Today in Science History -
 As I have pointed out in the past, by the end of 1944, everyone - at least in the United States - was pretty much convinced that World War II was all but done. Advertisements and articles in most of the magazines were going full force with promoting a plethora of great new consumer products that would soon be flowing from post-war factories and into the homes of the families who had sacrificed life, limb, fortune, and opportunity on the parts of fathers, brothers, boyfriends, and husbands who fought Axis powers during the past four and a half years. Parents, children, and wives of those who went "Over There" played an invaluable part back home in the success by managing single-parent households and filling in on jobs formerly performed by the servicemen. Life was difficult at home and on the battlefield but they persevered. We still refer to them collectively as "The Greatest Generation." Interestingly, one of the main impediments to implementing the aforementioned grand plan was difficulty in transporting raw materials and piece parts to manufacturing plants, and then distributing finished goods to the stores. Recall that ...
 Empower RF Systems' Model 2226 is a compact high power GaN solid state CW emitter designed for GPS denial and is based on the established and field proven Next Generation system architecture. This architecture is tactically deployed and operating on multiple levels in support of a variety of critical DOD missions. Equally suited for Jamming, Threat Simulation, Multipaction, HIRF, and Automotive EMC applications the 2226 comes complete with internal DDC, external forward and reverse sample ports, and an easy to use web served GUI. In depth health monitoring with alarms visible on the front panel are also pushed out the LAN port. Output modes include Manual Gain Control (MGC), AGC and ALC ...
 You would be hard pressed to find an electronics magazine today that included poetry as part of its typical features. I have published pages from the ARRL's QST magazine from the 1940s that had poems. Of course, the theme of the poems is almost always humor or parody, but poetry was not an unknown / unpracticed art by the general populace as it appears to be today. Anyway, enjoy the jovial rhymes here from the August 1959 issue of Popular Electronics. Frequent comic contributor Carl Kohler provides the illustrations for the rhymes of Saunder Harris ...
 Both the ARRL Antenna Handbook and the ARRL Radio Communications Handbook (2020 editions) have grown so large with information that they are being been made available as a set of volumes that make handling and storing them much more convenient. The ARRL Antenna Book for Radio Communications is undoubtedly the best single resource covering antenna theory, design and construction, and practical treatments and projects. This 4-book set contains everything you need to understand how radio signals propagate, how antennas work, and how to construct your own antenna system. Presented in this 24th edition of The Antenna Book is persistent pioneering development by radio amateurs, for radio amateurs ...
 "Researchers in Switzerland and the U.S. have a non-destructive technique that can reverse engineer an entire chip without damaging it. Ptychographic X-ray laminography can scan an entire chip or zoom in on a particular spot to reveal its circuits. Scientists and engineers in Switzerland and California have come up with a technique that can reveal the 3D design of a modern microprocessor without destroying it. Typically today, such reverse engineering is a time-consuming process that involves painstakingly removing each of a chip's many nanometers-thick interconnect layers and mapping them using a hierarchy of different imaging techniques, from optical microscopy for the larger features to electron microscopy for the tiniest features ..."
 Exodus Advanced Communications is a multinational RF communication equipment and engineering service company serving both commercial and government entities and their affiliates worldwide. Power amplifiers ranging from 10 kHz to 51 GHz with various output power levels and noise figure ranges, we fully support custom designs and manufacturing requirements for both small and large volume levels. decades of combined experience in the RF field for numerous applications including military jamming, communications, radar, EMI/EMC and various commercial projects with all designing and manufacturing of our HPA, MPA, and LNA products in-house.
 Dr. Allen Du Mont played a huge role in making television practical because of the improvements he made to the cathode ray tube (CRT). Prior to his work, the lifespan of a CRT was measured in tens of hours, and they were expensive, so their use was limited to special military and research applications. Du Mont's interest in "wireless" began at an early age, and he earned his commercial radio operator's license at the age of 14 (in 1915). He designed and produced oscillographs (i.e., oscilloscopes) that incorporated his CRTs. His involvement in the television industry was a natural evolution and extension of the work done in related industries. The DuMont Television Network was formed in 1942, rivaling the established CBS and NBC ...
 Skyworks is pleased to launch the SKY66405-11, a 2.4 GHz front-end module (FEM) designed for ZigBee®, Thread, and Bluetooth® (including Low Energy) ultra-low power IoT applications spanning sensors, beacons, smart meters and thermostats, wireless cameras, smoke and CO detectors, wearables and medical wearables. This high-performance, integrated multi-chip module comes in a compact form factor (1.9 x 1.9 x 0.56 mm) and provides increased efficiency as well as more than 4X range extension versus system-on-chip (SoC) alone. The solution includes a power amplifier, low-noise amplifier, low-loss bypass path, transmit and receive switches ...
 I usually take you straight to the source of a survey, but in this case you're better served reading EE Times' report on the newly released "IEEE GlobalSpec 2019 Pulse of Engineering Survey." Martin Rowe provides a comparison between the 2018 and 2019 results. One of the most significant differences I see is response to "New hires are being added to handle additional work, not just to replace staff vacancies" dropping from 38% last year to 28% this year. Mr. Rowe offer two possible reasons, but a third reason might be that employers hired most of their needed engineers last year ...
 With a cover date of August 25, 1945, this issue of The Saturday Evening Post obviously went to print some time prior to the dropping of the two nuclear bombs on Japan that ended World War II. Victory in Japan Day (V-J Day), was August 14, 1945. There is no hint inside the magazine that the end of the war was nigh. There were, however, plenty of ads by companies touting their contributions to the war, and even some ads, particularly food ads, anticipating the end of rationing. Within this edition is also a short quiz entitled, "How's Your Radio Knowledge?" The author, Captain James F. C. Hyde, Jr., challenges readers to identify the locations of radio stations just by looking at their call signs. As is done today, most stations attempt to get call signs that are relevant to their location ...
 "Researchers from Japan have developed a highly sensitive rectifying element in the form of a nanowire backward diode, which can convert low-power microwaves into electricity. The research was carried out by leading communication technology company, Fujitsu, in partnership with the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), and the Tokyo Metropolitan University. Through JST's Strategic Basic Research Programs, the technology was developed by researchers led by Kenichi Kawaguchi of Fujitsu Limited and Professor Michihiko Suhara of the Tokyo Metropolitan University. The new technology can generate electricity from ambient radio waves ..."
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 When I saw this photo of the Mount Säntis television transmission tower in Switzerland, the first thing I thought of was the scene in the James Bond "Moonraker" movie where 007 battles the infamous Jaws while riding a cable car. That took place in an area around the Mediterranean though, so maybe it was "Where Eagles Dare" or some other spy / military movie I was thinking of. The tower is featured on a Wikipedia webpage where it states in part: "Located at the peak of the Säntis is a 123.55 meter high transmission tower, which was commissioned in November 1997. The original tower stemming from the year 1955 had to be renovated several times due to the rough ...
 RF Cascade Workbook 2018 is the next phase in the evolution of RF Cafe's long-running series, RF Cascade Workbook. It is a full-featured RF system cascade parameter and frequency planner that includes filters and mixers for a mere $45. Built in MS Excel, using RF Cascade Workbook 2018 is a cinch and the format is entirely customizable. It is significantly easier and faster than using a multi-thousand dollar simulator when a high level system analysis is all that is needed. An intro video takes you through the main features. Hundreds of hours have gone into developing this tool ...
 Withwave has introduced a new line of High Speed & High Density Multicoax Cable Assemblies (WMX Series) that provide a wide range of multiple coax connectors and flexible cable assemblies with a choice of 20, 40, 50, and 67 GHz configurations based on precision array design and superior high frequency cabling solutions. The WMX Series are excellent signal integrity solutions for bench-top testing and automated test equipment to meet increasing demands of semiconductor test equipment and optical testing industries. These products consist of high performance flexible assemblies which can be bundled in housings (8 and 16 channels) and the interface to board is compression type ...
 This Radio Service Data Sheet provides schematics and parts lists for Westinghouse Models H-161, H-168 and H-168A receivers. Most - if not all - electronics servicemen had subscriptions to these magazines because they were a ready source of not just these service sheets, but because of the extensive articles offering advice on servicing radios and televisions. In fact, many electronics manufacturers had a policy of supplying service data only to bona fide shops. A large list is included at the bottom of the page of similar documents from vintage receiver schematics, troubleshooting tips, and alignment procedures. They were originally published in magazines like Radio-Craft, Radio and Television News, Radio News, etc. I scan and post them for the benefit of hobbyists who restore and service vintage ...
 "Silver dipoles are arranged across the folds of a Miuri-Ori pattern to enable frequency blocking. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have devised a method for using an origami-based structure to create radio frequency filters that have adjustable dimensions, enabling the devices to change which signals they block throughout a large range of frequencies. The new approach to creating these tunable filters could have a variety of uses, from antenna systems capable of adapting in real-time to ambient conditions to the next generation of electromagnetic cloaking systems that could be reconfigured on the fly to reflect or absorb different frequencies. The team focused on one particular pattern of origami ..."
 For two decades, I have been creating custom engineering- and science-themed crossword puzzles for the brain-exercising benefit and pleasure of RF Cafe visitors who are fellow cruciverbalists. This October 20, 2019, puzzle uses a database of thousands of words which I have built up over the years and contains only clues and terms associated with engineering, science, physical, astronomy, mathematics, chemistry, etc. You will never find a word taxing your knowledge of a numbnut soap opera star or the name of some obscure village in the Andes mountains. You might, however, encounter the name of a movie star like Hedy Lamarr or a geographical location like Tunguska, Russia ...
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