Meeting Notice

Telecom Corridor Amateur Radio Clubs

A combined meeting of Telecom Corridor Amateur Radio Clubs and any interested hams

When:    6:00 pm Tuesday July 24, 2007

What:  Measuring Antennas and RF components with a new type of impedance analyzer.  The AIM 4170 is startling the amateur and commercial world with the accuracy of Agilent and the price of MFJ.

Who:   Jay WX0B and Bob W5BIG of Array Solutions are both RF engineers with a long history of building and developing products for the semiconductor and RF HF/VHF markets. 

Bob, a Richardson resident, received his Novice license in 1956 while in junior high, with his General license following soon after.  During high school he was very active on 40 and 20 meter CW.  Bob received his BSEE from Rice University in 1965 and his MS from SMU in 1969.  He worked as an intern at TI during the summers of 1963 and '64, and joined TI full time in 1965 after graduation.  At TI he designed computer controlled test equipment for transistors and integrated circuits until 1980.  He then moved into the field of machine vision and designed several systems for the inspection of integrated circuits.  He left TI in 1991 and spent two years as a consultant in machine vision.  >From 1993 to 2005 he designed electronic circuit breakers for Zlan Limited.  In 2002, Bob renewed his interest in ham radio and built an Elecraft K2. Soon afterward he got interested in equipment for evaluating antennas and began the design of the antenna analyzer that he's going to tell us about tonight.

Jay lives in Sunnyvale, and has a large 3-tower contest station on Lake Ray Hubbard. Jay was first licensed in 1962 as a Novice at 12 years of age. He graduated from the University of Toledo with a BSEE in 1972. He was employed in various large companies doing electronic design, test engineering, and engineering sales work in Aerospace, Disk drive, Semiconductors and RF until he started Array Solutions. Jay has two patents in his career.  Array Solutions is a supplier to amateur, commercial, and military market places.

Where:   Verizon Business (formerly MCI Campbell Creek Building), 2400 North Glenville Drive, Richardson.   Directions:  Take US75 to Campbell Road EAST to Greenville Avenue (2^nd traffic light).  Turn left (north) on Greenville Avenue and proceed to the next traffic light at Glenville Drive.  Turn left on Glenville Drive and then right into the main entrance of MCI.  Enter the building lobby by the flagpoles, and take the elevator (or stairs) down to the meeting/conference rooms.  No visitor badges are required.