Search RFCafe.com                           
      More Than 18,000 Unique Pages
Please support me by ADVERTISING!
Serving a Pleasant Blend of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow™ Please Support My Advertisers!
   Formulas & Data
Electronics | RF
Mathematics
Mechanics | Physics
     AI-Generated
     Technical Data
Pioneers | Society
Companies | Parts
Principles | Groups


 About | Sitemap
Homepage Archive
        Resources
Articles, Forums Calculators, Radar
Magazines, Museum
Radio Service Data
Software, Videos
     Entertainment
Crosswords, Humor Cogitations, Podcast
Quotes, Quizzes
   Parts & Services
1000s of Listings
 Vintage Magazines
Electronics World
Popular Electronics
Radio & TV News
QST | Pop Science
Popular Mechanics
Radio-Craft
Radio-Electronics
Short Wave Craft
Electronics | OFA
Saturday Eve Post

Software: RF Cascade Workbook
RF Stencils for Visio | RF Symbols for Visio
RF Symbols for Office | Cafe Press
Espresso Engineering Workbook

Aegis Power  |  Alliance Test
Centric RF  |  Empower RF
ISOTEC  |  Reactel  |  RFCT
San Fran Circuits

Innovative Power Products Passive RF Products - RF Cafe

everythingRF RF & Microwave Parts Database (h1)

Innovative Power Products (IPP) Directional Couplers

Please Support RF Cafe by purchasing my  ridiculously low-priced products, all of which I created.

RF Cascade Workbook for Excel

RF & Electronics Symbols for Visio

RF & Electronics Symbols for Office

RF & Electronics Stencils for Visio

RF Workbench

T-Shirts, Mugs, Cups, Ball Caps, Mouse Pads

These Are Available for Free

Espresso Engineering Workbook™

Smith Chart™ for Excel

KR Electronics (RF Filters) - RF Cafe

Day in Engineering History Archive February 15

Day in Engineering History February 15 Archive - RF CafeHappy Birthday Galileo Galilei!  Please click here to visit RF Cafe.February 15

1564: Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy. 1797: Henry Steinway, of overstrung iron-frame grand piano fame, was born. 1826: George Stoney, who introduced the term "electron" as the fundamental unit of electric charge, was born. 1842: Adhesive postage stamps were used for the first time. 1861: Alfred Whitehead, co-author with Bertrand Russell "Principia Mathematica," was born. 1884: Alfred C. Gilbert, inventor of the Erector Set, was born. 1897: Ferdinand Braun published an article in "Annalen der Physik und Chemie" describing his "Braun Tube", which was the first cathode-ray oscilloscope. 1965: Canada's new maple leaf flag was unfurled in ceremonies in Ottawa. 1971: The British Government issued a new decimal currency to supplant the original pound, shilling and pence system (now referred to as D-Day). 2007: Robert Alder, inventor of the TV remote control, died.

| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |

Note: These historical tidbits have been collected from various sources, mostly on the Internet. As detailed in this article, there is a lot of wrong information that is repeated hundreds of times because most websites do not validate with authoritative sources. On RF Cafe, events with hyperlinks have been verified. Many years ago, I began commemorating the birthdays of notable people and events with special RF Cafe logos. Where available, I like to use images from postage stamps from the country where the person or event occurred. Images used in the logos are often from open source websites like Wikipedia, and are specifically credited with a hyperlink back to the source where possible. Fair Use laws permit small samples of copyrighted content.

KR Electronics (RF Filters) - RF Cafe
Rigol DHO1000 Oscilloscope - RF Cafe

Exodus Advanced Communications Best in Class RF Amplifier SSPAs

Windfreak Technologies Frequency Synthesizers - RF Cafe