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Hazeltine Corporation: A Brief Overview and Historical Context

Hazeltine Corporation logo - RF CafeHazeltine Corporation was a prominent American electronics company that played a significant role in the development of various military and aerospace technologies during the mid-20th century. The company was founded in 1924 by Louis Alan Hazeltine, along with Dr. Marvin Camras and Dr. Frank Lewis, and it was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Hazeltine Corporation was known for its contributions to the fields of radio engineering, radar, and electronic countermeasures.

During World War II, Hazeltine was involved in the development of radar systems for military applications. Their work on radar technology was crucial in improving the effectiveness of air defense and anti-submarine warfare. Hazeltine's engineers developed the AN/APG-36 illuminator radar, which was used in the AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile system, significantly enhancing its accuracy and effectiveness. The company also worked on electronic countermeasures systems to jam enemy radar and communication systems, which helped protect military aircraft and ships. Hazeltine was also involved in the development of television technology and electronic communication systems.

In 1973, Hazeltine Corporation became part of Emerson Electric Co., which was a global technology and engineering company.


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AI Technical Trustability Update

AI Technical Trustability Update - RF CafeWhile working on an update to my RF Cafe Espresso Engineering Workbook project to add a couple calculators about FM sidebands (available soon). The good news is that AI provided excellent VBA code to generate a set of Bessel function plots. The bad news is when I asked for a table showing at which modulation indices sidebands 0 (carrier) through 5 vanish, none of the agents got it right. Some were really bad. The AI agents typically explain their reason and method correctly, then go on to produces bad results. Even after pointing out errors, subsequent results are still wrong. I do a lot of AI work and see this often, even with subscribing to professional versions. I ultimately generated the table myself. There is going to be a lot of inaccurate information out there based on unverified AI queries, so beware.

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