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DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nThis presentation is to be more than a list of all A
 l&#39;s significant accomplishments as an educator\, microwave expert\, electr
 onics 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&#39;s motivation was to have fun with EME (Earth-Moon-Earth) by count
 ing microwave EME contacts made across the globe. EME contests drove both 
 his theoretical and practical knowledge. This presentation attempts to exp
 lain Al&#39;s fascination with EME by presenting the technical opportunities a
 nd challenges of EME\, and how this knowledge is connected with his Electr
 omagnetics engineering classes and successful business ventures. Al&#39;s prou
 dest moment: https://www.ok2kkw.com/next/eme1976wac.htm\n\nConnecting an a
 pproximate 60-year Amateur Radio hobby to becoming a microwave successful 
 expert .....I was introduced to Al Katz in the 1960&#39;s through reading his 
 microwave articles in CQ and QST\, two amateur radio publications\, while 
 I was employed at Allen &amp; Hurley\,a commercial radio communications shop l
 ocated 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\, A
 s soon as I received and accepted a job offer and move package from Genera
 l Electric in Connecticut\, I immediately was &quot;drafted&quot; by Al to be on his
  TCF steering committee\, join his microwave-centered clubs - the SETI Lea
 gue and PACKRATS. Also\, Al asked me to teach classes at TCNJ and provide 
 research assistance for his microwave company\, LTI while remaining my bes
 t friend.\n\nBio:\nThe speaker\, Joe Jesson\, W2JEJ\, co-founded &amp; 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 s
 ectors. Joe is currently CEO of RF Sigint Group and has over 25+ years of 
 engineering and management experience. Masters degree from DePaul Universi
 ty &amp; working on a PhD.\nNOTE: THIS IS A TCF 2025 EVENT PRESENTATION -\nYOU
  MUST PURCHASE A TICKET IN ADVANCE FOR THE TCF 2025 CONFERENCE ==&gt; https:/
 /tcf-nj.org/\n\nRoom: 115\, Bldg: Educational\, The College of New Jersey\
 , 2000 Pennington Rd\, Ewing\, New Jersey\, New Jersey\, United States\, 0
 8618
LOCATION:Room: 115\, Bldg: Educational\, The College of New Jersey\, 2000 P
 ennington Rd\, Ewing\, New Jersey\, New Jersey\, United States\, 08618
ORGANIZER:jejesson4@gmail.com
SEQUENCE:87
SUMMARY:Al Katz’s Professional Life Story: Have Fun Every Day with Your H
 obby while Building a Thriving Company
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/474536
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 bstract:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #00
 0000\;&quot;&gt;This presentation is to be more than a list of all&amp;nbsp\;&lt;span cla
 ss=&quot;il&quot;&gt;Al&lt;/span&gt;&#39;s significant accomplishments as an educator\, microwave
  expert\, electronics business owner\, amateur radio and EME hobbyist \,bu
 t more of what I learned from&amp;nbsp\;&lt;span class=&quot;il&quot;&gt;Al&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp\;as hi
 s friend who shared interest in many of his hobbies. It became clear to me
  over the 25+ years we were friends and colleagues\, that&amp;nbsp\;&lt;span clas
 s=&quot;il&quot;&gt;Al&lt;/span&gt;&#39;s motivation was to have fun with EME (Earth-Moon-Earth) 
 by counting microwave EME contacts made across&amp;nbsp\;the globe. EME contes
 ts drove both his theoretical&amp;nbsp\; and practical knowledge. This present
 ation attempts to explain&amp;nbsp\;&lt;span class=&quot;il&quot;&gt;Al&lt;/span&gt;&#39;s fascination&amp;n
 bsp\;with EME by presenting the technical opportunities and challenges&amp;nbs
 p\;of EME\, and how this knowledge is connected&amp;nbsp\;with his Electromagn
 etics engineering classes and successful business ventures.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;span cl
 ass=&quot;il&quot;&gt;Al&lt;/span&gt;&#39;s proudest moment:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ok
 2kkw.com/next/eme1976wac.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; data-saferedi
 recturl=&quot;https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.ok2kkw.com/next/eme1976w
 ac.htm&amp;amp\;source=gmail&amp;amp\;ust=1741924873584000&amp;amp\;usg=AOvVaw18GUumx9
 L4hw3HS_vQUmfh&quot;&gt;https://www.ok2kkw.&lt;wbr&gt;com/next/eme1976wac.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\
 n&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000\;&quot;&gt;Connecting an app
 roximate 60-year Amateur Radio hobby to becoming a microwave successful ex
 pert ....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #500050\;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:
  #000000\;&quot;&gt;I was introduced to&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000\;
 &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;il&quot;&gt;Al&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;span class=&quot;il&quot;&gt;Katz&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp\;in t
 he 1960&#39;s through reading his microwave articles in CQ and QST\, two amate
 ur radio publications\,&amp;nbsp\;while I was employed at&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;Allen &amp;
 amp\; Hurley\,a commercial radio communications shop located in Trenton\, 
 NJ..&amp;nbsp\;I&amp;nbsp\;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000\;&quot;&gt;moved to Chicago&lt;/span&gt;&amp;
 nbsp\;in 1970 and when&amp;nbsp\;&lt;span class=&quot;il&quot;&gt;Al&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp\;co-created&amp;n
 bsp\; TCF in 1976\, I would often fly back to NJ to attend TCF and visit&amp;n
 bsp\;&lt;span class=&quot;il&quot;&gt;Al&lt;/span&gt;\,&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;As soon as I received and a
 ccepted a job offer and move package from General Electric in Connecticut\
 , I immediately was &quot;drafted&quot; by&amp;nbsp\;&lt;span class=&quot;il&quot;&gt;Al&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp\;to
  be on his TCF steering committee\, join his microwave-centered clubs - th
 e SETI League and PACKRATS.&amp;nbsp\; Also\,&amp;nbsp\;&lt;span class=&quot;il&quot;&gt;Al&lt;/span&gt;
 &amp;nbsp\;asked me to teach classes at TCNJ and provide research assistance f
 or his microwave company\, LTI while remaining my best friend.&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div
 &gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000\;&quot;&gt;Bio:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/s
 trong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000\;&quot;&gt;The speaker\, Joe Jesson
 \, W2JEJ\, co-founded &amp;amp\; was CTO of a General Electric business\, Asse
 t Intelligence\, a GE business which designed and sold remote IoT smart se
 nsors for the logistics and energy sectors.&amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\;Joe is currently
  CEO of RF Sigint&amp;nbsp\;Group and has over 25+ years of engineering and ma
 nagement experience.&amp;nbsp\; Masters degree from DePaul University &amp;amp\;&amp;n
 bsp\;&lt;span class=&quot;il&quot;&gt;working&lt;/span&gt; on a PhD.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div&gt;&lt;span st
 yle=&quot;background-color: rgb(241\, 196\, 15)\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: 
 #000000\;&quot;&gt;NOTE: THIS IS A TCF 2025 EVENT PRESENTATION - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;
 /span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgb(241\, 196\, 15)\;&quot;&gt;&lt;
 strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000\;&quot;&gt;YOU MUST PURCHASE A TICKET IN ADVANC
 E FOR THE TCF 2025 CONFERENCE ==&amp;gt\;&amp;nbsp\; https://tcf-nj.org/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/s
 trong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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