I'm Bob Kovacs, a kid at heart who somehow managed to make it into my 50s. I still don't know how that happened. I've always been fascinated with electronics and mechanical things, and have been working in the electronics/communications industry since (gulp!) 1971. In 1979, I got my first job as a television engineer, and I've been involved with television ever since. I'm currently a broadcast engineer with Sprint Nextel, working on a huge national project involving most of the country's TV stations. If all goes well, I'll work myself out of a job in Sept. 2009.

My mechanical obsession led me to cars, and I know a fair piece about what happens under the hood. I do most of my own car repair, and it's not unusual to find me doing a valve job or replacing a transmission. I'm also pretty handy around the house and will tackle almost any project, big or small. If you don't expect perfect plumbing, we'll get along fine.

Like Patty, I also found myself doing a lot of writing. In 1998, I became the editor of a trade magazine called Pro Video Review, which is why you can find me around the Internet by the name "pvreditor." Pro View Review died after seven issues, so I moved to a sister magazine called TV Technology, where I was the technology editor for five years. Since 1998, I've published more than 250 articles and had more than 1,000 photographs published in various magazines. I've had about 10 articles and 100 pictures published in magazines so far this year. In addition to writing about television, radio and electronics, I write about cars for a magazine called Excellence, which you can find on newsstands. My next article, on consoles used in the television industry, will be in the July 9, 2008, issue of TV Technology.

Also like Patty, I grew up in upstate New York, about 60 miles north of New York City. After living all over NY State (Fredonia, NYC, Westchester), I moved to Virginia to escape the high taxes. I now live in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC. I'm a teatotaler, have two cats, own two homes and eight guitars, and have been married (no kids) for nearly 28 years.

And I'm glad to be here!

--Bob