R. A. Wood Associates QuickNews

RF and Wireless Courses set up for 2009

We've finally set up our courses for 2009. We appreciate the patience people have shown while we were setting up this schedule. A quick summary of the courses and locations:

• Introductory RF and Microwaves, presented by Bob Wood
• RF Power Amplifiers, Classes A-S, presented by Nathan Sokal
• RF and Microwave Receiver Design, presented by Bob Wood

The courses will be presented in:

• Baltimore, MD in May 2009
• Syracuse, NY in September 2009
• Philadelphia PA in November 2009

More information can be found at http://www.rawood.com/seminars. We hope to meet you at one of these courses! Thanks again for your patience.
Bob Wood

RF and Microwave Course Schedule for 2008 Available

We have published our RF and Microwave course schedule for 2008! We appreciate your patience in waiting for us the set up these courses.

We're offering the following courses:

• Introductory RF and Microwaves
• RF and Microwave Receiver Design
• RF Power Amplifiers, Classes A-S: How the Circuits Operate, How to Design Them, and When to Use Each

The dates and locations are:

• April 2008 in Baltimore, MD
• June 2008 in Boston MA
• September 2008 in Syracuse, NY
• November 2008 in Philadelphia, PA

Please visit our www page for more details

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We've added some new improvements to some of these courses:

Introductory RF and Microwaves New Features

We've extended this course to a third day, providing a day of hands-on test and measurements exercises We've added examples of common RF measurements emphasizing the advantages and disadvantages of working with the following microwave test setups:

1. Spectral Measurement Setup with signal generators and spectrum analyzer
2. Scalar/Network Analyzer Setup
3. Power Meter Setup

Since we've added this new section, people have told us that this really helps solidify the concepts presented in the course notes. People who haven't had a chance to work with microwave devices and test equipment obtain a better understanding of the world of RF and Microwaves.

RF and Microwave Receiver Design New Features

We've added and additional 1/2 day to this course, with more hands-on examples of using software to perform receiver design tasks. This enhances our Receiver Design Problem we follow throughout the course.

We look forward to seeing you at one of these courses! Bob Wood

RF and Microwave Courses established for 2007

Happy New Year Everybody!

We finally have set up the schedule for our RF and Microwave/Wireless courses for 2007. We appreciate the patience people have shown while we were setting up this schedule. A quick summary of the courses and locations:

• Introductory RF and Microwaves, presented by Bob Wood
• RF Power Amplifiers, Classes A-S, presented by Nathan Sokal
• RF and Microwave Receiver Design, presented by Bob Wood

The courses will be presented in:

• Baltimore, MD in March 2007
• El Segundo, CA in April 2007
• Boston, MA in June 2007
• Syracuse, NY in September 2007
• Philadelphia PA in November 2007

More information can be found at http://www.rawood.com/seminars. We hope to meet you at one of these courses! Thanks again for your patience.
Bob Wood

Happy Holidays to All!

Hello Everybody

As the end of the year draws near, and the Holiday Season approaches, now is a good time to take a moment and wish all our vendors, customers, and clients a wonderful Holiday Season and a healthy and prosperous New Year. We have really appreciated all the hard work our vendors have gone through to help us make our deliveries on schedule, and we appreciate the opportunity our customers have given us to serve their needs. Thanks to all!

Bob Wood and the Employees at R. A. Wood Associates

New Website Design - What do you think?

Hello Everybody!

As you may have noticed, we've recently revamped our web site. Some of the original pages were created about 11 years ago, and were in serious need of evolving the same way the World Wide Web has evolved. You should find it to be better organized and more consistent across the site. If you have any comments, or find any links that don't work, please let us know (contact link). Thanks to Sean for working so hard on this! -Bob Wood

New dates for RF and Microwave Courses in 2006 have been posted

Hello Everybody. Please accept our apologies for being slow in getting this set up, but we finally have posted our course dates for our 2006 RF and Microwave courses. Here is a quick summary:

• Introductory RF and Microwaves, presented by Bob Wood
• RF Power Amplifiers, Classes A-S, presented by Nathan Sokal
• RF and Microwave Receiver Design, presented by Bob Wood

The courses will be presented in:

• March 2006 in Baltimore, MD
• July 2006 in Boston, MA
• November 2006 in Philadelphia, PA

We can also provide courses at your company location. For more information about these courses, please go to www.rawood.com/seminars. We hope to help you become more productive in your new or current job this year! Bob Wood

Thanks for coming to our AOC class (RF and Microwave Receiver Design)

Thanks to all who came to our RF and Microwave Receiver Design class last week, hosted by the Association of Old Crows (AOC). The students were really great to work with. There was lots of good questions and great interchange with the students during the class. Good luck in your design experiences going forward! Special thanks goes out to AOC for providing a first class teaching environment. -Bob Wood

2005 Wireless Courses have been set up!

Hello Everybody!
We have finally established our RF and microwave course schedule for 2005. We would like to thank everybody for their patience in waiting for this year's schedule. Here is a quick summary:

Introductory RF and Microwaves, presented by Bob Wood
RF Power Amplifiers, Classes A-S, presented by Nathan Sokal
RF and Microwave Receiver Design, presented by Bob Wood

The courses will be presented in May 2005, September 2005, and November 2005. We can also provide courses at your company location. For more information about these courses, please go to www.rawood.com/seminars.

We hope to help you become more productive this year! Bob Wood

2005 Course Dates coming soon!

Hello Everybody, Welcome to 2005! We hope everyone had a nice holiday season. We are working on getting our RF and microwave course schedule ready for 2005. We should have this up very soon. Please stop by again to check out 2005 schedule. Thanks for your patience! Bob Wood

Join our New Contact/Mail List

We've added a new web-based contact/mail list manager (PHPlist). You can now subscribe to several lists:

• RF and Microwave Software Products
• RF And Microwave Courses
• R. A. Wood Associates GuestBook

The web-based form allows each person to subscribe, unsubscribe, and update their contact information directly on-line. Your e-mail address is validated by your replies to the subscription. Here are the links, if you want us to keep you posted on new developments at R. A. Wood Associates:

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Thanks to all who attended our RF and microwave courses in Philadelphia

Thanks to everyone who attended our Introductory RF and Microwaves course and the RF and Microwave Receiver Design course in Philadelphia during the week of November 8-12. We really enjoyed working with each of the students. They had great inputs and questions. We hope each of you get to apply your new knowledge to improve your productivity at your company.

RF and Microwave Courses in Philadelphia are on!

We just wanted to let everybody know that we will be running the following courses in Philadelphia in November 2004:

• Nov 8-9, 2004 Introductory RF and Microwaves
• Nov 10-12, 2004 RF and Microwave Receiver Design

For those that have patiently waited for these courses to come to your area, or for those of you who have waited for us to have enough students to run the courses, this is your last chance to take advantage of these courses in 2004. We hope to see you at one of these courses!

Thanks to all who helped make the AOC Course a success!

We were in Alexandria, VA from Sept 14-16, providing the RF and Microwave Receiver Design Course for the Association of Old Crows. Thanks to all the students who really made this an exciting and interesting class. What a great range of experience the students had that we could all learn from!

Wireless Design Courses have been scheduled for 2004

We have set up our schedule for RF and Microwave courses for 2004. We can also provide the following courses at your company location:

• Introductory RF and Microwaves, presented by Robert A. Wood
• RF and Microwave Receiver Design, presented by Robert A. Wood
• RF Power Amplifiers, Classes A - S: How the Circuits Operate, How to Design them, and When to Use Each, presented by Nathan O. Sokal
• Wireless Engineering - for Designers, presented by Joseph F. White, Ph.D.