Abstract:
This presentation is to be more than a list of all Al's significant accomplishments as an educator, microwave expert, electronics business owner, amateur radio and EME hobbyist ,but more of what I learned from Al as his friend who shared interest in many of his hobbies. It became clear to me over the 25+ years we were friends and colleagues, that Al's motivation was to have fun with EME (Earth-Moon-Earth) by counting microwave EME contacts made across the globe. EME contests drove both his theoretical and practical knowledge. This presentation attempts to explain Al's fascination with EME by presenting the technical opportunities and challenges of EME, and how this knowledge is connected with his Electromagnetics engineering classes and successful business ventures. Al's proudest moment: https://www.ok2kkw.com/next/eme1976wac.htm
Connecting an approximate 60-year Amateur Radio hobby to becoming a microwave successful expert …..I was introduced to Al Katz in the 1960's through reading his microwave articles in CQ and QST, two amateur radio publications, while I was employed at Allen & Hurley,a commercial radio communications shop located in Trenton, NJ.. I moved to Chicago in 1970 and when Al co-created TCF in 1976, I would often fly back to NJ to attend TCF and visit Al, As soon as I received and accepted a job offer and move package from General Electric in Connecticut, I immediately was "drafted" by Al to be on his TCF steering committee, join his microwave-centered clubs – the SETI League and PACKRATS. Also, Al asked me to teach classes at TCNJ and provide research assistance for his microwave company, LTI while remaining my best friend.
Bio:
The speaker, Joe Jesson, W2JEJ, co-founded & was CTO of a General Electric business, Asset Intelligence, a GE business which designed and sold remote IoT smart sensors for the logistics and energy sectors. Joe is currently CEO of RF Sigint Group and has over 25+ years of engineering and management experience. Masters degree from DePaul University & working on a PhD.
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