Two Years in the Sultanate of Oman 1982-1984

JJ Heath-Caldwell SpeakerNet Sponsor


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Surrey, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight
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Type:
Professional
Fee:
Free
Category:
Life Skills
Updated:
4th June 2025

In 1982, age 23, I was posted to Oman as an Electronics Engineer with Marconi Radar to work on surveillance radar systems for the air force. I was based on the desert island of Masirah Island for one month and then spent a year in the desert at Thumrait and then a year at Seeb near Muscat. I had lots of great adventures, learned to dive and water ski, ran with the Hash running club and climbed a few mountains. All great "personality building stuff". Some of these adventures are covered in my book about the 1980s. Free pdf copies can be downloaded from https://jjhc.info/theupsanddownsofjeremyjames1980

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About JJ Heath-Caldwell

I was born and brought up in New Zealand in the 1960s and 1970s. After studying physics at University I left on a working holiday and came to the UK where I took up a job as an electronics engineer with Marconi Radar Systems Ltd. The company was based in Chelmsford but I was in the Field Services Dept and my work took me to Portsmouth for a few years and then Egypt and the Sultanate of Oman.

I continued to work in the British electronics industry throughout the 1980s and 1990s after which I changed careers and became an internet entrepreneur founding the company Local Surveyors Direct which is a family of price comparison websites for Building Surveys and other property services (www.localsurveyorsdirect.co.uk).

I have always been interested in family history and history generally and have written a book History of the World. I have also written a book about the 1960s & 1970s and a book about the 1980s. More info can be found on my website www.jjhc.info .

My other regular activity is as a member of Winchester Rotary Club where I am one of the organisers of the Clarendon Marathon (www.clarendon-marathon.co.uk).

I prefer giving talks in person. Happy to travel to most places in the South of England. I will also give talks online.


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