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Tech Topics Smorgasbord Archives - 37

RF Cafe University"Factoids," "Kirt's Cogitations," and "Tech Topics Smorgasbord" are all manifestations of my ranting on various subjects relevant (usually) to the overall RF Cafe theme. All may be accessed on these pages:

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The Eagles' Joe Walsh: "I'm an Analog Guy"

The Eagles' Joe Walsh: "I'm an Analog Guy", Kirt's Cogitations #354 - RF CafeEach month, the American Radio Relay League's (ARRL's) QST magazine runs a feature called "Member Spotlight." Usually, the person being paid homage is a non-celebrity who has done remarkable work to promote Ham radio. Occasionally, a well-known celebrity type gets the honor, as is the case with the December 2023 issue's personality, Joe Walsh (WB6ACU), who has been the lead guitarist with the Eagles rock band since the mid-1970s. Joe earned his license waaaay back in the year 1960, when Morse code proficiency was a requirement. In the articles he states, "I'm an analog guy. I like knobs more than a mouse." Many older Hams share the sentiment.  Having spent my teenage years in the 1970s, I am of course very familiar with the Eagles and the name Joe Walsh. Don Henley, though, is probably the name most associated with the Eagles...

RF Cafe Sponsors at IMS 2023 in San Diego

RF Cafe Sponsors at IMS 2023 in San Diego, CA, Kirt's Cogitations #353 - RF CafeThe International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2023, the RF, microwave, and wireless industry's premier trade show, is happening this week in San Diego, California. It runs from Sunday, June 11th, through Friday, June 16th at the San Diego Convention Center. Many of RF Cafe's generous sponsors have display booths set up on the Exhibit Floor. Their locations are labeled on the layout shown above. Clicking on the image will open a much larger version with legible print. While you are roaming, cruising, and perusing, please be sure to stop by and say hello to them and thank them for supporting RF Cafe. The matrix of company thumbnails on the left side represent all that are currently on RF Cafe, though some are not attending the show. BTW, be sure to see the Historical Exhibit for some amazing bits of our industry's development...

ChatGPT: Inaccuracies in Technical Responses

ChatGPT: Inaccuracies in Technical Responses, Kirt's Cogitations #351 - RF CafeSince January, I have used ChatGPT to generate many mini essays on various technical topics such as company histories, biographies on notable engineers and scientists, physics principles, and industry standards. My goal is to reduce the amount of references to off-site information like Wikipedia. A careful reading of ChatGPTs replies is always performed because inaccuracies appear fairly often. Overall, I find it very useful, but caution is needed. In example, today I queried ChatGPT for an equation of the voltage distribution along a half-wave dipole antenna. It took three rounds of correcting its response to finally get an accurate answer...

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