On-The-Job Training at RPN 9

Hey guys! Yes, it's been a while. Really. This first semester of AY 2015-2016 is our OJT, ECE200B. They recently moved it from 2nd semester, to the 1st semester. According to the department, placing the OJT in the 5th yr 2nd semester (final semester for graduating students) breaks their concentration on academics. I agree. I can attest to that. Going to OJT really breaks the academic concentration of a student. Mainly because he/she is now focusing on his/her work rather than his/her studies. And there is A LOT of leisure time which made the focus (on studies) really difficult. They did this because the passing rate of our licensure exam is quite low, and inter changing the 1st and 2nd semester subjects, hopefully, will help the students focus. 

Okay. We did our OJT at Radio Philippines Network Inc., Manila. We didn't really decide, though. A friend asked us if we want to hold our OJT at CNN Philippines. Since it's new, (it only came to the Philippines last March 2015) we said, "Yeah, why not?". I was really excited, to be working in CNN. But unfortunately, we were assigned to its transmitter in mega Manila, RPN. If you must know, working in an STL (Studio/Transmitter Link) or in a transmitter in general, is not really exciting. And as a young, future engineer, I would like to make the most of my OJT. The hunger for action, adventure, and excitement. The only action we get during our stay there was during emergencies: power interruptions and fluctuations, and signal losses. 

RPN Tower.
"Tower of Ispleketengteng"
-Jonathan Mina

Nevertheless, our stay there was quite fun. There was little formality. We felt like we belong. One reason is that, two of their employees, were from Ilocos Norte. One is a cousin of a friend, Karlo Tamayo, and the other, a batchmate of Lian. Our supervisors always tell jokes, they always bully this one work mate of theirs, and are just very fun to be with. Engr. Juan Paolo Ballaran, is one interesting fellow. He is knowledgeable about almost anything! He is just amazing. He has this certain aura that makes you feel that some of his knowledge is being passed down to you, specially when we were asking questions.

Sir Paolo explaining the HMI (Human-Machine Interface)
of the Transmitter

The only work assigned to us for the whole duration was to monitor the transmitter's parameters: room temperature, forward power, reflected power, etc..  However, there were also additional tasks like cleaning, checking their inventory, and anything they might ask of us. Since mang Karlo has a cousin working at RPN, whenever his cousin, Ariel is on duty, (or any time that Ariel comes in the establishment) they always cook something for the engineering team. 

Cute Problems. Lol

But that was not all that we did, right Lian? :P

Sleeping On The Job, ey?

Yep. Definitely sleeping.

That's me sporting a peace sign. While sleeping.
I actually thought I was dreaming when I saw Lian
taking a photo, so I lift up my hands for a peace sign. ✌

The height of our stay at RPN was, drum roll please. 

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When we climbed the tower. *Badum tss*

Hahaha! Okay. 

Don't look down, look at the camera instead!

We learned a lot from our stay there at RPN. We saw in real life the transmission lines that we discussed (and wrote ;) ) from our summer subject, we learned how to break the communication barrier, we learned how their system works, and more. 

We also watched #AlDub during noon time. Yes, that's right. Even the supervisors. 

Photo was taken inconspicuously during AlDub.

As of writing, we are currently in the process of editing our terminal report. We just finished our OJT defense last October 8, 2015, which was a huge success. One of the panels said that she gave us the highest scores. Wow. Thank you, ma'am! 

After our OJT Defense. 

We rendered 480 hours of service to the company. To the staff and employees of Radio Network Philippines Inc., thank you for accommodating us! We had a blast staying at your company. 

Till then, cheers!

Cheers! ✌
(mang Karlo was not here because he was in the office)