Marianne Mäder (Switzerland)
I was born and raised in Bern/Switzerland. After secondary school, which I finished in 1974 I started a commercial apprenticeship from 1976 to 1979, which was followed with the second apprenticeship at Bernradio/HEB. Successfully finished this training in spring 1982. I then worked as a radio operator at Bernradio/HEB for the next eleven years, then changed back into the commercial sector, becoming the billing officer for the mobile services of Bernradio/HEB and Bernafunk, the aeronautical radio station. Left this position finally in January 2005, when the operated station was terminated and changed into a solely automatic station. During all this time I still kept working at the station for weekends and holiday replacements. The picture was taken on the last evening shift on CW at HEB.