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4/29/2022
• FCC
ULS
for New Ham Licensees Still Broken (typical gov't)
• Everyone >15
to Own Mobile Phone, Use Internet by 2030
• Chinese
Math Genius Leaves Harvard to Help China
• FCC Set to
Fine Truphone over Alleged Russian Ties
• Eyes
Control Smartphone via Gaze-Tracking Tool
4/28/2022
• DARPA Conducts
In-Space Radio Measurements
• Q1
Smartphone Market down 11% y-o-y
• IC
Fab Capacity ^8.7% in 2022, Utilization Only 93%
• U.S. Hamstrung by
Spectrum Constraints
• Oreometer
for Rheology Measurements
4/27/2022
• China's
Q1 IC Output down 4.1%
• FCC Wants to
Regulate C-Band Radar Altimeter Receivers
• Global
Semiconductor Revenue up 26% in 2021
• Sale
of Newport Wafer Fab (GB) to China Opposed by U.S. Congressmen
• Can
Cell Towers Run on "Renewable" Energy?
4/26/2022
• U.S.
Tech Market Leadership at a Crossroads
• 5 Chipmakers Increase Share of
Global IC Wafer Capacity
• White
House Bars Anti-Satellite Missile Tests (God help
us!)
• Optimism for
Engineering Apprenticeships
• Jersey Telecom
Fined £90,000 for Island-Wide Shutdown
4/22/2022
• FCC
ULS Electronic Batch Filing (EBF) System down Since April 19th
• Global
Smartphone Shipments Fell 11% in Q1
• Google's Topaz
Cable Soon to Link Canada to Japan
• 5G
Deemed a "Great Enabler" for U.S. Navy
• Volvo Cars Invests in
Rapid Charging Battery Tech
• Microsatellite
Fleet to Scan for Black Holes and Supernovas
4/21/2022
• Chinese
Invisibility Cloak Hides Satellites from Radar
• Drone
Parcel Delivery Happening in Dallas, Fort Worth
• Ericsson
Shares Sink Further after Tough Q1
• Google Announces
$9.5B U.S. Expansion
• Silicon
Spin Qubits Manufactured on Industrial Scale
4/20/2022
• WiFi
6 to be 80% of Smartphone Market by 2025
• Race
to Dominate Satellite Internet Heats Up
• Wireless Worries
Overshadow Triumphs of RF Research
• National
Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show Begins April 23rd
• AT&T Seeks
Experimental Licenses for 6G
4/19/2022
• China & Russian
Space Assets Increased 70% Since 2019
• WInnForum Publishes New
RF Transceiver Interoperability Standard
• IC Unit Growth
Returns to Normal
• Declining
Nitrogen Availability in Nitrogen Rich World (not
another "hockey-stick" curve!)
• Ericsson Likely Faces
Fines in Iraq Bribery Investigation
4/18/2022
• Spectrum Coordination Act for
Collaboration Between FCC and NTIA
• Strong
Connectors/Cable Assemblies Industry Assured
• TSMC Expects
$44B in Capex
• Piezo
Technologies Transforming 2022
• Nuclear
Bunkers Are Not What They Used to Be
4/15/2022
• Plasma
Ejections from Sun Could Cause Damage on Earth Today
• U.S. Braces for
Russian Cyberwarfare Assult
• Chinese AI
Turns Commercial Satellite into Spy Tracker
• Astronomers Detect
Galactic Space Laser
• Electrically
Tunable Graphene Devices Used to Study Rare Physics
4/14/2022
• 5G a Significant
Market Opportunity for GaN
• "Twistons"
Keep Electrons Flowing Through 3 Layers of Graphene
• The Senate
Bill That Has Big Tech Scared
• Engineered
Crystals Help Computers Run on Less Power
• Perseverance Records the
1st Ever
Sounds from Mars ("Take me to your leader" heard)
4/13/2022
• U.S.
Inflation Now at 8.5% (Putin the scapegoat, but
^ began long before - GasBuddy:
Pre-inauguration 1/21 ~$2.20/gal, 4/21 ~$2.85, 12/21 ~$3.30, Ukraine 2/22
~3.50, 3/22 ~$4.20)
• O-RAN
Alliance Releases New Specifications
• February
Chip Sales
up 32.4%
• DARPA
Awards BAE Phase 2 of Next-Gen Advanced Electronics Program
• Austrian Magenta Telekom Sets
2024 for 3G Shutdown
• 1st Private Mission Reaches
International Space Station
4/12/2022
• FCC Selects Anritsu for
SAR and HAC Compliance Tests on 5G
• Equipment
Lead Times Stretching out to 18+ Months
• Pay-As-You-Go
Chip Design in the Cloud
• Indian
Telcos Want to Control 5G Spectrum
• What If
Europe Loses Russian Natural Gas?
4/11/2022
• World Amateur
Radio Day is April 18 (in 1 week)
• Possible Dock Worker
Strike Could Worsen Supply Chain Disruptions
• Chiplets
Get a Formal Standard with UCIe 1.0
• Taipei
Vies with Taiwan for Core of Semiconductor Ecosystem
• 1st Complete,
Gapless
Sequence of Human Genome
4/8/2022
• FCC
Application Fee Will Not Apply to Amateur Radio License Upgrades
• How Chip
Shortage Is Rewiring Tech
• Japan
to Cover 95% of Population with 5G in 2 Years
• Smartphone
2022 Forecast Downgraded from 1.380B to 1.366B Units
• Grocery
Prices up 30% or More in Germany
4/7/2022
• U.S.
Space Force Wants 40% Budget Increase for Missile Warning
• 1.3B
5G Users Projected by End of 2022
• Micron
Navigates Supply Chain Issues with >3x Profit
• Russia's
Counterspace Capabilities Highlights Space Security
• A
$10B Fusion R&D Initiative
4/6/2022
• GaN
Demand to Increase 4x by 2030
• FCC Screws Carriers for $3.7B Due to
Huawei & ZTE Rip and Replace Underfunding
• Samsung Dominating
Booming Smartphone Display Market
• Algorithm Could Be
Quantum
Leap in Gravitational Wave Search
• Multi-SIM
Devices
4/5/2022
• Source of
Super-Fast
Electron "Rain" Found
• Elon
Musk Buys 9% of Twitter to Help Cancel "Cancel Culture"
• Net
1.42M U.S. Job Loss to Automation by 2032
• Chinese Satellite to Join
30x Earth Size Radio Telescope
• New Way to
Make Carbon Fiber
4/4/2022
• ARSINOE
Subsea Cable System in Operation
• Lockdowns
in China Could Interrupt Global Supply Chains
• Audio
Recorded on Mars Reveals 2 Speeds of Sound
• Scavenger
Nanoparticles for Fuel-Cell-Powered Vehicles
• Ukraine War
Takes Toll on European Software Development
4/1/2022
• ARRL Website Offline for
Major Upgrade
• Effect of
Ukraine War on Electronics Industry is Indirect
• Intel Invests $100M to
Promote Chip Research, Education in U.S.
• Apple Rushes out
iOS and macOS Patches for Zero-Day Threats
• China
Mobile Exceeds 200M 5G Network Users
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