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Much Gratitude to everything RF for Support!

Embedded SW Developer Wanted by M2M Dynamics

Ultracapacitor Applications in the Power Electronic World

How Far Can You Go in Electronics Without a Degree?

10 Tips and Techniques for More Effective Presentations - White Paper

Rapid Color 3D Modeling/Printing: Achieving New Efficiencies

Congrats to Buzz M. for Winning the March 2012 Drawing!

Many Thanks to Antenna Factor for Their Underwriting

Miniature Surface Mount Ferrite Devices for High Reliability Applications, by A. Srivastava & E. Batliwala

Has the Word 'Entrepreneur' Lost Its Meaning?

Application and Theory of Dielectric Materials in RF/Microwave Systems, by Paul Dixon

11 Ways to Maximize Sales with LinkedIn

RF/Microwave Connectors for Military Telecommunications, by Ted Worroll

Thanks To Apex Wireless for Continued Support

Spreading the Stations with CSSB, Nov 1957 Popular Electronics

LightSquared: The Show’s Over ...Or Should Be, by Barry Manz

Microwave Transmission Line Considerations for Vehicle Applications

4/1/2012 RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle

The Spirit of Invention Continues at Bell Labs

Please Welcome Copper Mountain Technologies As a New Advertiser!

Selecting and Using Pulse Generators, May 1967 Electronics World

Receive Microwave Product Digest for Free

Sherlock Ohms: Broken Switch Shocks Engineer

Get a Free Subscription to Microwaves & RF Magazine

Understanding Noise Terms in Electronic Circuits

Thanks Also to Cross RF for Long-Time Support

Want to Work at ARRL HQ?

Oscilloscope Traces: Square Waves

29 New IEEE Fellows Added for 2012

Here Is My Photo of Today's Conjunction of Venus and the Moon

Hedy Lamarr: Hollywood's Secret Weapon Inventor (FHSS babe)

High Energy Hams

Please Visit ACS in Appreciation for Support

3/25/2012 RF Engineering Crossword Puzzle

Bits of Reality

Microwave Engineering Europe - Get It Free

Free Subscription to Asia Electronics Industry

EDN: Circuits Without Wires

Many Thanks to Colby Instruments for Continued Support

Sherlock Ohms: Case of the Silent Sound

A Job At What Cost? When Employers Log In to Dig In

What Rare Earth Shortages Mean for Engineers, Part 2

UWB Lowpass Filter Features Wide Stopband, by Milad Mirzaee

Measure 5-Nanosecond Rise/Fall Time in Pulsed Power Amplifiers - Agilent

Thanks to Test Equipment Connection for Long-Time Support 

How NOT to Use Transistors

A Miniaturized Multiple Coupled Line Power Divider Employing an R-C-R Isolation Circuit, by Young Yun

The Incredible Shrinking Budget for MiliTech Research

Resistor-Selection Nomogram

3/18/2012 Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle

My Daughter, Sally, Invites You to Check Out Her Etsy Website - Thanks!

Many Thanks to Fairview Microwave for Their Support

How is a Job Search Like a Romance?

Compact Transistor Models: The Roadmap to First Pass Amplifier Design Success, by Tony Gasseling

Recent Developments in Electronics, Apr 1967 EW

Your Engineering Career: Keep on Pushing

IEEE: Forensic Engineering

Please Thank IPP for Helping Deliver RF Cafe

Tackling Multi-Bit Attenuator Designs - MW&RF

Denial of Cert in "Junk Science" Case Leaves Lawyers Reeling, by IMS Expert Services

Please Check Out the New RF Cafe aStore - TE, Cable, Tools, & More

RF/Microwave Filter Design Engineer Position by Anatech Electronics

U.S. Sales Manager Needed by Anatech Electronics

Many Thanks to Skyworks for Continued Support

A Peek "Under the Hood" of America Invents, by IMS Expert Services

It’s Not All About the Bling for Wealthy Engineers (I wouldn't know)

Sherlock Ohms: Case of the Skewed Chips

Recent Developments in Electronics, May 1967 Electronics World

Please Visit Res-Net Microwave in Appreciation for Continued Support

The Mystifying History of Neutrino Experiments

Microwave Crossword Puzzle for 3/11/2012

After Class: Grounds, Grounds, and Grounded, August 1959 PE

FCC Alert: Using or Importing Jammers is Illegal

Five Leadership Lessons from James T. Kirk (Trekkie School of Management)

Test MIMO Wi-Fi and LTE Radios Over the Air, Fanny Mlinarsky

Electronics Against Cancer, August 1959 Popular Electronics

Please Thank Dow-Key Microwave for Supporting RF Cafe

Print Free Graph Paper to PDF File (inc'l Smith Chart)

Get the Basics of ADCs, by Martin Rowe

Register for WAMICON 2012, April 15-17, Cocoa Beach

For the Record: FCC Bears Down on CB (Electronics World)

What Rare Earth Shortages Mean for Engineers, Part 1

See Harold Kinley's Website for Loads of Good RF Engineering Resources!

Tips for Technicians - Mallory Capacitors, May 1967 EW

Thanks to Amplifier Solutions for Long-Time Support

The Conjugate Match and Basic Matching Techniques (p.26), Gary Breed

Engineering Crossword Puzzle for 3/4/2012

Designing Circuits Online

Field-Effect Transistor Circuits, May 1967 Electronics World

RF Design Engineer Needed by FreeWave Technologies

Join the 5th Combat Communications Group Alumni on LinkedIn

Analog/Baseband Design Engineer Sought by FreeWave Technologies

Microphase Corporation Needs a Sales Manager

Please Welcome Dong Jin As a New Sponsor!

Weather Surveillance by Satellite, March 1967 Electronics World

Modern Signals Require a Modern Approach to Spectrum Monitoring and Emitter Location, by I.C. Tillman and R. Shen

Assemblies Minimize Passive Intermodulation (PIM), by Fred Hull

Quartz Crystal Resonators and Oscillators for Frequency Control and Timing Applications - A Tutorial

Please Visit Empower RF in Thanks for Their Sponsorship

The Characteristics and Causes of Phase Noise (p.30), by Gary Breed

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Sherlock Ohms: Case of the Faulty Oscillator

RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle for 2/26/2012

High Performance Front End Modules for Zigbee Applications, by J. Seegars, RFMD

Thanks to MECA Electronics for Continued Support

Joint Tactical Radio System: A New Standard in Voice and Data Communication Capabilities for Defense & Aerospace, by M. Vitellaro

8 Qualities of Remarkable Employees

Gary Thomas Added to Our Honored List of Fellow USAF Radar Techs

10 Big Job Interview Mistakes to Avoid

Energy Efficient Transmitters Easier with Strong Nonlinearity (p.20), by Earl McCune

How Hot is Too Hot? (for caps, LEDs, solder joints, etc.)

Google's Doodle for Today (Feb 22) Honors Heinrich Hertz (not their usual quality)

Introduction to Professional Wireless Communications

Selecting Frequency and Time Standards, FEI

New Components Call for a Hardware Comparison of Receiver Architectures (p.24), by Todd Nelson

Are Engineers Really in Demand?

Square Coaxial Lines and Materials Measurements, by N. Damaskos, B. Kelsall, and J. Powell, Jr.

Many Thanks to Anatech Electronics for Long-Time Support!

GaAs and GaN MMIC Power Amplifiers Support Military and Test Applications to 48 GHz, by Hittite Microwave

From College to Silicon Valley: Tips from a Veteran

RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle for 2/19/2012

Sherlock Ohms: Case of the Plunging Insulation Resistance Values

Fellow USAF Radar Tech Robert Bennett (Gatorbob) Joins My Honored List

Please Welcome JQL Electronics As a New Supporter!

Patent Wars: Stripping the iPhone Bare

Learning Circuits and Electronics Online - ARRL

Top Executive Recruiters Agree There Are Only 3 True Job Interview Questions

Radio Measurements in Space, May 1967 Electronics World

Meet the 2012 Rising Stars of Wireless

Boys, Rain, and Radio - ARRL

Electronic Crosswords - 1967 Electronics World

Proper Stack-Up in a Multilayer PCB to Reduce Noise Coupling and Improve EMI, by Antonio Scogna and Jianmin Zhang

Check Out This Full-Auto Soda Bottle Machine Gun

Energy Efficient Transmitters Easier with Strong Nonlinearity (p.20), by Earl McCune

Arc, Surge, and Noise Suppression in Relays, April 1967 Electronics World

How Many Calculus Classes Do Engineers Need? - Jon Titus

TRICOR Systems - Electronic CM Services Listing Added

Finding Relay Operate and Release Times, April 1967 Electronics World

2/12/2012 Electrical Engineering Crossword Puzzle

Check Out My New Image of Jupiter - Wow!

Why Flexible Hours Inspire Performance

Nostalgic About HP Test Equipment, by David Ashton

RF Test Technicians Needed by Aethercomm

The Characteristics and Causes of Phase Noise (p.30), by Gary Breed

Please Check Out NuWaves in Appreciation of Their Support

10 Predictions for Litigation in 2012 - IMS Expert Services

Amateur Radio Quiz: The Big Unit

IEEE Job Site Now Features More Than 3,000 Tech Job Listings

6 Reasons You Won’t Get a Better Job in 2012

IEEE Best Paper Competition Focuses on Electrotechnology

Slideshow: More Messy Engineering Desktops

Poll: What Do You Think of Super Bowl XLVI Ads? (see right border)

Thanks Once Again to Electro-Photonics for Support

Illuminating the Dangers of Lightning Strikes

New Q-Band Marine Radar, April 1967 Electronics World

See Google's Doodle for Today: Charles Dickens

Passport to Engineering in the EU

The New Tetrode Transistor

Wireless Engineering Crossword Puzzle - 2/5/2012

Many Thanks to JFW Industries for Long-Time Support

Standards Define Test Impulses, Mostly, by Jeff Lind

What's a Good "Real Engineer" Question?

Rebuilding America: Really? Have We Given Up?

Why You Won't Quit Your Job

How to Fix Your iPhone If It's Completely Frozen

Please Visit 3Gmetalworx's Website in Appreciation of Their Support

Congrats Also to Gary S. for Winning Igor Grigorov's Urban Antennas

Advances in Radar Simulation Design, by L. Williams, M. Commens & S. Rousselle

Congrats to Paul C. for Winning Microwave Materials for Wireless Applications!

RF Switch Lead Design Engineer Needed by RFMD

Thanks Again to Z-Comm for Continued Support!

Understanding the Magic Tee / 0° Hybrid Combiner / Divider, by Gary Breed

The Importance of Peak Power Measurements for Radar Systems, by Bob Muro

Staff MEMS Design and Characterization Engineer Needed by RFMD

RF Cafe Quiz #44: Monopulse Principles and Techniques

Radar Signature Analysis c.1967

Sherlock Ohms: Power Supplies Cause Confusion in Lab

Please Give Fotofab a Visit in Thanks for Their Support

Microwave Engineering Crossword Puzzle - 1/29/2012

Advanced Technology Development Engineers Sought by RFMD

Sherlock Ohms: Battery Sparks Red-Hot Mystery

What Were They Thinking: Patent Crazy in LEDs

Project/Product Managers Sought by RFMD

Understanding Transistor Circuits - A Novel

Many Thanks to Orbel for Their Support

Predict Mixer Noise Behavior, by Roy Monzello

Technical Director of RF Engineering Needed by Aethercomm

Shocking But True, August 1959 Popular Electronics

What It Takes to Become Better Managers and Leaders

What's the Noise in Signal-to-Noise Ratio?

RF Competitive Analysis Engineer Wanted by RFMD

TRAK | Channel Microwave Looking for Director of Sales - Ferrite Products

Short Courses for RF/Microwave Design, Antenna Design, RF PCB Design - University of Oxford

Modern Signals Require a Modern Approach to Spectrum Monitoring and Emitter Location, by I.C. Tillman and Raymond Shen

Poll: Is Your Job Secure? (see right border)

Please Thank Analog Devices for Helping Deliver RF Cafe

Unpopular Electronics - Poems from 1959 PE

RF Engineering Position Opening at Modelithics

"Over the Horizon" Transmission, Aug 1955 Popular Electronics

RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle - 1/22/2012

Staff MEMS Design and Characterization Engineer for RFMD

Many Thanks to Coaxial Dynamics for Long-Time Support

Effective Job Search Strategies: Don’t Apply, Get Recommended

Have You Seen Any Erlangs Lately?

5 Things to Look for in a Great Job Interview

Tales from the Cube: The Silence of the Circuit

Loads of Online Calculators - Dirac Delta

IEEE Career Focus: Non-Engineering Careers for Engineers

Melvin Prell Joins My List of Venerated USAF Radar Techs

Free Popular Science Archives for 1870-2000 on Google Books (thanks to Paul A.)

The Original Ground Fault Interrupter (thanks to Paul A.)

"Atoms in the Air" - Nuclear Powered Aircraft

"Junk Science" Costs Patent Plaintiff $4.7M

A Triolin?

Simpson Electric Company Advertisement

The Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful Executives

20 Best U.S. Airports for Tech Travelers - PC World

Vintage Collins Radio Company Advertisement

Recent Developments in Battery Design July 1959 PE

RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle - 1/15/2012

Thanks Again to SigaTek for Continuing Support

IEEE: Reinventing the Scientific Method

What’s Your Design-Engineering Muse?

Radar and Loran  - Popular Electronics

The Vacuum Tube Voltmeter, July 1959 PE

Many Thanks to Vida RF for Support!

Your Guide to Job Searching after 50

3 and 4 Finger R/C Escapements, Jan 1955 Popular Electronics

Sherlock Ohms: Case of the Shorted Signal

LightSquared: The Show’s Over ...Or Should Be, Barry Manz

Amateur Radio Quiz: As Seen on TV!

New Master’s Program Mixes Science, Tech & Violins

Print-Out Fresnel Reflector for Burning Holes in Paper

Inside the Hi-Fi Tone Arm, Feb 1960 Popular Electronics

A Primer on Capacitors - What Is a Capacitor?

Here's Why America is Going Down (anybody seen those East Coast slaves?)

How Many Gills in a Cubic Dekameter?

Electronic Fabric - Transistors from Cotton Fibers

Short-Wave Report: Reception Versus Jamming

The Impossible Duet - You Won't Believe This!

RF Cafe Engineering Crossword Puzzle - 1/8/2012

MPD's View from the Top for 2011 - 28 CEOs Respond

Why Your College Grad Can't Find a Job

5 Tricks from a LinkedIn Jedi

Thanks to DYNE-TECH for Continued Support!

RF Electronics Shapes, Stencils for Office, Visio by RF Cafe
Crane Aerospace Electronics Microwave Solutions: Space Qualified Passive Products

LadyBug RF Power Sensors

Exodus Advanced Communications Best in Class RF Amplifier SSPAs