire, EMS and Dispatch.
 Manage and maintain Engineers communication in Spokane which use VHF voted receivers.
 Maintain large microwave infrastructure for radio system with several rings. Also maintain a vast 4.9Ghz
network for county owned spaces including Scope, Police stations, fairgrounds, water transfer stations,
parks, pools and golf courses.
 Maintain 27 radio sites owned or leased by Spokane County. Perform annual PMI’s on systems and
infrastructure from grounding, battery checks, tower inspections, radio checks, generator checks and keeping
propane topped off.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
o Proficient with radio test equipment analyzers, watt meters and sweep for return loss on
transmission lines/antenna systems. Including tuning of duplexers, obtaining VSWR to calculate
throughput, SINAD for receivers
o Proficient in the use of snow mobiles, ATV’s, snow cats and service vehicles
o Depot/bench repairs, micro-soldering, building connectors/ cannon plugs and crimping
o Excellent grasp of Internet Protocol networking and CISCO/ HP router language. Can navigate
with ease around the Motorola Astro 25 system, NM clients, switches and servers.
o Proficiency in telephony and programming of radios new and old
o Can navigate publications and schematics with ease
o Mechanical skills with all types of tools, experience on police vehicle installs of components
including light bars, sirens, consoles, ICOP systems and have some of my own tools
o Computer skills, most windows applications, excel, visio, build computers etc.
o Motivated, always looking for a challenge and work well with others
o Have installed many radio towers, examples as follows. Installed 50’ ROHN 25 Tower at goose
hump Wallace, ID. Installed 70’ ROHN 45 at Lincoln County Sheriff, 22.5’ ROHN 25 GBRM
roof mount antenna tower on top of the Spokane Convention Center. Install 60’ ROHN 25 at
Hangman Golf Course for 4.9GHZ link.
o Configured POCSAC 25Khz paging system for Spokane County and Kootenai County and
performed coverage testing.
o Primary bench technician and tower climber /installer. I always volunteers first and can tackle any
job at hand
o Responsible resourceful communications professional who believes there is always a solution and
is committed to completing jobs at hand before moving on