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RCA Advertisement

A Bit of TV History

RCA Advertisement on History of Television, June 1945 Radio-Craft - RF CafeIt is the opinion of historians that in order to understand the present, you need to know the past. Searching for one's roots in this world is big business. Online family tree type websites are used by thousands of people to research their family histories, and some services don't come cheap. You can even pay someone to dig into your past to assimilate all available information and put it in a bound, printed volume. Here on RF Cafe, I research and post a lot of our profession's past. While the individual topics themselves might no bear significantly on the present, having an insight into the people's mindsets and progression of technology is ...

BeRex Intros WB Digital VGAs

Needing Only Single 3V Supply

BeRex-WB-Digital-Variable-Gain-Amplifier-Single-3V-Supply-1-30-2015.htm" > BeRex Launches Industry's First WB Digital VGAs Needing Only Single 3V Supply - RF CafeState-of-the-art BeRex-WB-Digital-Variable-Gain-Amplifier-Single-3V-Supply-1-30-2015.htm" >digital variable gain amplifiers provide very low power consumption. BeRex today announced the BVA303 and BVA305, 6-bit DVGA (Digital Variable Gain Amplifiers) offering high linearity, low noise and require only a single 3V power supply, thereby reducing the power consumption. Both DVGAs are capable of working at up to 4GHz without external matching components and are provided in a space saving 4x4mm, 24- pin QFN package. Designed primarily for 3G/4G wireless infrastructure equipment, satellite radio and other high BeRex-WB-Digital-Variable-Gain-Amplifier-Single-3V-Supply-1-30-2015.htm" ...

A.C. Generator for Automobiles

A. C. Generator for Automobiles, March 1948 Radio Craft - RF CafeAC alternators replaced DC generators back in the 1940s as demand for conditioned electrical power in vehicles rose beyond that needed for ignition and lighting. Radios are the most notable additions, and because AM broadcasts were the dominant method of the day for commercial stations, noiseless electrical supplies were required. Spark-induced noise from ignition systems was bad enough since its frequency varied with engine RPM, but the DC generator's commutator sparking noise - much of it right smack in the audio frequency range - was just too much for the public to endure if widespread acceptance of radio was to be realized. Remember that in the era, a radio was not standard equipment in cars and trucks so customers needed ...

RF & Microwave Articles

RF & Microwave Engineering Articles for January 30, 2015 - RF CafeThis is my second batch of useful RF & microwave articles for 2015 editions of the industry's premier engineering magazines. The selection, as always, reflects my personal preferences, but I do throw in a few that just plain look interesting. It's shaping up to be a great year for articles.

- Software-Designed Instrument

   Revolution,

   B. Driver & V. Fernandez

- Internet of Things Focus,

   M. Ouzillou, R. Yu,

- Wideband Omnidirectional

   Microwave Cloaking,

   N. Cohen

- Extracting Space from

   Aerospace & Defense,

   D. Robinette

- Metamaterial Resonators:

   Theory and Applications,

   U. Rohde, A. Poddar

- The Myth Called "Ground,"

   B. Archambeault <more>

Practical Radar

Practical Radar (part 5), October 1945 Radio News - RF CafeAfter having begun my electronics career in the USAF as an airport surveillance radar technician, my interest is always piqued by articles on the subject. Like so many other types of electronics, radar is so common today that not many people think it is anything special - just another convenience that has been around for as long as they can recall - and indeed it likely has been since radar was first put into practical operation in the early 1940s. In 1945, the last year of World War II, Radio News magazine ran a multi-month series on radar system theory of operation and design. When I look at the detailed block diagram, it brings back ...

Technical Punography

Technical Punography - RF CafeOne of Melanie's old (and getting older... ) college friend posted this list on Facebook. There is evidently no end to the amount of cleverness out there. Enjoy.

- When chemists die, they

   barium. 

- I know a guy who's addicted to

   brake fluid. He says he can

   stop anytime.

- I'm reading  a book about

   anti-gravity. I can't put it

   down.

- Broken pencils are pointless.

-  √ * √ =

- They told me I had Type A

   blood, but it was a Type O.

        <many more>

Ultrasonic Communications

Ultrasonic Communications, October 1945 Radio News - RF CafeThat ultrasonic communications has not proved to be a reasonable means of transmitting information from one location to another - even over fairly short distances - is borne out by the obvious lack of such systems today. With all the technology available in the form of electronics, mechanics, and software, if it were possible to efficiently and effectively implement systems of ultrasonic communications, such devices would be as common as the current plethora of wireless systems. Some early research efforts at ultrasonic communications were published in a 1945 edition of Radio News. Regardless of the era, the electromagnetic frequency bands are always deemed to be too crowded so researchers ...

Werbel Microwave Intros

12-18 GHz Power Divider

Werbel-Microwave-12-18-GHz-Power-Divider-1-27-2015.htm" > Werbel Microwave Intros 12-18 GHz Power Divider - RF CafeWerbel Microwave designs and manufactures custom Werbel-Microwave-12-18-GHz-Power-Divider-1-27-2015.htm" >power dividers to your specification with no minimum order. The 2PA1500 shown here covers 12-18 GHz with 1.5:1 VSWR, 17 dB minimum isolation and 0.6 dB maximum insertion loss. Its footprint is only one square inch. SMA female.

Super Bowl XLIX Partyware

Super Bowl XLIX Tableware Party Kit for 24 Guests - RF CafeYou have just enough time to get your last-minute Super Bowl party gear at a good price. Standard shipping is free, as is 2-day service if you're a Prime member. I justify promoting the Super Bowl as an RF Cafe Featured Product because of its relevance to the posting I just did on Roman numbers. Anything you buy on Amazon after than clicking on this thumbnail helps pay my bills. Thanks.

Lee de Forest: Broadcasting

- As I Imagined It ...

Broadcasting - As I Imagined It ..., February 1939 Radio-Craft - RF CafeDr. Lee DeForest might have had something like National Public Radio (est. 1970) in mind when he penned this article in 1933. In it, the famous vacuum tube amplifier inventor lamented and criticized the commercialization of broadcasts because of all the paid product announcements (aka commercials) that had been steadily increasing over the years. He also was critical of the "hit-or-miss, higgeldy-piggeldy mélange program basis" of programing; i.e., the same station playing a mix of jazz, opera, swing, syndicated story-telling, etc. The good doctor did not elaborate on where funding for such dedicated, uncorrupted broadcasts would originate if not from paying advertisers, and I do not recall ever reading about a DeForest Radio Network paid for by his vast fortune. I don't ...

Crosley Roamio Automotive

Superheterodyne Datasheet

Crosley Roamio Automotive Superheterodyne Models 95 and 96 Radio Service Datat Sheet, April 1933 Radio-Craft - RF CafeAs in the past, I am posting these Radio Service Data Sheets as a service to someone who might be doing research on vintage radios and/or restoring one. Roamio is not producing automobile radios anymore, but they do now make TiVo recorders and streaming media players. The Crosley Roamio Automotive T.R.F. Receiver Models 90, 91 and 92 and Crosley Roamio Automotive Superheterodyne Models 95 and 96 were made in the early 1930 at a time when cars and trucks were just starting to experience such luxury. Crosley did not begin manufacturing its own line of cars until 1939, so none of these radios made it into Crosley autos.

Sivers IMA Launches

77 GHz Radar Sensor

Sivers-IMA-77-GHz-Radar-Sensor-1-27-2015.htm" > Sivers IMA Launches 77 GHz Radar Sensor - RF CafeSivers IMA is expanding its radar sensor portfolio by launching a 77 GHz radar sensor. "The need for measuring distance, depth, speed or position in different products operating in harsh environments is growing and our radar sensors provide an excellent and cost effective way of doing that," says Robert Ekström, CEO of Sivers IMA. The new 77 GHz sensor complements the existing sensors in the 10 and 24 GHz frequency bands. With its higher frequency, it delivers a signal Sivers-IMA-77-GHz-Radar-Sensor-1-27-2015.htm" ...

Super Bowl XLIX:

A Roman Numeral Review

If you have a hard time interpreting - or even care about - the Roman numerals used to designate which number in the Super Bowl series this Sunday's game represents, you're in good company. My guess is that most people might be able to interpret a number like III as 3, or even XXXVIII as 38, but something like XLIX (49 - this year's Super Bowl number) causes Excedrin headache number XXIV to set in. Excedrin Headache #24 Commercial Even if you are are familiar with the Roman numeral system, did you realize that there is no character to represent zero (0) or that negative Roman numerals do not exist, formally, either? Zero was considered sacrilegious back in the day because it was considered an affront to a Creator who, it was reasoned, could never create nothing so there was no need for a number to represent what didn't exist ...

Electronic, Distributed Configurations

Electronic, Distributed Configurations - RF CafeThe extensive unification of Byzantine fault tolerance and SMPs has investigated flip-flop gates, and current trends suggest that the study of agents will soon emerge. In our research, we verify the evaluation of linked lists, which embodies the essential principles of cryptoanalysis. Here we prove that Markov models and superpages can synchronize to fulfill this objective. Unified ubiquitous communication have led to many natural advances, including the partition table and lambda calculus. In this position paper, we prove the improvement of access points ...

Hogarth in Echophone Radio Ads

Hogarth in Echophone Radio Ad, August 1945, Radio Craft - RF CafeHogarth in Echophone Radio Company Ad, June 1945 Radio-Craft - RF CafeHogarth is a comic character invented by the Echophone Radio Company. Their bespectacled Army grunt was one of the first technology nerd types who always managed to appear with pretty girls. His caricature evolved quickly over the two or three year run of the advertisements. Most Echophone Radio ads I have seen either feature Hogarth and his woman/women or Hogarth and a demanding sergeant. This full-page advertisement appeared in the August 1945 edition of Radio-Craft magazine. Echophone radios can still be found on eBay for fairly low prices - often less than the ... 

Flyback and Yoke Tester

Flyback and Yoke Tester, December 1958 Radio-Electronics - RF CafeHmmm..., I think this article ended up being scanned because an electronics-themed comic appeared on the same page. Oh well, the information about building a simple, one-tube television flyback and yoke tester is still useful to somebody out there, so here it is.

Pasternack Announces

New Product Manager

Pasternack Enterprises, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, welcomes Mr. Tim Galla as the company's Product Manager for Active RF Components. Mr. Galla brings 25+ years of product development, applications engineering and business development expertise to Pasternack from many of the RF/microwave industry's most recognized names. Mr. Galla has a successful track record of developing and introducing market-differentiating products and creating new market

Cosmic Radio Signals

from Sun and Stars

Cosmic Radio Signals from Sun and Stars, March 1948 Radio Craft - RF CafeNational defense needs have pushed back the frontiers of science and technology since time immemorial. Mechanics, chemistry, medicine, mathematics, psychology, astronomy, electricity, and as of the late nineteenth century, electronics. Astronomy was useful as a navigational tool and required a very sophisticated knowledge of geometry and algebra to make it accessible to seafaring men, cartographers, and land surveyors. Since the early 1900s, radio astronomy has played a huge role in the advancement of super-sensitive receiver designs. Most people think of information arriving to them in two or maybe three forms: sound, visible light, and some (but not many) even consider radio waves. As over-the-air AM and FM radio broadcasts die out, even fewer people are aware of radio ...

Notable Tech Quote

David Sarnoff

Notable Tech Quote: David Sarnoff - RF Cafe"Television is likely to do more to revolutionize politics than sound broadcasting did. Political candidates may have to adopt new techniques to benefit from visual radio: their dress, their smiles and gestures, all will be important. How they look, as well as what they say, may determine to an appreciable extent their popularity. The eyes of the public will be upon them." - David Sarnoff, head of RCA, in his annual report on the state of television and radio. March 1948 Radio Craft magazine.

War Advertising Council Advice:

Pay Raises Are Bad

Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do, Or do without, January 1945 Radio News - RF CafePay raises are bad for the country. That was according to the Office of War Information's War Advertising Council's full-page spread in the 1945 edition of Radio News magazine. According to their logic, you requesting or expecting - even accepting - a pay raise was damaging to the country's war effort because the ultimate result was increased prices for end users of products and services. It was an argument against inflation at a time when inflation was low . At the time, people had the best interest of the country at heart and, especially with the fate of the free world on the line, were largely willing participants. Having so many family members serving in foreign lands in a battle to beat back ...

Anatech Electronics Newsletter

January 2015

anatech-january-2015-newsletter.htm" > Anatech Electronics, a manufacturer of anatech-january-2015-newsletter.htm" >RF and microwave filters, has published its January 2015 newsletter. As always, it includes both company news and some tidbits about relevant industry happenings. This month, Sam Benzacar reports on news about LTE Direct, GaN-on-diamond substrates for high power devices, the World Health Organization findings on RF exposure levels' effects on kids' health, and microwaveable food packet technology. He also opines on the topic of "Interference and the New Year." Being a major manufacturer of filters, Anatech Electronics has a vested anatech-january-2015-newsletter.htm" ...

Career and Job Hunting Advice

January 26, 2015

Engineering Career and Job Hunting Advice for January 26, 2015 - RF CafePlenty of career enhancement and job seeking advice has been published in the ten days since I last scouted out these kinds of short articles. Of course there is a lot more where these came from. A caveat emptor warning is prudent when deciding which bits of career coaching prose to take seriously. I routinely detect political and sociological biases and attitudes in way too many.

- Things You Should Never Do

   When Giving a Presentation

- New Year, New Skills: Tech

   Hiring Trends for 2015

- How Job Seekers Can Boost

    Their Communication Skills

- The Highest-Paying States for

   Tech Pros   <more>

Unique Sound Effects in Radio

Unique Sound Effects in Radio, February 1939 Radio-Craft - RF CafeSound effects in television and movies are in the modern era generated electronically at the push of a button or the clicking of a mouse. Thousands of sound effects are available for download to enhance amateur videos. Whether you need the clopping of horse hooves, birds chirping, a street racer squealing his wheels coming off the starting line, or a baby crying in the background, it's all at your disposal - and usually at no cost. Prior to around 1960, with the exception of the incredibly phony sounding 'canned' laugh tracks and audience clapping used on 'live' situational comedies and variety shows, all those aforementioned sound effects had to be created real-time in the recording studio. Even if you are too old to have actually listened to old time radio shows like The Lone Ranger and The Shadow, surely you have watched an old movie where a gun shot was heard ...

RF Cafe's Final Engineering

Crossword Puzzle

Amateur Radio Crossword Puzzle for January 25, 2015 - RF CafeThis is likely the last engineering-themed crossword puzzle that I will be creating. It takes about an hour to make and publish each one, and since I suspect the number of dedicated cruciverbalists out there are few, it is just not worth the effort anymore. Without any memorable exceptions, I have created a crossword puzzle every week since sometime in the year 2000 (more than 700 total). Each one was made with personally selected words to avoid non-relevant terms and clues. The puzzles will resume if enough requests come in to do so, otherwise, today marks the end of an era.

How Many Microhenrys

in That Coil?

How Many Microhenrys in That Coil?, December 1931/January 1932 Short Wave Craft - RF CafeThis is a nice short article covering the calculation of inductances for coils wound on cores and wire sizes. The author recognized that standard formulas, although concise and accurate, are sometimes difficult to work with when calculations for a large number of values is needed for a particular circuit design. To address the situation, he presents a handy nomograph, chart, and a table of typical values. A smartphone app, a spreadsheet, or a desktop computer program would be used today to calculate inductance values, number of turns, winding spacing, etc., but back when mechanical slide rules were the order of the ...

Radio in the Next War

Radio in the Next War, May 1948 Radio Craft - RF CafeIn his 1948 editorial titled "Radio in the Next War," Hugo Gernsback predicted no fewer than four major technological milestones. The first two were actually foreseen in his pre-World War II articles where he wrote of what would become known as 'radar' and the 'Handie-Talkie.' With war against the Commies in North Korea brewing, he wrote of both cruise missiles, NORAD, and the concept of MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) as it pertained to the U.S. now being the first to detonate a nuclear weapon henceforth. For more than 70 years the prediction has held. You need to be a pretty good judge of both technical capabilities and their developmental timelines ...

Electronics-Themed Comics

Electronics Themed Comics, August 1944 Radio Craft - RF CafeIt's Friday and the weekend is almost here - time for little levity. These comics from Radio-Craft magazine have an electronics theme, so you can claim looking at them is work-related since you might use one for your next conference or project status presentation. Some of the concepts are utterly foreign to contemporary readers, like user-serviceable electronics apperati[sic] and radio sets that receive over-the-air signals. There is a list of many more similar comics at the bottom of the page in case you haven't seen them yet. Enjoy ...

NOTICE: Traveling Today

Traveling Today - RF CafeI will be on the road for most of today and tomorrow, so responses to e-mail will be delayed a bit. Thanks for your patience.

 

And Now - The Filamentless Tube

And Now - The Filamentless Tube, March 1933 Radio-Craft - RF CafeIf this article had appeared in an April edition of Radio-Craft, I might have suspected it was a Fool's hoax, but it was the March issue and, it turns out, it was serious. Obviously the concept of a filamentless tube did not work out well since the overwhelming majority of vacuum tubes sold up until the time semiconductors took over the electronic device market had separate filaments (heaters). It was a great idea, though, and the world is thankful for the pioneers who take the figurative 'arrows' for the rest of us. We benefit from their hard work and ingenuity, while they suffer the agony of defeat, with an occasional taste of the thrill of victory. It is too bad the concept did not work because, as pointed out in ...

Police Radar That Sees

Through Your House Walls

Police Radar That Sees Through Your House Walls - RF CafeL3 Comms' Range-R handheld radar unit is capable of 'seeing' through building walls to detect a building's contents. It was evidently developed for military operations when conducting house-to-house searches for jihadist terrorists in places like Afghanistan and Iraq. Like much military technology, though, it is being adopted for use by civilian police, federal law enforcement agencies, firefighting, and search & rescue teams. Range-R's ability to "detect and measure the distance to moving and near-stationary personnel through walls constructed of common building materials" makes it an ideal tool for looking for survivors inside collapsed buildings, for finding incapacitated and/or trapped people within burning homes, and for allowing law enforcement personnel to determine the presence and ...

Guerrilla RF's New Ultra-Low

Noise Amplifier Family

Guerrilla-RF-Ultra-Low-Noise-Amplifier-1-20-2015.htm" > Guerrilla RF's New Ultra-Low Noise Amplifier Family Features Industry Leading Noise Figure and Highest Level of Performance - RF CafeGuerrilla RF Inc., a leading provider of high performance MMICs, today introduces an Guerrilla-RF-Ultra-Low-Noise-Amplifier-1-20-2015.htm" >ultra-low noise amplifier family with industry-leading noise figure and the highest level of performance. These new high linearity solutions support a number of wireless infrastructure devices including high performance small cell LNAs, macro base station LNAs, distributed antenna systems (DAS) and general purpose LNA applications requiring the absolute lowest possible NF. "We are excited to help our wireless infrastructure customers obtain maximum receiver sensitivity and improve receiver dynamic range with minimal external components, which ultimately Guerrilla-RF-Ultra-Low-Noise-Amplifier-1-20-2015.htm" ...

Carl & Jerry:

Operation Worm Warming

Carl & Jerry: Operation Worm Warming, May 1961 Popular Electronics - RF CafeWhen becoming a licensed Ham a few years back, I learned that when broadcasting over amateur bands, the FCC requires you to transmit your station identification at the beginning of each session and then at least once every ten minutes. I hate to nit pick a Carl & Jerry story, but in this episode John Frye's intrepid electronics hobbyist duo rigs up their basement 'shack' to automatically transmit the letter 'A' in Morse code as a beacon signal to test reception in a cave. A timer would start the broadcast and it would run continuously for half an hour. Maybe things were different in 1961. The experiment intended to test a signal's ability to propagate through the Earth rather than through the air. It is an interesting twist on the skin effect of high frequency signals along a conductor ...

The Homeowner's DIY Guide

to Electrical Wiring

The Homeowner's DIY Guide to Electrical Wiring - RF CafeDavid Herres has sharpened his pencil and written a couple new books for the DIYer tackling electrical wiring issues at home. The Homeowner's DIY Guide to Electrical Wiring goes beyond the typical book of this sort and devotes considerable space to modern electrical devices like wide screen TVs, computers, wireless devices, alternative energy, home automation, satellite receivers, etc. He also discusses electrical services, specialty devices like ground fault and arc fault interrupters (GFIs and AFIs), recent National Electrical Code changes, and much more. Stay tuned for a review and accompanying quiz on David's The Electrician's Trade Demystified.

Balloons Raise Shortwave

Antenna

Balloons Raise Shortwave Antenna, April 1935 Short Wave Craft - RF CafeAntennas have been deployed in difficult environments using many ingenious methods over the years both by professionals and amateurs. The process typically involves first propelling a lightweight string or wire across and/or up to a supporting structure (a tower, tree, building, whatever) and then using that lead line to draw the antenna and its accompanying coaxial or twin lead cable into its final position. Sometimes simply tying a line to a rock and tossing it over a tree branch does the trick, but usually deployment requires a more powerful launch such as a a bow and arrow or even a model rocket. Many years ago a modeling magazine reported on a large radio controlled airplane that towed a lead line across a wide gulch ...

Free Subscriptions

to Engineering Magazines

January 2015 Free Engineering Magazine Subscriptions - RF CafeMany of your favorite magazines offer free subscriptions to qualified applicants. Qualified usually means that you are currently employed in a field related to the primary theme of the magazine, and often you also need to be a decision maker for buying products represented within the pages. The list hasn't changed much - if at all - since last month. Technical magazines, like RF Cafe, get paid by advertisers and therefore need the public to support those companies by purchasing their products and/or services. If you think you meet the standards ... 

Notable Tech Quote for

Week of January 20, 2015

H. Ward Silver quote, January 2015 QST - RF Cafe"Earth is not a magic drain into which all of unwanted RF can be poured via a wire." -- H. Ward Silver, N0AX, ARRL author of "Hands-On Radio" column in QST (January 2015). Mr. Silver is also the lead editor of the ARRL Handbook.

How and Why of Frequency

Modulation - Part II

An Engineer Analyzes the How and Why of Frequency Modulation, August 1941 Radio-Craft - RF CafeThis is the second and final installment of an article on the topic frequency modulation that began in the July 1941 edition of Radio-Craft. Author Raymond Guy, a radio facilities engineer at the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), covers all the fundamentals of FM not just from a functional circuits perspective but also pointing out a broadcaster's concern for channel spacing and broadcasting ranges. Transmitter pre-emphasis, receiver de-emphasis, noise thresholds, and adjacent channel and co-channel broadcasting strategies are discussed here.

The Latest Engineering Articles

The Latest Engineering Articles (1-20-2015) - RF CafeI know you're busy, so I took the liberty of linking to a few recent articles from Microwave Journal, High Frequency Electronics, and Microwaves & RF that look interesting. That's not to say the others are not, but this is the kind of stuff that piques my curiosity. The overly scholarly articles make my head hurt, so I gravitate toward practical advice and whiz-bang new technology.

- Wideband Omnidirectional

   Microwave Cloaking, N. Cohen

- Sorting Through Balun

   Confusion, D. Jorgesen

- Changing the Operating

   Frequency of an RF Power

   Amplifier Circuit, (p.22)

   D. Vigneri

- Real Time Radar Target

   Generation, S. Heuel,

   D. McCarthy

- Antenna Tackles Wi-Fi and

   WiMAX, M. Shafiei,

   M. Moghavvemi, W. Mahadi

An Engineer Analyzes the How

and Why of Frequency Modulation

An Engineer Analyzes the How and Why of Frequency Modulation, July 1941 Radio-Craft - RF CafeHere is the first of a two-part article on frequency modulation. FM was a very welcome option for entertainment radio listeners who had grown weary of static mixed in with their music and syndicated adventure, drama, and comic programs like The Green Hornet, Lights Out, and The Life of Riley, respectively. Amplitude modulation is susceptible to all sorts of interference from car ignition systems, arcing in electric motors, light switches being turned on and off, lightning, and a host of other sources. A commercial radio with good noise and adjacent channel rejection was relatively expensive. Permanent magnet speakers did not become a standard feature for first few ...

Google's Spiral 2

Modular Smartphone

Google's Spiral 2 Modular Smartphone - RF CafeA lifetime ago (in technology advancement time units) I reported on a crowdfunded project to develop a modular smartphone called Phonebloks. The idea was to sell a plug-and-play building block platform where the user decides exactly what functionality he/she needs and what level of functionality, and then simply plugs the modules into a motherboard type base. It would also permit owners to upgrade and/or swap out only functions deemed necessary. So, if you believe that a 12 Mpixel camera sensor chip being used with a cheap plastic lens is an unwarranted expense, then buy the 5 Mpixel camera module with the same lens and same picture quality for half the price, and at the ...

EDI CON Adds 5G Advanced

Communications Forum

EDI-CON-5G-Advanced-Communications-Forum-Conference-Sessions-1-7-2015.htm" > EDI CON Adds 5G Advanced Communications Forum to Conference Sessions - RF Cafe

Horizon House Publications and Microwave Journal China are pleased to announce that EDI CON 2015, taking place April 14-16, has added a 5G Advanced Communications Forum to the conference schedule. The 5G Forum will be a full day of sessions taking place on April 15 at the China National Convention Center . The 5G Forum will kick off with China Mobile presenting their perspective on 5G technologies followed by a panel session including experts from organizations such as China Mobile, Shanghai Tech, Keysight Technologies, Rohde & Schwarz and National Instruments. A EDI-CON-5G-Advanced-Communications-Forum-Conference-Sessions-1-7-2015.htm" ...

Wireless Engineering Crossword

Puzzle for January 18, 2015

Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle for January 18, 2015 - RF CafeThis week's Wireless Engineering crossword puzzle contains the usual collection of science, math, and engineering terms, and also includes a couple topics that have been in the technical news headlines lately. Enjoy.

Blowtorching Dead Vacuum

Tubes Back to Life

Blowtorching Tubes to Life, January 1933 Radio-Craft - RF CafeIf this article had appeared in the New York Times in the year 2014, its author, Glenn Ellsworth, would have been labeled a 'Depression Denier!' Don't be confused by the word 'denier,' which most often prior to about 1999 was used to refer to a type of silver coin or a measure of fineness of silk cloth. Today, it is seen most often as describing one who would deny something. 'Denyer' is the alternate spelling used by some authors to avoid confusion, and since the level of spelling knowledge is so low, most people never notice. But, I digress. The reason I bring up the point is because this article was published in 1933, little more than three years after the Stock Market Crash of October 29, 1929. Mr. Ellsworth says in part, "Many service departments are fairly busy, even with the so-called depression at its ...

Career and Job Hunting

Resources for January 16, 2015

Career and Job Hunting Advice for January 16, 2015 - RF CafeInfographics are a big deal in communications these days. A lot of the artwork is really impressive, but let's face it, infographics are basically kindergarten picture books for adults. Even so, I like them - pass the milk and cookies. The first item on this week's list is in fact an infographic with recommendations on avoiding resume mistakes. Don't expect a 'wow' factor in the pictures, though; it looks as though everything came from the MS Office clipart collection.

- Resume Mistakes Job Seekers

   Must Avoid [Infographic]

- How to Ask for a Raise – and

   Actually Get It

- The Single Best Way to

   Answer Every Job Interview

   Question

- My First 90 Days: Interview Is

   Just Beginning<more>

Have You Seen Him?

Have You Seen Him?, April 1935 Short Wave Craft - RF CafeToday we have missing persons notices printed on milk cartons and computer-aged pictures of missing kids on bulletin boards at Walmart, and of course the Internet with all its various forms of publicity. In 1935, evidently, an electronics magazine was a proper venue for placing a missing person ad. At the time there was no convenient and accessible way for family members to reach out to a nationwide audience other than to place ads in magazines and/or newspapers in remote locations. I thought it odd to see such a placement in this edition of Short Wave Craft, but considering the aforementioned, doing so is entirely reasonable for a worried family. It's heartbreaking, really ...