RF Cafe has been around since 1999, and since then has grown to more than 3,300 pages of unique content. The vastness of the depth and breadth can be seen in the webpage tree below. Unlike many website who have stolen content from RF Cafe, I have assiduously avoided instances of copyright infringement. Unless noted, every bit of text, graphics, and images is original (I do not claim credit for thumbnails that link to other people's work). All 3,000+ are not listed here since that includes hundreds of resumes, crossword puzzles, and many other pages. There should not be any repeated pages in this list.
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Business References- Amateur Astronomy
- Amateur Radio
- Amateur Weather
- Application Notes & Technical Papers
- Bookstore, Engineering & Science - Most items are linked to Amazon.com. Unless you live in Washington state, there is no sales tax, and for most books there is no shipping charge.
- Calculators & Converter Applets, Engineering
- Computer Language Resources
- CV (Curriculum Vitae) Writing Services
- Defense & Homeland Security
- Design Data
- Engineering Education Bulletin Boards, Tutorials, & Courses
- Electrical / Electronics Conversions, Formulas & References
- Table of Contents
- A/D Converter Calculations for RF Applications
- All Physical Constants
- Amplitude Modulation
- AN (Army / Navy) Component Designators & Designations
- AN (Army / Navy) Equipment Indicators
- Antenna Basics
- Antenna Patterns
- Applications & Media Data Bandwidth (2006)
- Solar Spectral Irradiance & PV Cell Operational Regions (ASTM G173-03)
- Atmospheric Absorption
- Atmospheric Refraction
- Fixed Pi and Tee Attenuators - Equations
- Battery Types & Specifications
- Battery Drawings
- Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) Battery Specifications
- Lithium-Polymer (Li-Po or Li-Poly) Battery Characteristics
- Bit Error Rate
- Bessel Functions
- Bessel Filter Poles
- Bessel Filter Prototype Element Values
- BGA Pad Count Matrix
- Bob Pease - The Successful Use of Breadboards for Complex Prototype Circuits
- Bond Wire Properties
- Boolean Algebra Equations & Truth Tables
- Butterworth Lowpass Filter Poles
- Butterworth Filter Prototype Element Values
- Capacitors & Capacitance Calculations
- Capacitance Conversions
- Capacitor Dielectric Properties
- Standard Capacitor Values
- Cascade Budget Calculation
- Example of System Cascade
- Data Rates Supported By Cellular Standards
- Electrical Charge Conversions
- Chebyshev Lowpass Filter Poles
- Chebyshev Filter Prototype Element Values
- LED Christmas Light Patents
- Properties of Modes in a Circular Waveguide
- Coaxial Cable Equations
- Coaxial Cable Specifications
- Coaxial Connector Descriptions & Drawings
- Coaxial Connector Usage Properties
- Conductor Bulk Resistivity & Skin Depths
- RF Connector Torque Specifications
- Electrical Current Conversions
- Damped Responses
- Data Bus Specifications
- Dell XPS400
- Delta-Wye Conversions
- Derivation of Phase Angle Error Due to VSWR Mismatch - by Haris Tabakovic
- Dielectric Constant, Strength, & Loss Tangent
- Capacitor Dielectrics & Descriptions
- Directional Couplers / Quadrature Hybrid Couplers
- Doppler Frequency Shift
- DTMF Frequencies
- Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP)
- Electric Field Conversions
- Electrical Constants
- Electrical Field Strength Conversion Table
- Electrical Units
- Electrocution of the Human Body
- Emergency Communications
- FCC Maximum Permissible RF Exposure Regulations
- Filter Prototype Denormalization
- Filter Equivalent Noise Bandwidth
- Filter Transfer Functions
- Flip-Flop Truth Tables
- Frequency Bands
- Frequency Modulation
- Frequency - Reactance Nomograph
- Fuse Drawings
- Fuse Specifications
- Gaussian Lowpass Filter Poles (to 6 dB & to 12 dB)
- Gaussian Lowpass Filter Prototype Element Values (to 6 dB & to 12 dB)
- Global Wireless Frequency Bands
- GSM Cordless Telephony System Broadcast Channel (CTSBCH) Timeslot Assignment
- GSM Timeslot & Frequency Specifications
- Hazardous Voltage Levels
- Helical Resonator Design for Filters
- The History of Communications
- The History of 50 Ω
- Home Computers Circa 1981
- Impedance and Admittance Formulas for RLC Combinations
- Inductors & Inductance Calculations
- Inductance Conversions
- Standard Inductor Values
- Insulation & Jacketing Materials Properties
- Cascaded 2-Tone, 2nd-Order Compression Point (IP2)
- Cascaded 2-Tone, 3rd-Order Compression Point (IP3)
- Karnaugh Maps / Tables
- Kirchhoff's Law
- Lightning Websites
- Lightning Protection
- Link Budget, Wireless
- Low Power FM (LPFM) Radio
- Link Budget, Wireless
- Lumped / Distributed Transmission Line Element Conversions
- Magnetic Field Conversions
- Magnetic Flux Conversion
- Maxwell's Equations
- Microstrip Substrate Equations
- Military & Industry Standard Documents
- Mil-Spec Capacitor Families
- Miniature Lamp Guide
- A Graphical Approach to Mixer Spurious Analysis
- Morse Code
- GSM Mobile Station (MS) Classes for Multislot Capability
- mW-to-dBm Power Conversion
- Near-Field / Far-Field Transition Distance
- Navy Electricity and Electronics Training Series (NEETS)
- Module 1 — Introduction to Matter, Energy, and Direct Current
- Module 3 — Introduction to Circuit Protection, Control, and Measurement
- Module 11 — Microwave Principles
- Module 12 — Modulation Principles
- Module 18 — Radar Principles
- Cascaded Noise Figure
- Noise Power & Voltage
- Norton Equivalent
- Ohm's Law
- Opamp Noise Figure
- Operational Amplifiers (OpAmps)
- Origin of the Name "HAM" for Amateur Radio Operators
- Cascaded 1 dB Compression Point (P1dB)
- IC Package Outlines
- Package Outlines - DIP
- Package Outlines - LCC
- Package Outlines - PLCC
- Package Outlines - SOIC
- Package Outlines - SOT
- Package Outlines - TO
- Package Outlines - TSSOP
- Parallel Port Pin-Out
- Free Space Path Loss - Friis Equation
- 1-Way (Radio) Path Loss Calculator
- 2-Way (Radar) Path Loss Calculator
- Fourier Series of Periodic Functions
- Passive Intermodulation (PIM)
- Potential Conversions
- Power Factor
- Signal Propagation Time
- Pulse Definition
- Power vs. Voltage in a 50 Ω System
- Quadrature (I/Q) Modulator Sideband Suppression
- Quartz Crystal Characteristic Modes of Vibration
- Radar Equation, 2-Way
- Properties of Modes in a Rectangular Waveguide
- Resistance Conversions
- Resistor Markings: MIL-PRF-55342
- Resistor Markings
- Standard Resistor Values
- Selected European Radio Frequency Allocations 30 MHz to 300 GHz
- U.S. Radio Frequency Allocations - 30 MHz to 300 GHz
- Properties of RF Semiconductors
- 1st-Generation UHF Standards for RFID
- Right-Hand Rule for Magnetic Field by Current in a Wire
- Parallel RLC Combinations
- Series RLC Combinations
- RMS: Voltage & Average Power
- Serial Port Pin-Out
- Spurious-Free Dynamic Range
- S-, H-, Y-, Z-, ABCD- Parameter Conversions
- Sinewave Voltages - Vpk, Vpk-pk, Vavg, Vrms
- Skin Depth
- Slide Rule & Calculator Museum
- Smith Chart™
- Smith Chart™ Artwork
- Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)
- Solder Properties
- Soldering Tip
- Spectral Inversion
- Square Wave Voltages - Vpk, Vpk-pk, Vavg, Vrms
- Technical Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Tempest Websites
- Thévénin Equivalent
- Toroids: Powdered Iron
- Transmission Line Equations
- Triangle Wave Voltages - Vpk, Vpk-pk, Vavg, Vrms
- Triboelectric Series
- EIA Vacuum-Tube Base Diagrams
- Undersampling of Modulated Signals
- VoIP Basics
- Voltage & Power Conversions (Vp, Vpp, dBV, dBu, W, mW, dBm)
- VSWR - Return Loss - G Conversions
- VSWR Mismatch Errors
- VSWR Reduction by Matched Attenuator
- Rectangular & Circular Waveguide: Equations & Fields
- Waveguide & Flange Selection Guide
- WCDMA Band Frequency Assignments
- Copper Wire Properties & Gauge Conversions
- Wireless Communications Specifications
- Wireless Communications Specifications #2
- Data Rates Supported By Cellular Standards
- Wireless Hotspots
- Wireless LAN (WLAN) Band Specifications
- IEEE 802.11a/b/g WLAN Spectral Masks
- Transformer Lead Color Code
- Engineering Organizations & Societies
- Engineering, Electronics & Technical Websites
- FCC Technical Definitions
- Financial Investing
- Technology
- Forums, Technical Blogs & Wikis, Engineering
- Free Stuff Websites
- Government Business Websites
- Inventors
- Job Information Resources
- Magazine Articles- Magazine Article Archive - 2009
- Magazine Article Archive - 2008
- Magazine Article Archive - 2007
- Magazine Article Archive - 2006
- Magazine Article Archive - 2005
- Magazine Article Archive - 2004
- Magazine Article Archive - 2003
- Magazine Article Archive - 2002
- Magazine Article Archive - 2001
- Mechanics & Physics Conversions, Formulas & References
- Technical & Communications Industry Standards
- Magazine Websites, Engineering & Science
- Magazine Subscriptions, Engineering & Science
- Mathematical References
- Newsletters (College Engineering Departments)
- Office Suites (Free & Otherwise) ...other than Microsoft Office, that is
- Resources
- Resume Writing Services
- RF Cafe Visitors' Patents
- Technical Articles, Engineering & Science (by RF Cafe visitors)
- Technical Definitions Websites
- Technical and Engineering Libraries
- Technical, Science, & Engineering Museums
- Technical Services & Consulting
- Test Methodology & Notes
- Translate RF Cafe to Your Native Language
- Video Resumes or Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Wayback Machine™ Screen Captures of RF Cafe
- White Papers, Engineering, Scientific, IP & Financial
- Worldwide Patent & Invention Websites
- Miscellaneous
ForumsRF Cafe Jobs Vendors / Parts Suppliers- Company Logos
- Company Slogans
- Component Search Engine Websites
- Components
- A/D & D/A Converters
- Adhesives, Chemicals, Papers, & Tapes for Packing & Packaging
- Aluminum Tubing
- Amateur Astronomy Manufacturers & Services
- Amateur Radio / Ham Manufacturers & Services
- Amateur Weather Manufacturers & Services
- RF Amplifier / Opamp Suppliers
- Antennas - Manufacturers & Services
- Test Equipment & Calibration (new & used) Antenna Measurement
- Antennas - Hardware & Controls
- ASICs
- Contract Manufacturing, Electronic Assembly, & Semiconductor Fabrication
- Attenuators, Bias-Ts, & Terminations Fixed / Variable / Programmable
- Automation & Control
- Automotive & Vehicular Electronics Manufacturers & Services
- Batteries & Energy Storage Cells
- Bluetooth Product Manufacturers & Services
- Broadcasting Equipment, Engineering, & Supplies Manufacturers & Services
- Base Transceiver Station (BTS) Manufacturers & Services
- Cabinets, Enclosures, Equipment Racks & Packaging
- Test Equipment & Calibration (new & used) Signal Analyzers
- Coaxial, Ribbon, Twisted Pair, & Braided Single & Multiconductor Cable & Wire
- Capacitors (Fixed & Variable) Surface Mount, Leaded, Arrays
- Capital Asset Appraisal, Auction, Conversion, & Recovery Services
- Cartography (Mapmaking) and Geographic Information System (GIS) Products & Services
- Chemical Equipment & Supplies
- Circulators & Isolators Manufacturers & Services
- Clean Room Equipment, Services, & Supplies
- Coatings Suppliers & Services
- Connectors, Adapters, Sockets, & Terminal Blocks
- Anti-terrorism, Counter-terrorism, Homeland Security Manufacturers & Services
- Combiners, Couplers, & Dividers Manufacturers & Services
- Test Equipment & Calibration (new & used) Data Acquisition Systems & Data Loggers
- Detectors, Discriminators, & Limiters
- Displays, Lamps, LCDs & LEDs
- Component & Equipment Distributors
- Electrical Equipment, Parts & Supplies
- Electronic Warfare Manufacturers & Services
- Electronic Waste (e-waste) Recycling & Dispositioning Services
- EMC / EMI / RFI Manufacturers & Services
- Equalizers
- Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) & Electrical Overstress (EOS) Manufacturers & Services
- Feedback Control System Manufacturers & Services
- Fiber Optics & RF Optics Manufacturers & Services
- Film Products & Services
- Filters, Diplexers & Duplexers
- Fleet Management Systems, Services, & Tools
- Test Equipment & Calibration (new & used) Frequency Counters
- Fuses, Circuit Breakers, Lightning & Surge Protectors
- Global Positioning System (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo) Manufacturers & Services
- Graphic Paper Products & Services
- GSM Manufacturers & Services
- Electrical & Mechanical Hardware Bolts, Bushings, Casters, Drawer Slides, Handles, Hoses, Knobs, Latches, Nuts, Screws, Spacers, Springs, Standoffs, Tubing, Washers
- Hardware Prototyping
- Test Equipment & Calibration (new & used) Impedance (LCR) Meters
- Inductors, Chokes & Coils (Fixed & Variable) Surface Mount, Leaded, Arrays
- Industrial Equipment (new & used)
- Test Equipment & Calibration (new & used) Intermodulation Analyzers
- International Export & Trade Websites
- Laboratory Equipment, Instruments, & Supplies
- Lasers & Supplies, Manufacturers and Services
- Light Aircraft Avionics Manufacturers & Services
- Logistics & Supply Chain Services
- Machined Parts & Service
- Absorbers, Magnetics & Shielding
- Manufacturer's Representatives
- Manufacturing Equipment & Installation Services Semiconductor Processing Equipment - New & Used
- Material Handling Equipment Manufactures & Services
- MEMS Manufacturers & Services
- Metal Finishing Products and Services
- Metrology (Calibration) Manufacturers & Services
- Microprocessors & DSPs
- Miscellaneous
- Mixers, Converters, Multipliers, Modulators & Transceivers
- Model Building Equipment
- Motors, Solenoids, Fans & Cooling
- Test Equipment & Calibration (new & used) Multimeters
- Nanotechnology Manufacturers & Services
- Test Equipment & Calibration (new & used) Network Analyzers
- Test Equipment & Calibration (new & used) Noise Figure Meters & Noise Generators
- Noise Sources
- Nuclear Products and Services
- Obsolete and Aftermarket Components & Parts
- Oscillators, Frequency Sources & Synthesizers
- Test Equipment & Calibration (new & used) Oscilloscopes
- Packaging Products & Services
- Phase Shifters, Tuners & Delay Lines
- Photovoltaic (PV) Manufacturers & Services
- Plastics Acid Resistant, Acrylates, Acrylic, Conductive, Corrugated, Neoprene, Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA), Recycled, Thermoset
- Pneumatics & Vacuum Components and Systems Manufacturers & Services
- Power Distribution Equipment Manufacturers & Services
- Test Equipment & Calibration (new & used) Power Meters & Sensors
- Power Supplies
- Programmable Devices PALs, GALs, FPGAs
- Radar Systems Manufacturers & Services
- Radio Manufacturers & Services
- Resistors, Potentiometers, & Rheostats (Fixed & Variable) Surface Mount, Leaded, Arrays
- RF Transceiver Assemblies, Modules, Subsystems & Chipsets
- Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Manufacturers & Services
- RoHS / WEEE Manufacturers & Services
- Rubber Parts & Products Manufacturers
- Satellite Communications Equipment
- Single Board Computers
- Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition - SCADA Manufacturers & Services
- Semiconductors Transistors, Diodes, Analog & Digital ICs, SCRs, Triacs, Diacs
- Sensors Thermistors, Transducers, Photodetectors, Motion Detectors, Limit Switches, Infrared Detectors
- Sheet Metal Fabrication, Manufacturing, & Services
- Test Equipment & Calibration (new & used) Signal & Communications Analyzers
- Test Equipment & Calibration (new & used) RF Signal Generators & Synthesizers
- Engineering & Scientific Software Antenna, Electromagnetics & Transmission Line Simulators
- Engineering & Scientific Software - Circuit Simulators
- Engineering & Scientific Software
- Engineering & Scientific Software - Photonics Simulators
- Engineering & Scientific Software Schematic Capture, Layout, Block Diagram
- Engineering & Scientific Software - System Simulators
- Solar Power / Energy Manufacturers & Services
- Solder Repair / Rework Products and Services
- Test Equipment & Calibration (new & used) Spectrum Analyzers
- Substrate & PCB Fabrication & Assembly
- Surplus Inventory
- Switches & Relays
- Telematics Manufacturers & Services
- Telemetry Systems Manufacturers & Services
- Test Equipment & Calibration (new & used)
- Tools & Supplies Flux, Pliers, Solder, Soldering Equipment, Solder Wick, Screwdrivers, Sockets, Wire Cutters, Wire Strippers, Wrenches
- Trade Show / Exhibition Booths, Displays, Kiosks, and Signs Manufacturers & Services
- Transformers & Baluns
- Radio and Wireless Transmitters, Beacons, and Receivers
- Test Equipment & Calibration (new & used) Tuners & VSWR Meters
- Ultra Wideband (UWB) Manufacturers & Services
- Used Equipment & Parts
- Vacuum Tubes
- Test Equipment & Calibration (new & used) Waveform & Function Generators
- Waveguide Vendors
- CDMA / W-CDMA Equipment Manufacturers & Services
- Wireless, Datacom & Telecom Equipment & Services
- Wireless Security & Surveillance
- Wireless LAN (WLAN) Manufacturers & Services
- ZigBee Manufacturers & Services
- Featured Companies
- Listing Submission Form
- Services Companies
Miscellany- Site Search
- 5th Combat Communications Group (5CCG) Radar Shop
- Contests - Monthly giveaways
- Cool Pics - Images of Really Interesting High Tech Things Found on the Internet
- Cool Products - Highlighting of Really Interesting High Tech Products Found on the Internet
- Cool Schools - Highlights Engineering Schools That Feature RF , Microwave, Radar, Optical Communications, etc.
- Crossword Puzzles
- Videos for Engineers (formerly Cool Videos) - Videos of Really Interesting High Tech Things Found on the Internet
- Kirt's Cogitations (formerly Factoids)
- Kirt's Cogitations Archive Page
- 255 - Websites - Wayback™ When
254 - "That's One Small Step for Man..."
253 - RF Cafe Visits Beantown
252 - SR3BMUN (NUMB3RS in Reverse)
251 - The New [Smart] Colossus
250 - Zeptoeverything - It's Mine
249 - RF Cafe's Greener Man-Cave
248 - AM/FM Under Siege
247 - The 10,000-Foot View
246 - Nowhere to Hide
245 - Of Free Software
244 - Science in Music
243 - Retiring Your Retirement Plans?
242 - Choose Your Welfare System
241 - You Can't Choose Your Relatives
240 - The Law of Unintended Consequences
239 - Trial by Fire
238 - Too Clever by Half
237 - Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks
236 - OpenOffice.org - What's in It for You?
235 - The More Things Change...
234 - FireWire of a Different Sort
233 - Exactly Why Are You Looking for a New Job?
232 - The Stamp of Approval for Science
231 - All Hail the CFL
230 - Windowtalkers™
229 - Tax Freedom Day – An Oxymoron
228 - Not Such A Smooth Operator
227 - A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats
226 - WWVB
225 - Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
224 - RF Technology in Autos
223 - Electronic Voting
222 - Engineering °s
221 - RFCafe.EU's Raison d'Être
220 - Expensive Exposure
219 - It Happened When?
218 - What a Difference a Letter (Word) Makes
217 - Hobbyists are Still the Future
216 - Points of Inflection
215 - Disruptive Disruptions
214 - Ignorance is NOT Bliss
213 - U.S. Leads the Nuclear Energy Pack
212 - Rules of Thumb
211 - My Astronaut Days of Yore
210 - Domiciliary Hot Spots
209 - The American Spirit Alive and Well
208 - Tempus Fugit
207 - Splitting Hairs Over Precision
206 - Our Best Days are Before Us
205 - Pure Genius
204 - H1B or RG30M Visas?
203 - WLAN in the Most Unlikely Places
202 - MSI - A Trip Back
201 - Riddle Me This, Riddler
200 - The Good Old Days?
199 - Techno-Speak
198 - Mixed Signals
197 - Secure RFID. Or Not.
196 - Chinese Piracy. Arrrrr....
195 - A Step Back to Today
194 - Is Print Now Passé?
193 - Katrina: The Political Mother of All Storms
192 - When is a Phone Not a Phone?
191 - To RSS, or Not to RSS
190 - Ubiquitous GPS
189 - Caveat Emptor
188 - Researching the State of R&D
187 - Petty Patents
186 - Technopolis c2005
185 - The More Things Change...
184 - Why You Shouldn't Take a Mercury Thermometer in Your Carry-On
183 - The Next Assembly Line Robot - Antifreeze
182 - A Reason to Question Authority
181 - Why Google Won't Be Offering Me a Job
180 - Entertain Me, But Don't Insult Me
179 - RFID Could Save Your Leg...or Kidney, or...
178 - Lorem Ispum, Et Cetera
177 - Thanks for Helping Us Track You
176 - Of Enigma Machines and Windtalkers
175 - One Man's Fast is Another Man's Slow
174 - Voxel Searching
173 - Obliquity of the Equinoxes
172 - Gray Markets
171 - H1B Visas in 2004
170 - Why Dilbert's Tie Curls Up
169 - Online Fraud Toppers
168 - ISO Stands for Nothing - Just Ask Them
167 - Thank a Terrorist
166 - The 1st Professional Human Computer
165 - Big Brother's Big Brother
164 - Ima Cum Laude. Areyoua Cum Laude?
163 - Water for the Naive?
162 - So Quite, You Can Hear a Snowflake Drop
161 - Well, They Say the Mind is the First Thing to Go
160 - Now That's Cold!
159 - Does Your Employer Want You Dead?
158 - Why You Get Bumped
157 - Good Luck
156 - Just an Old жена's Tale
155 - Top 300 Electronics Companies for 2003
154 - Bug Sniffers
153 - Some Really Cool Speakers
152 - Geekdom Ain't so Bad
151 - Look Deep Into My Eyes
150 - Faster than This Speeding Train, Superman?
149 - AWG Math
148 - Hand Me an 8-denarius Nail, Please
147 - Fledgling Pilots
146 - Plastic, Heal Thyself
145 - BSOD on Cellphones
144 - Oh, to Be a Turtle(...and not the Mutant Ninja type, either)
143 - The Mavens of Techno-Speak
142 - Computer Punch Cards Making a Comeback?
141 - One Man's Summer is Another Man's Winter
140 - Congressional Hypocrisy - Synonymous Terms
139 - Magnetoresistance - Fodder for Micro Hard Drives
138 - X-Prize - the Grown-Up's Toy Rocket
137 - Mnemonic for VSWR and Return Loss
136 - The Pre-Plastic Era - Not So Long Ago
135 - H1Bs Filling the Void?
134 - The Origin of "I"
133 - Cockleburs on Your Tennies
132 - Really Big and Really Small
131 - Will White LEDs Dethrone the Incandescent Bulb?
130 - Wi-Fi in Your Cellphone (WiFiFone?)
129 - A Side Order of Insect Filth with Those Fries?
128 - So Near, and Yet So Far
127 - Don't Be a Human Lightning Rod
126 - High Voltage Auto Systems Coming to a Car Near You
125 - C60 - the Buckminsterfullerene
124 - A Cell Phone by Any Other Name...
123 - EE Times 2002 Salary Survey
122 - Insist on Cash When Russia is the Customer
121 - Dirty Money
120 - The Marvel That is Carbon
119 - These Aren't My Pants
118 - A New Wind Chill Chart
117 - It's Baaaack....
116 - Mathematica - Summa Cum Laude
115 - Entangled Qbits
114 - Lobster Compasses
113 - SETI Wants Your Computer
112 - Cray = Guess
111 - NASA's Got the Time
110 - Green Death
109 - Well, Duh, Reentries Are HOT
108 - The n-Gun Salute
107 - Ctrl+Alt+Del That Varmint
106 - Ping Pong Balls in Space
105 - Dephlogisticating Phlogistons
104 - The NUMB3RS Behind Rock Skipping
103 - Paint Brushes 101
102 - The Origin of the Name "Wall Street"
101 - Project "Butthead Astronomer"
100 - Patents c2003
99 - We Don't Need No Stinking Fab
98 - I've Got Your WMD Right Here
97 - The Bottom Line Trumps Security
96 - Silicon Implants
95 - We're All Freaks... In Our Own Sort of Way
94 - Uncloaking Stealth
93 - Rossum's Universal Robots
92 - New Pick-Up Line: What's Your Erdös Number?
91 - Big Brother's Along for the Ride
90 - 2004 Salary Survey
89 - Microstrip Ice Detectors
88 - The Google Bomb
87 - Chipping Your Ride
86 - Snowflake Shape Predictability
85 - Daylight Savings Time Inanity
84 - Cool Wall Warts
83 - e-Cats
82 - Snowflake Shape Predictability
81 - Oak ID
80 - My Technology (and My Money) Go to China
79 - Nowhere for Nukes to Hide
78 - Cheap GaN
77 - Amazing
76 - Does a "Fair" Coin Really Exist?
75 - Carbon in the News Again
74 - The Doppler Toppler
73 - No Shortage of Oil
72 - The Good Trojan
71 - My Computer IS a Tennis Shoe
70 - The Dumbing Down of America
69 - A Glue that Sticks to Nothing
68 - Bluetooth - Oops, I Just Violated Their Trademark
67 - Lorem Ipsum - Not Really
66 - Daylight Saving Time - Birth of a Burden
65 - pB-Free: The Craze Has Begun
64 - Time Standard of the Dark Ages: The H2O Clock
63 - À la tonalité, le temps sera...
62 - The Twilight Zone - Defined
61 - Early Leakage Currents
60 - Paris Mean Time - Non
59 - Wreck Your Prius? Call in the Hazmat Team
58 - Frozen Smoke
57 - Nowhere to Hide
56 - Galileo vs. GPS & GLONASS
55 - Gold Digging
54 - The 1st Computer Rodent
53 - Bottom Line Trumps Ideology
52 - These Boots Were Made for Charging...
51 - Running Out of IP Addresses
50 - Unbreakable Code?
49 - Jack (and Jacques) Has Become a Dull Boy
48 - Two Squeaky Clean Seals: $200,000. Watching an Orca Eat Them: Priceless
47 - See-Through Semiconductors
46 - Stock Option Envy
45 - Shooting Crooked - On Purpose
44 - Wi-Fi Insecurity
43 - Theirs Choose Ph.Ds, Ours Choose Baseball Caps Worn Backwards and Baggy Pants
42 - Notice to IEEE Insurance Customers
41 - Hmmmm.. Maybe I Should Test This Theory on My Two Cats...
40 - Escalating the Performance of Escalators
39 - Real Plastic Money
38 - Do You Stutter? You're in Good Company
37 - LED Taillights on the Way
36 - Earthshine on the Moon
35 - Hoax Hotline
34 - Microwave Oven Clocks Causing Global Warming
33 - The First Photo
32 - Not This Year
31 - R.H.I.P. (Rank Has It's Price)
30 - Hand Me the Raid
29 - Family-Friendly Wal-Mart
28 - A Better Photodetector
27 - Wow, We're Popular!
26 - No Wonder I Feel Poorer
25 - Terrorist Inerters Needed
24 - Memorial Day Tribute
23 - Not Sure I Like These Odds
22 - Tuning In Your Tennis Shoes
21 - A Cool Concept
20 - We Are Not Alone
19 - Solstice Trivia
18 - Patently Offensive
17 - Electronic Porpoises on the Ocean's Horizon
16 - NAND Seems Logical
15 - We'll Take Him
14 - Better Re-Check Those Numbers
13 - My Mussel Glue Can Beats Your Gorilla Glue
12 - Ala Doc's DeLorean
11 - Allies Not Required
10 - These Are a Serious Set of Speakers
9 - U.S. Losing More Ground in Academia
8 - Falling Through the Earth
7 - Ethernet, Meet Gasnet
6 - Blowing Bubbles at the ISS
5 - Pi Poetry
4 - Farewell and Adieu to Pioneer 10
3 - Piezoelectric Foam
2 - Top 100 R&D Companies for 2002
1 - Untitled Collection - July 4th Message
- Geocaching Challenge
- Headlines - Daily Engineering & Science Headlines from Around the World
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- Day in Engineering History
- Humor - Engineering & Science Themed
- Jokes
- Waveform Art
- Cell Phones Cause Accidents
- Help Wanted - Computer Engineer
- "Outside the Box" Methods for ESD Testing on Welcome Back Kotter (c.1976)
- Barney Miller - Atomic Bomb
- Universal Grade Change Form
- Dimwit Celebrities Exhibit Lack of Science Knowledge
- Downsizing Government - The Right Way!
- 2008 Darwin Awards
- A Taxing Poem
- The Washington Post Mensa Invitational
- MSDS for the Woman Element
- A Memorable Senior Moment
- Some Life-Saving e-Mails
- Those Evil Radios! (c1948)
- Political Correctness and Datasheets
- The World's Funniest Joke
- Why Santa Claus Must Be a Woman
- The 12 Politically Correct Days of Christmas
- Geek Speak 2007 - Newly coined words and phrases
- Jargon from the IT Department - How to know of the IT guys are insulting you
- A USAF Basic Training Story - Another of my self-indulgent tales.
- Some Very Good Points
- A Few Facts About Words
- "The Knack" - Dilbert's Childhood Malady
- U.S. Navy's Official UFO Website
- 2007 Darwin Awards
- Funny Website Error Page - This is hilarious!
- Easter Egg Archive - An extensive of Easter Eggs found in software, books, movies, TV.
- Why Men Should Not Baby-Sit - Disclaimer: No babies were harmed while making this video.
- The Secret to the Prius' Great Gas Mileage
- Wolverine's Father Found at Bishop-Wisecarver?
- Liberal Arts College Entrance Exam
- Mr. C's Top 15 Current IT Buzzwords
- Clumsy Crooks - This website archives news stories of some of the stupider outlaws.
- The Apple iRack - This caught me off guard, but I still think it's extremely clever
- Some Interesting Questions - A collection of funny, but pensive, questions
- How Not to Take a Test - These are classic!
- The Importance of Correct Punctuation - The is an amazing example of how punctuation can completely change the meaning of a communication
- 2006 Darwin Award Winners Announced - Where the winners are the losers™ (RF Cafe)
- USAF Test from April 1973 Popular Mechanics - This you have to see to believe!
- David Letterman's Tribute to Bill Gates' Retirement - This is a YouTube video, so be prepared for audio
- Rockwell Controls Retro Encabulator - This video is a take-off of the Turboencabulator that was popularized by General Electric in its 1962 catalog. It seems so real.
- GE's Turboencabulator Datasheet - This is a scan of the actual pages of a 1962 catalog The turboencabulator was supposedly described by a "J.H.Quick" in "The Institution of Electrical Engineers, Students Quarterly Journal" 25 (London), p184 in 1955
- Despair.com - Demotivators™
- Rules of the College Chemistry Lab - See if these don't bring back some memories of the 'ol college days!
- Jon Stewart's Hilarious Report on N. Korea's "Nuclear" Test - You've got to see this!
- Kirt's Coffee Drinkability Rule - Another addition to the 'Valuable Lessons Learned from the USAF' series
- Are You a Democrat, Republican or Southerner? - Yet another bit of humor provided by Steve (a proud Democrat, by the way!).
- ThisIsBroken.com - Funny stuff: "A project to make businesses more aware of their customer experience, and how to fix it."
- Listen to "The Measurement Blues" - Finally, a song for engineers struggling to make measurements, by Martin Rowe, Senior Technical Editor of Test & Measurement World
- On the Effectiveness of Aluminum Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study - A collaborative effort between MIT's Electrical Engineering and Computer Science & Media departments presents evidence about whether these devices can protect the wearer from mind control efforts by governments and aliens
- How to Choose a College Major - It does not included engineering, but is funny anyway
- Microsoft TV Dinners - Sure, it's another gratuitous swipe at MS, but clever anyway
- Abbott & Costello's Cyber-Routine - This is not the one already posted
- Chemical Analysis of Human Elements - You'll love this
- Income Tax Quotations - Although these quotes are funny, it is like having the IRS stick its finger in your eye since every one of them came directly from the Internal Revenue Service website!!!!
- The 2005 Darwin Awards Are Out - Where the winners are the losers™ (RF Cafe)
- Jack Schitt & Family - Surely you have heard the names of most members of this famous clan.
- How Cathode Ray Tubes Work - The HowStuffWorks.com guy explores the construction of a cathode ray tube (CRT) using a highly unusual method of gaining access to the guts of it. Let's just say you should not try this at home (unless you live in the country, anyway)
- How Caffeine Works - ...a short scientific explanation from the HowStuffWorks.com website
- Buzzword Bingo - A Must-Have for Your Next Meeting! - Print this bingo card and take it with you to your next meeting. Mark the buzzwords as you hear them; the BINGO square is a free square. If you get five in a row (up, down, diagonally), shout "Bingo!". You've won! Java applet auto-generates new cards.
- Teenager Politically Correct Terminology - All parents need - or will need - this guide
- 15 Reasons Why a Slide Rule is Better than a Workstation - Geek humor
- Dilbertisims - ...from The Tamster's Hangout website
- Dilbert Resources
- Psalm of an Engineer - Revised Version
- Headhunters Not So Dumb?
- Managerese vs. Engineerese
- Murphy's Laws of Engineering
- Computer Nerd T-Shirt Slogans
- Math in America's High Schools
- Oxymorons
- Prophetic Quotes
- You Might be a Redneck Pilot If...
- Instructions for the Operation of the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch - For some reason, this scene from Monty Python's, "In Search of the Holy Grail" just cracks me up
- The Clever Professor - A funny story - and actually believable
- Definitions of Some Common Amateur Radio Terms - The "real" definitions
- T'Was the Night Before Startup - This is a little dated to the pre-tech boom crash, but still funny
- Watch It Get Shredded! - The SSI company has short videos of all kinds of stuff being shredded, form entire boats, to computers, to refrigerators, to concrete
- Classic Lateral Thinking Exercises - Not really humor, but good brain therapy
- Microsoft Technical Support vs. The Psychic Friends Network - A poke at two great American institutions
- Not Taking Any Chances - Funny
- Reward Offered
- An Engineer's View of Santa's Yearly Trip
- At the Scientists' Party...
- Slpel Cekicnhg
- An Electronics Student's Interview
- Stupid Human Tricks - more
- Taxing Facts
- Things You'll Never Hear A Southerner Say
- Wacky Product Warning Labels
- "Yesterday©"- New Lyrics
- Top 10 Reasons Why e (e) is Inferior to
pi (π) - In classic David Letterman form... - Top 10 Reasons Why e (e) is Inferior to
pi (p) - In classic David Letterman form... - You Know You Live on the Gulf Coast When... - A little hurricane humor
- Sure Signs that You May Need an Elmer - It's a Ham thing...
- Definitions of Some Common Ham Terms - ...not exactly official...
- Why Professional Decorum is Important - You never know who's watching
- Official Language of the European Union - You might have missed this little news item.
- Sales & Marketing Experts - Of course...the engineer's the hero
- Some Interesting Facts - I verified most of these, but not all, and deleted the false "facts"
- In the Beginning... - What if God created Earth and all that is within it by using a committee?
- Winders WV Edition - Hey, I've got relatives from there, and it ain't no joke
- Pilot Humor - ...for the many pilots I know are in the RF Cafe audience. Send me your favorites and I'll add them to this page.
- Resume for Igor Zavgorodny Posted on WirelessDevNet Career Center that is a Hijacking of Mine
- Human Resources Lingo - The next time you see a job advertised, use this handy lexicon to decipher what the employer is really looking for in you.
- Store Wars (takeoff on Star Wars)
- The Comb-Over Patent - I kid you not - U.S. Patent #4,022,227
- Bill Gates - Arrested! - If you were sure that what Bill has been doing is the work of a devious criminal, then here your suspicions are proven correct ;-)
- Press Release - Is This Legal? - Personally, I think this is pretty darn funny, but is it legal?
- Computer Genesis - How computers really came to be
- Drawbacks to Working in a Cubicle - Dilbertesque
- An Effective & Humorous Ad - One of my favorite ads, from Mentor Graphics
- Alas, Poor Spammers -
- World's Easiest Quiz - Hey, it's only 10 simple questions
- World's first Business Plan - A Frank & Ernest comic strip from February 9, 2005
- An Engineer, a Theologian, and Psychologist Go Hunting... - You've probably heard this, but...
- Pentium Humor - Good humor is timeless, and even though the Intel Pentium floating point bug problem is a decade old, this is still funny - especially if you were around during the time.
- ThisIsBroken.com - A project to make businesses more aware of their customer experience, and how to fix it, by Mark Hurst. This has some outrageously funny goofed up advertisements and product malfunctions.
- Twinkie Experiments - The extents some people will go to for a few minutes of fame (you visiting their website) is amazing. Is this good science, or bad science?
- Peep Experiments - Is there no respect for this inveterate Easter favorite - even in the name of science?
- 12 Days of Christmas Memo - Hey, in today's world, it could happen!
- Santa's Check Ride - Pilots will appreciate this one
- Bubba Claus - News bulletin from the South Pole
- American Ingenuity - You'll get a kick out of this, and maybe wonder why you didn't think of it
- High-Tech Vanity Plates - Here's a collection of about 100 car vanity license plates, mostly web-related (many pages)
- A Left-Brain/Right-Brain Test - This is very strange
- Four Lessons for Corporate Survival - Sage advice for today's professional
- Redneck Computer User - How to tell if a Redneck has been using the computer.
- A Call for More Scientific Truth in Product Warning Labels -
- Rules of Thumb for the Military - These rules of thumb are followed by those who survive the military and go on to other vocations
- Integrity Test - A little college humor
- Abbott & Costello Buy A Computer - A take-off of the old "Who's On First" routine
- If Scientists Wrote Nursery Rhymes - Nighttime stories for your little prodigy
- Crazy Patents - From the FreePatentsOnline website
- Microwave Mortuary -
- Huge License Plate Gallery - Worldwide
- 10 Top Anagrams for "Information Superhighway" - ...a Letterman style countdown. Some of the phrases are hilarious.
- Axis of Evil - Seems everyone wants in on the act.
- Out of the Mouths of Babes... - Well, this isn't technical in nature, but it's a hoot!
- Things Not to Do in an Interview - Sage advice in these tough employment-seeking times!
- More Anagrams - Clever! Type "anagram" into the Google search engine and you'll find loads of sites to create anagrams for you
- Quick Thinking - Well, it's not a technical funny, but there must be a way to apply it to engineering!
- Practical Aerospace Engineering - Why experience is oft times the best teacher ;-)
- Iraqi Information Minister Quotes - "There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!," - Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Iraqi Minister of Information (currently on administrative leave). These will go down in history as the most outrageous - and humorous - statements in history! This site was barraged with so many hits when it first appeared that the owners needed to switch to a dedicated server.
- Doctors Making Lawyers Look Smart - ...from doctors at the bottom of their classes
- Bill Gates' New House - A little payback for Bill from all the enslaved Windows users out there - including me
- True or False? - Take this short test and see how you fare
- Tax Cuts For Dummies - A fresh perspective on an old argument
- Truth In Advertising - Clever signs
- Things You'd Like Say At Work - ...or maybe you already have???
- A Freedom of Speech Issue? - This might just outrage you! ...or maybe not
- For All You Lexiophiles... - Lovers of words, that is...
- Quadratic Equation Proof? - A new look at an old problem
- MS Patents 1s & 0s - Bill taking over the world - again?
- Words Women Use - Information at least as useful as anything else you'll find on RF Café!
- New Game Show? - Welcome to "Who Wants to Marry a Software Engineer?" - Silicon Valley's newest game show.
- Steven Wright One-Liners - If you're not familiar with the work of Steven Wright, he's the guy who once said: "I woke up one morning and all of my stuff had been stolen...and replaced by exact duplicates." Here are some more of his gems.
- Engineering Trivia - Some interesting facts - with references
- Stupid Human Tricks - There is no end to the source of these!
- Real-Life Math - Earn 3 Continuing Education Credits online
- Only in America... -
- Professional's Exam - This might surprise you
- Cubicle One-Liners - Just what it says.
- Funny T-Shirt Sayings -
- Useful Guide to Research Phrases -
- Recognizing Technical Harassment -
- New Investment Terms - Stock market got you DOWn? This might help, but it'll probably just make you feel worse! Sorry ;-)
- How True Is This? - Congratulation to Malcolm Smith for being the August winner in the RF Cafe T-shirt contest!
- Aviationisms - Whether a flying enthusiast or not, you'll love these!
- Useful Proofs -
- Quotable Quotes - These quotes from the business world are a riot!
- VT Computer Users - This might help your communications skills if you're a "Flatlander"
- Stock Market Advice -
- Langoliers? - Try your hand at figuring out this conundrum - it's a true story
- Prison vs. Work -
- Marketing Screw-Ups - These are for real!
- Heaviest Element Discovered - Important discovery!
- Jar of Rocks - Makes you think...
- Enron's Bankruptcy Explained
- Rules For Driving In the South
- 100 Years Ago
- Pocket Protector History
- Chip Graffiti
- Airline Maintenance At Its Best
- Who's Reading What
- Newspaper Ads
- English Is A Funny Language - More Proof
- Einstein's Chauffer
- When Engineers Think Too Much About Christmas
- Mathematician's Jokes
- Anagram Hall Of Fame
- The BINch
- English Is Such A Funny Language
- Eleanor Rigby
- 10 Commandments of Electrical Safety
- Write in C
- He's A Real Unix Man
- Redneck PE Exam
- Top 10 Things Not Taught In Engineering School
- Redneck Computer Glossary
- How Data Really Travels
- In The Beginning...
- Engineering Elephant Jokes
- McDonnell Douglas Warranty Card
- The Wise King
- The Honor Virus
- The Engineer's Diet
- Computers In Movies
- The 12 Bugs Of Christmas
- Drugs vs. Software
- The Engineer's Dilemma
- 1 + 1 Simplified
- Windows 98 Secret Code
- My Dog's Better...
- How Specs Live Forever
- The Six Phases of a Project
- The World's Thinnest Books
- More Unit Conversions
- New Age Math Problems
- Another Engineering Joke
- Engineering Jokes
- New Element Discovered!
- Troubleshooting Flow Chart
- Bill's Money
- Murphy's Laws of Computing
- Consider This...
- Humorous Units Conversions
- You're Probably An Engineer If...
- 'Twas the Night Before MS Took Over the World
- Dollar Bill
- Inside Scoop - An Insider's Perspective of Companies
- New Products
- Page of the Day Archive
- Polls - An unscientific visitor survey on various topics
- Press Releases - Send me your company news and I will post it
- Quizzes - Test your knowledge or use them for job interview questions
- Quotes - Notable quotes by famous (and not-so-famous) people on science & technology
- Recently Added - An archive of all new items added to RF Cafe, and special links
- Smorgasbord - A weekly spot featuring high-tech subjects
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