Sig Ops do everything that Proud Canadian stated, but we also do a lot more. In Kingston, 1 Sqn big thing is Computer Networking, and 3 Sqn is Satellite Communications. I can't tell you much about 1 Sqn stuff, but I can tell you that in 3 Sqn you will be working NCCIS (Nation Command and Control Information System) We are the link back to Canada while in a Theater of Operations overseas. Equipment we work with includes, but is not limited to INMARSAT(INternational MARitime SATellite) BT2, Ottercom,and Irridium Satellite phones, QRT (Quick Reaction Terminal) HF Radios, Stratigic Ground Terminals with 3.8 M dishes, Cryptographic material, secure and non secure voice, data, and Fax capabilities, various HF radio antennas, tlelephone systems 2, 5, 10, 30, and 60 KW generators....the list goes on.
A lot of Sigs go to Kingston, but the brigades are also a distinct possibility. Your Top places I think now are Petawawa, Edmonton, Valcartier, Gagetown and Kingston, not necessarily in that order
The best and worst things about being a Sig Op... Hmmm.... well, while on tour, at least in the NCCIS world, your never too far from a phone to call home! What else... Well, all I can say is this. When your busy, your really busy, but when your not, your sitting down with your thumb stuck up your @$$ down in the troop room or in what we like to refer to as our "Cages". Would I want to be any other trade? No, I don't think so. I might want to get out of a certain area of it, but with technology as it is today, there is always something new the military has that we can do.
If you have any questions, just let me know!
Good Luck in your quest!