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<p class="MsoNormal">We will have our normal monthly meeting on
Monday 6/14 at 7:00 pm, but we're giving a special heads up to
help tune the agenda for a super quality introduction to radio
frequency theory by Kevin McClaning. Think about your experience
level and what you'd like to learn and pass your thoughts along to
the presenter using Kevin's mailto link below. <br>
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<p>----------bio<br>
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<p>Kevin McClaning has a master's degree in electrical engineering
from the Johns Hopkins University (JHU). He spent 34+ years
performing technical design tasks for the US Department of
Defense, and another three years at various contractor facilities.
He also spent 10 years teaching master's degree-level courses at
JHU. He is the co-author of <i>Radio Receiver Design</i> ,
published in 2000 (ISBN 1-884932-07-X) and the sole author of <i>Wireless
Receiver Design for Digital Communications</i>, published in
2012 (ISBN978-1-891121-80-7). Kevin can be reached at <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:kevin@doublepulsetech.com">kevin@doublepulsetech.com</a>.</p>
<p>-------presentation abstract potential topics (could be extended)
and attendee assumptions<br>
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<p>Topics might include:</p>
. Radio frequency design is understandable and often predictable,
but sometime not. <br>
. Properties of RF circuits<br>
. Stray components<br>
. Physical size of your circuit vs. wavelength<br>
. Transmission lines<br>
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Familiarity with basic circuits, resistors, inductors and capacitors
will be useful.<br>
There will be a minor amount of algebra.
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