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 The 1958-59
International Geophysical Year was an unprecedented eighteen-month global scientific
initiative involving 30,000 participants from 66 nations who invested up to 1.5
billion dollars to study Earth's interior, oceans, and atmosphere. Utilizing military
rockets and emerging satellite technology, researchers achieved major breakthroughs,
most notably Dr. James Van Allen's discovery of the radiation belts surrounding
Earth and enhanced understanding of ionospheric radio propagation, solar flares,
and geomagnetism. While the project aimed to improve communications...
 When I first saw an
Erie Resistor Corporation advertisement in the December 1958 issue
of Popular Electronics, I decided to research its history here in Erie,
Pennsylvania, where I live. Click on that hyperlink if you are interested in what
I discovered. This advertisement appeared in the January 1952 issue of Radio &
Television News magazine, so I figured I'd post it as well...
 Windfreak Technologies is proud to announces
the availability of our
FT108, an innovative
programmable bidirectional filter bank spanning a frequency range of 5 MHz
to 8 GHz in 15 bands. Band selection can be controlled through USB, UART or
at high speeds through powerful triggering modes. Each unit is factory tested via
network analyzer with unique data stored in the device to help with its use. Crossover
frequencies are stored so the user can send a frequency command and the FT108 will
utilizes Intelligent Band Selection logic to automatically toggle the optimal
filter path based on minimum insertion loss. Readback of FT108 insertion loss at
any frequency between crossover points allows for easy amplitude leveling...
 An article title with both "radar" and "Great
Lakes" in the title is sure to catch my attention, as did this. Author Norman Schorr
reports on the state of the art of radar equipment and usage for the purpose of
maritime navigation. Research and development, along with an ample
surplus of components left over from World War II facilitated a rapid adaptation
of radar to many venues. Included among its applications were airway and waterway
navigation, rocket trajectory tracking, security systems, speed measurement, weather
observation, and aerial mapping...
 Johanson Technology (originally part of
Johanson Dielectrics), located in Camarillo, CA, has for over 25 years designed
and manufactured high quality RF & microwave ceramic chip capacitors, inductors
and integrated passives. These includes chip-format antennas, capacitors, lowpass,
highpass, and bandpass filters, couplers, inductors, baluns, power dividers, substrates,
chipsets.
 Details the evolution of infrared technology,
tracing its origins from William Herschel's 1800 discovery to its deployment in
military and industrial sectors, are presented in this 1959 Radio &
TV News magazine article. It emphasizes the shift from active, illuminating
systems to passive, sensitive detectors capable of identifying thermal signatures
in total darkness. The piece highlights infrared's superior resolution compared
to radar, noting its utility in applications ranging from missile guidance and ballistic
tracking to industrial quality control and chemical analysis. Since the publication
of this article, infrared technology has achieved remarkable sophistication, evolving
from bulky lab instruments into the invisible, ubiquitous...
 An ample supply of surplus coaxial cable
after the end of World War II provided an inexpensive and easy to use form
of transmission line. Not having to worry about cable routing and unintentional
radiation makes transitions through walls, running along metal surfaces, and routing
high power transmission lines near habitable areas a no-brainer. Issues like power
handling, bend radius, and higher attenuation need more attention during the installation
design phase, but that pales in comparison to coaxial cable's advantages. Author
Byron Goodman addresses some of the issues Hams accustomed to using
flat
transmission lines...
 Not surprisingly, there is a website dedicated
to only the
Regency TR-1 transistor radio and its history from development
through retail sales. As reported in this January 1955 issue of Radio and Television
News, The TR-1 was the world's first commercially available, fully transistorized
portable radio. A complete schematic and functional description is provided. It
used four germanium transistors and operated on a 22-1/2 volt battery, which provided
about twenty hours of listening pleasure. The unit weighed eleven ounces and cost
$49.95...
 This
is a must-read article for all persons interested in the history of wireless communications.
Seriously. Stop what you are doing and read it. I guarantee the vast majority have
never heard of this challenge to the veracity of
Mr. Guglielmo Marconi's bestowed title of "father of wireless
telegraphy." Most of us are at least passingly familiar with challenges to Samuel
Morse's, Thomas Edison's, and a few other notables' claims to being the first at
a particular technical breakthrough, but herein, as penned by of
Lieutenant-Commander Edward H. Loftin, is a first-hand account
of multiple successful challenges by the U.S. Patent Office against...
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 This nomograph from a 1959 issue of
Radio & TV News magazine simplifies matching a source (sending - s) impedance
(Zs) and a load (receiving - r) impedance (Zr) using a
quarter-wave transmission line. To use it, locate your Zs value on the left
vertical scale and your Zr value on the right scale. Lay a straightedge across these
points; the intersection with the center vertical scale reveals the required surge
impedance - also called characteristic impedance - (Z0). Surge impedance is the
ratio of voltage to current for a wave traveling along an infinite transmission
line, dictated by the physical geometry and dielectric properties of the cable,
defined as Z0 = sqrt (L/C), where L is inductance per unit length and C is
capacitance per unit length. The quarter-wave transformer relies...
 Here is a batch of
electronics-themed comics that appeared in the January 1949 edition
of Radio & Television News. The scene seen (hey,
homonyms) on the page 138 comic was commonplace in the 1940s when televisions
were relatively new and not every household had a set. The scenario repeated itself
in the 1960s when color sets were hitting the consumer market. Now, people can watch
TV on their smartphones while not at home so gathering 'round the television display
in a store is relegated pretty much to little kids watching the Disney movies that
seem to always running on them. There is a growing list of other comics at the bottom
of the page...
 December
1942 was just a year into America's "official" involvement in World War II.
Already, both wired and wireless communications had made major advances and were
indisputably vital in both the logistical and strategic aspects of troop movement,
supply chains, fighting battles, and evacuation of wounded personnel. It also played
a large part in propaganda campaigns. This was all true for both Axis and Allied
forces. Ham radio operators provided a huge boost to the Signal Corps
because they came at least partially trained for the jobs. These dozen and a half
photos from the field exhibit the state of the art at the time. Maybe you'll
recognize a father, grandfather, or uncle in one of them. For that matter, you might
even recognize a mother, grandmother...
 Exodus Advanced Communications, is a multinational
RF communication equipment and engineering service company serving both commercial
and government entities and their affiliates worldwide. Exodus'
AMP20026 is a rugged 2.0 to 6.0 GHz solid state amplifier delivering a
minimum of 200 W with clean, stable 53 dB gain. It offers excellent gain
flatness, a 20 dB control range, and full protection circuitry. Built for EMI/RFI,
lab, CW/pulse, and EW environments, it delivers instantaneous bandwidth, superb
reliability, rack mount configuration...
 In April of 1952 when this article appeared
in Radio & Television News magazine, the
bipolar junction transistor (BJT) had only made it out of the
experimental laboratory of Messrs. Bardeen, Shockley, and Brattain at Bell Labs
a mere three years earlier in December of 1948. It did not take long for commercial
production to begin. Along with being a great primer for anyone new to transistors,
herein is also some background on how the now ubiquitous BJT schematic symbol was
created. Interestingly, only Dr. William Shockley is mentioned, making me wonder
whether the contributions of Dr. John Bardeen, and Dr. Walter H. Brattain was
not widely publicized early on. Not to worry, though, because all three were duly...
 Mac's Service Shop captures here a moment
of technological transition in 1961 where a new "Loud-speaking
Telephone" impresses his right-hand man, Barney. The device utilizes vacuum-tube
amplifiers and a bulky external control box to allow hands-free communication, enabling
Mac to work while handling customer inquiries. Mac, ever the mentor, contrasts this
tube-based unit with the emerging technology of transistorized speakerphones, which
eliminate the need for external control boxes, external power supplies, and warm-up
times. The 1961 "Loud-speaking" setup, occupying significant space under a workbench,
has been completely replaced by modern smartphones and integrated VoIP systems...
 As with all
RF Cafe
crossword puzzles, this one uses only words pertaining to engineering, science,
mathematics, mechanics, chemistry, astronomy, etc. As always, this crossword puzzle
contains no names of politicians, mountain ranges, exotic foods or plants, movie
stars, or anything of the sort unless it/he/she is related to this puzzle's technology
theme (e.g., Hedy Lamarr or the Bikini Atoll). The technically inclined cruciverbalists
amongst us will appreciate the effort. Enjoy!
  The microwave klystron was invented in 1937
by brothers
Russell and Sigurd Varian. If you have been in the microwave design
business for a couple decades, you undoubtedly recognize the company name of Varian
Associates, especially if you worked in the aerospace or defense electronics business.
There is a video on YouTube of a segment on Varian done sometime around 1990 by
Walter Cronkite. There is also a historical piece on Varian Associates on the Communications &
Power Industries website. This circa 1952 article covers the fundamentals of klystron
operation and reports on the increasing use of klystrons in high frequency application
- including by amateur radio operators exploring...
 Werbel Microwave began as a consulting firm,
specializing in RF components design, with the ability to rapidly spin low volume
prototypes, and has quickly grown into a major designer and manufacturer with volume
production capacities. The
WMRD02-7.2-S is a resistive splitter that covers up to 7.2 GHz with ultra-wide
bandwidth. This design is useful when there are many low power signals within a
wide spectrum. By design, the nominal insertion loss and isolation is 6 dB,
hence it is often referred to as a "6 dB splitter." Its small size makes it
easy to integrate into compact systems. Designed, assembled, and tested in the USA.
"No Worries with Werbel!"
 Contributors to the Wikipedia article on
the
Yagi–Uda antenna credit Japanese professor Shintaro Uda primarily for the antenna's
development, with Hidetsugu Yagi having played a "lesser role." Other sources assign
the primary role to Yagi. Regardless, history - and this article's author, rightly
or wrongly, has decreed that this highly popular design be referred to commonly
as the Yagi antenna and not the Uda antenna. I don't recall seeing advertisements
for "'Uda" television or amateur radio antennas. Harold Harris, of Channel Master
Corporation, does a nice job explaining the fundamentals of the Yagi antenna. Another
Yagi article appeared in the October 1952 issue of QST magazine...
 Established in 1990,
dB Control supplies mission-critical,
often sole-source, products worldwide to military organizations, as well as to major
defense contractors and commercial manufacturers. dB Control designs and manufactures
high-power TWT amplifiers, microwave power modules, transmitters, high- and low-voltage
power supplies, and modulators for radar, ECM, and data link applications. Modularity
enables rapid configuration of custom products for a variety of platforms, including
ground-based and high-altitude military manned and unmanned aircraft. Custom RF
sources and receivers, components and integrated microwave subsystems as well as
precision electromechanical switches. dB Control also offers specialized contract
manufacturing and repair depot services.
 The production of high-performance transistors
necessitated new methods to achieve extreme purity levels, far beyond standard industrial
capabilities. To reach the required purity of
one part in ten billion, engineers adopted zone melting, a sophisticated technique
pioneered by W. G. Pfann. In this process, radio-frequency heating coils melt a
narrow zone of a semiconductor rod, which is then moved along the crystal to sweep
impurities to one end. Beyond purification, zone melting allows for the precise,
uniform introduction of "dopants" like antimony or indium, which are essential for
creating p-type and n-type semiconductor characteristics. By refining these methods
through continuous processing and floating-zone techniques, manufacturers significantly...
 Here's another advertisement that you probably
wouldn't see in a contemporary RF / microwave engineering magazine. For that matter
you probably wouldn't see it on a contemporary RF / microwave engineering website
... except on RF Cafe where political correctness gets no respect.
Adson Radio & Electronics was located on Fulton Street in New York City,
just a block from the 911 Memorial. the original building might have been destroyed
when the...
 My first thought when seeing the cover for
this edition of Radio-Craft magazine was that it was an April Fools gag,
but it turns out the "hat" being worn by the radio receiver's designer is a
loop antenna for AM reception. Ya' know, he does look like he
could be a suicide bomber. In a way it is the opposite of a tinfoil hat in that
this headgear invites electromagnetic energy around the wearer's head rather than
shielding it. Back in 1936, being seen in public donning a contraption like this
radio would have been akin to Google Glass today - you'd be a superhero to fellow
nerds, and just be confirming your otherworldly nerd status to non-nerds...
 Vreeland Corporation was an early radio
manufacturer located in Hoboken, New Jersey, with multiple patents on file for innovative
circuits. The
Vreeland band selector system mentioned here was originally filed
in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in August of 1927 and had not been awarded
by the time of this November 1929 article in Radio-Craft magazine. In fact,
it wasn't until five years later, in 1932, that the patent was finally assigned.
The official description reads in part, "The general purpose of the invention is
to receive the component frequencies of such a band with such uniformity as to avoid
material distortion of the modulated wave, and to exclude frequencies outside of
the band which the system is designed to receive. Another purpose of the invention
is to provide means for shifting the position of the band...
 In this 1959 Radio-Electronics
magazine promo, Bell Telephone Laboratories showcased its advanced
radio-inertial guidance system, a technological breakthrough enabling precise
long-range missile flight. Developed for the Air Force's Ballistic Missile Division,
this innovation proved its efficacy by guiding a Thor-Able nose cone to a precise
target five thousand miles away, allowing for a successful aerial and maritime recovery.
The system utilized a missile-borne transmitter to feed continuous data to ground-based
radar and a Remington Rand Univac computer, which calculated real-time steering
corrections. By keeping the primary command equipment on the ground...
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 "Nuclear" this and "nuclear" that were big
attention getters after the dropping of the uranium and plutonium bombs that ended
World War II in August of 1945. Science was at the cusp of its foray into understanding
and manipulating atoms at the nuclear level - a realm that at the time was not directly
observable. "Shadows" of elementary particles were successfully imaged, but many
theorized that it would never be possible to directly "see" an electron, proton,
or neutron. One cause of the inability to image such a small entity was a lack of
a stable enough reference source that could resolve tiny features. Short wavelengths
(i.e., high frequencies) are needed, and the current standard - piezoelectric crystals
- could not be fabricated thin enough to function reliably (or at all) in the microwave
spectrum. Fulfilling the old adage of "necessity
is the mother of invention," scientists developed the first atomic clocks that
exploited a very stable and repeatable frequency reference based on electron energy
level transitions of the ammonia atom. Doing so allowed the earliest measurements
of sub-microscopic physical features of materials. This story details some of the
history...
 On May 27, 1868, the first
Memorial Day, originally known
as Decoration Day, was celebrated to honor the country's fallen during the Civil
War. By proclamation of General John A. Logan, "The 30th of May, 1868, is designated
for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of
comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose
bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet churchyard in the land.
In this observance no form of ceremony is prescribed, but posts and comrades will
in their own way arrange such fitting services and testimonials of respect as circumstances
may permit." Today, Memorial Day is celebrated at Arlington National Cemetery ..."
 This is a great primer for anyone looking
for an easily understandable way to explain the basics of radio signal fading to
acquaintances, or for that matter to understand it yourself if you don't already.
As I review the material for taking my amateur radio General Class exam, there is
information about
atmospheric absorption in the various ionospheric layers during
daytime and nighttime. Prior to studying the manual, I either never knew or once
knew but have forgotten about the upper F1 and F2 layers combining into a single
layer at night when the sun's radiation and particle bombardment is blocked by the
earth. This article doesn't go that deep into the physics, but it does a good job
of making a complex topic simple enough for the layman - although if you're trying
to explain fading to politicians, well, don't even bother...
 This custom RF Cafe
electronics-themed crossword puzzle for December 3rd contains words and clues
which pertain exclusively to the subjects of electronics, science, physics, mechanics,
engineering, power distribution, astronomy, chemistry, etc. If you do see names
of people or places, they are intimately related to the aforementioned areas of
study. As always, you will find no references to numbnut movie stars or fashion
designers. Need more crossword RF Cafe puzzles? A list at the bottom of the page
links to hundreds of them dating back to the year 2000. Enjoy...
 The newest release of RF Cafe's spreadsheet
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Bandpass Calculator, and a Highpass Filter Calculator that does not just gain, but
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Continuing the tradition, RF Cafe Espresso Engineering Workbook™ is
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a wide user-selectable choice of units for voltage, frequency, speed, temperature,
power, wavelength, weight, etc. In fact, a full page of units conversion calculators
is included. A particularly handy feature is the ability to specify the the number
of significant digits to display. Drop-down menus are provided for convenience...
 This custom RF Cafe
electronics-themed crossword puzzle for August 27th contains words and clues
which pertain exclusively to the subjects of electronics, science, physics, mechanics,
engineering, power distribution, astronomy, chemistry, etc. If you do see names
of people or places, they are intimately related to the aforementioned areas of
study. As always, you will find no references to numbnut movie stars or fashion
designers. Need more crossword RF Cafe puzzles? A list at the bottom of the page
links to hundreds of them dating back to the year 2000. Enjoy...
 Declaring any kind of straight LC tank circuit
to be high stability is a bit of a stretch when compared the Q available simply
by adding a crystal, even in 1958. Tone modulation was an early method for achieving
remote control of model airplanes, boats, and cars. The number of channels with
these
tone modulation systems is two times the number of modern proportional
systems in that moving the rudder left took one channel and moving it right took
another. Up and down elevator likewise took two channels. Therefore, this four
channel system is only two channels by today's terminology. Technology evolved
into fully proportional ...
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 Dave Harbaugh created a great many
electronics-themed comics back in the 1960s for magazines like Popular
Electronics, QST, "73",
and others. His "Hobnobbing
with Harbaugh" series usually depicted hobbyists and technicians in a state
of surprise and/or dismay over some event while in the act of pursuing his
passion (electronics, that is, not a woman). Although I have never run across
any evidence of it, I wonder how many of the scenarios are derived from personal
experience. Many do not have captions. I have to admit to being stumped at what
he is trying to convey in the comic where the guy is staring into the back of
the TV while his wife...
 This installment of "Stereo
Scene" was the 12th in a series run by Popular Electronics magazine
in the early 1970s. As mentioned previously, stereo equipment was a big deal in
the 1960s and 1970s. Amazingly - or maybe not amazingly - some of the issues of
the day have persisted through today's audiophile community. One of the most fervently
debated topic is whether audio power amplifiers that use vacuum tubes produce higher
quality sound than do transistorized power amplifiers. The pro-tube argument holds
that the physical flow of electrons and the ability of metal internal components
to vibrate microscopically in response to signals imparts a quality to the output
that rigid semiconductors cannot. Many attempts at designing circuits to artificially
add such "quality" to transistorized amplifiers...
 According to this promotion in a 1948 issue
of Radio News magazine, the Howard W. Sams company had published more
than 5,500
Photofact service data packs since beginning in 1938 - that's averaging 550
per year. There would have been many more if not for the cessation of domestic radio
production during the war years from 1942 through the middle of 1945. Once televisions
were being cranked out in huge numbers in the early 1950's, the number of data packets
quickly grew into the tens of thousands (including also phonographs, tape recorders,
and other electronics wonders for the home. In fact, by September of 1949 the magazine's
title was changed to Radio & Television News in order to reflect the
importance of servicing the burgeoning TV industry...
 With more than 1000
custom-built stencils, this has got to be the most comprehensive set of
Visio Stencils
available for RF, analog, and digital system and schematic drawings! Every stencil
symbol has been built to fit proportionally on the included A-, B-, and C-size drawing
page templates (or use your own page if preferred). Components are provided for
system block diagrams, conceptual drawings, schematics, test equipment, racks, and
more. Page templates are provided with a preset scale (changeable) for a good presentation
that can incorporate all provided symbols...
 In 1944 when this National Union Radio Company
ad appeared in Radio News magazine, the price of gold bullion was $35 US
per ounce, as established by the Bretton-Woods Agreement. Inflation remained near
zero until 1971 when President Nixon removed the U.S. treasury notes (dollars) from
the gold standard. Take a look at the inflation chart in the background of the RF
Cafe header (top of page) to see what has happened since then. Today's spot gold
bullion price is around $1800 per ounce - a factor of 51x higher. According to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics' Inflation Calculator, $35 in 1944 had the equivalent
purchasing power of $538 today - a factor of 15x. That means the inflation-adjusted
price of gold is about 3x what it was when National Union decided to use it to
plate the wire control grid of its high power vacuum tubes in order to minimize
performance-degrading grid emissions. Because relatively little gold would have
been used...
 QST reader Dave Berman, WA2PAY,
wrote in the March 2020 issue's "Letters from Our Members" column about an episode
of the old "Highway Patrol" television show entitled, "Radioactive,"
wherein the ARRL (American Radio Relay League" is mentioned and Ham radio operator
Pat Conway plays a lead role in the show. Broderick Crawford stars as head highway
patrolman Dan Mathews. I did some screen shots of Mel's shack showing the massive
transmitter cabinet and the receiving station desk. On a table across the room is
a Precision Apparatus Co. E-200-C Signal Generator. Do you recognize any of the
other equipment? Note on the chalkboard that the nuclear scientist has beryllium
misspelled as "berilium," unless he happens to be an Indonesian, in which case it's
OK...
 Long before there was Power Point, presentations
at training seminars were conducted using overhead projectors and
larger-than-life props of the devices being taught. The U.S. Navy, during World
War II, set up a special facility called the Visual Aid Model Shop located
at Radio Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Its charter was to design and build very large
scale models of equipment and tools that service personnel used while performing
their duties. It is kind of funny to look at the sizes of some of the items, like
the 8x size radio chassis assembly shown in this article's main photograph. As a
life-long model builder myself, I would have loved to work in a shop like that building
torso-size electrolytic capacitors and potentiometer bodies...
 Around the time this article was written,
the first wave of the solar and wind (which essentially is also solar) power generation
craze was settling in. A few small windmill generators popped up around where I
lived in the Annapolis, Maryland area, but they were mostly owned by hippie Earth
worshipers who eschewed modern conveniences and didn't need hot water for bathing
anyway. Most of that generation (pun intended) of windmills put out direct current
(DC - typically 12 or 24 volts) rather than tying in with the AC line power, and
required separate electric wiring in the house. People used appliances and light
fixtures designed for recreational vehicles. We knew a very nice older man and his
wife who lived "off the grid" and grew most of their produce and even kept a goat
for milk (they were clean people). They had some
photovoltaic (PV) solar cells to supplement the windmill...
 If the December 13, 1965, edition of
Electronics magazine had a theme, it was undoubtedly reporting on the current
state of
Japanese technology. The cover photo is a shot of a microwave
antennas dominating Tokyo's skyline. Japanese technology companies worked hard to
overcome the largely undeserved negative connotation that a "Made in Japan" label
carried in the day. Do you remember the scene in the movie "Back to the Future Part
III" where Doc, having traveled back in time from the 1950s, is trying to fix his
DeLorean time travel car and discovers a burnt out circuit and claims, "No wonder
this circuit failed, it says made in Japan?" Marty, who travelled from the 1980s,
replied, "What do you mean doc, all the best stuff is made in Japan." There is no
denying the Japanese people succeeded at their goal...
 Once again, electronics and overall tech
visionary
Hugo Gernsback prognosticated in the 1930s what was then a pipe
dream but what is today commonplace - remote control of multi-functioned apparati
via secure wireless digital communications. Adolph Hitler had risen to power a year
earlier and precursors of what would officially become World War II in 1937
had nations thinking about what kinds of technologies would be necessary should
the little mustachioed dictator decide to invade his neighbors' countries in an
attempt to rule over the Earth. That this was so is apparent in many magazine articles
in the decade of the 1930s: The Saturday Evening Post, Life,
Popular Mechanics, and even Good Housekeeping... |
