[Al Skierkiewicz]

I don't know if it is a passion but the thing I like to do the most is passing along knowledge. It doesn't matter if it is just talking about things that have occurred in my life, technical stuff or life struggles. What that implies is that you have to acquire knowledge in order to pass along knowledge. So that leads to two fundamentals that I follow. The first is in my signature below, Learn something new everyday. Now that is a nice saying, it is hard to find any fault in it or any arguable points of view. Simply learn something, anything. Do it today and continue doing it everyday. Implied is the need to pass it along. Don't be selfish, give it freely to others. It is no good to acquire knowledge and then hide it away.
The second is really very much like the first. I met a great teacher once. He happened to have fundamentally the same idea. While studying audio and acoustics under Don Davis, he repeatedly wrote, expressed and included this saying in his work.
I met a man with a dollar, we exchanged dollars. We each left with a dollar. I met a man with an idea, we exchanged ideas. We each left with two ideas.
So it is not only the need to acquire knowledge, it is very important to have ideas. Like knowledge, ideas need to be shared. If we don't share them, we won't know if they are good ideas. Without the ideas, we can't ask the hard questions about the knowledge we have. Without the knowledge, we can't formulate good ideas.
Next in line, is Ham Radio. It allows me to explore RF, communications, antenna design and function, and on occasion to gain knowledge and exchange ideas with people I will never meet.