Alan Yates's Home Page

After 25 years of Working at the University December 1987 to December 2012 taken in July 2013

Alan Yates is a support technician currently working for the Communications Research Group in the School of Electrical ,Electronic & Systems Engineering which is now part of the " College of Engineering & Physical Sciences ".

Before I came to work at Birmingham University , I worked in industry for a company called " Eddystone Radio Ltd " for 10 years ( 1978 - 1987) during which I studied for & gained an HNC in Electronic Servicing whilst working on a range of radio receivers & MF , HF & VHF transmitting equipment up to 4 kW using 2 of the amplifiers shown Here output along with the relevant instrumentation , I also studied for and gained my Amateur Radio Transmitting Licence .

Before joining the research center ( in 1992 ),I was previously involved with supporting the teaching labs & maintaining the wide range of instuments & equipment used , as well as assisting the Undergraduate students in practical aspects of their " Final Year Projects " ( 1987 - 1992 ).I continue to assist the undergraduate students with their projects but now specialise in the Radio & Acoustics type projects .

My Undergraduate and Post Graduate Taught course support times are here" Support For Taught Course Students " and any changes are locally displayed on my office door.

My hobbies include "Amateur Radio " for which I have held a transmitting licence since 1978 my callsign is G8RAO, I prefer to construct & operate on the VHF bands above 50 MHz ,I am a member of the South Birmingham Radio Society. I am also interested in " Preserved Railways " being mainly an " armchair member " of the Severn Valley Railway although I did get involved with the railway's LNER Coach Fund by contributing to this group's project to restore a coach to running order ,the link below takes you to a copy of an article published in the SVR's magazine " SVR News " I continue to support this group as and when time & material permit .

Please note that due to moving to a replacement server some of the pages have errors on the thumbnails , the embedded links still work ,

I hope to have them restored soon as time permits.

Contact Information :-

Alan Yates ( Senior Research Technician )

Room N522

Gisbert Kapp Building

The School of Electrical , Electronic & Systems Engineering

Pritchatts Rd

Edgbaston

Birmingham

B15 2TT

Tel No. +44 (0) 121 - 414 - 2206

Fax No. +44 (0) 121 - 414 - 4291

This page last updated 24th July 2015