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Archives for March 2019

General Meeting Monday March 4, 2019 at 7:00PM

March 2, 2019 by John Comanzo

Speaker: Robert G. Olsen

“What can you do with and/or learn from an Impedance Analyzer?”

Abstract: This talk will explore how the complex impedance of real components behaves at higher frequencies, with a focus on the effect of lead length (with demonstrations). We will also examine the behavior of transmission lines and antennas, for which lengths are comparable to or larger than a wavelength. For these systems one can define impedances at various locations (e.g., “input impedance”). We will describe the accuracy and limitations of several analyzers. Finally, we will show how to determine 1) antenna bandwidth, 2) coax cable losses, and 3) the electrical length of a piece of cable.

Presentation slides

About the Speaker: Robert earned his BS degree from Rutgers University and MS and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Colorado. An electrical engineering faculty member at Washington State University since 1973, Robert recently became professor emeritus. He has been an NSF Faculty Fellow at GTE Laboratories, a visiting scientist at ABB Corporate Research and at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and a Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Denmark. His research spans all aspects of electromagnetics issues in power transmission, resulting in 90 refereed journal and 150 conference publications. He is also one of the authors of the AC Transmission Line Reference Book – 200 kV and Above, published by EPRI. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and an Honorary Life member of the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Society. He is past US National Committee representative to the International Council on Large Electrical Systems (CIGRE) Study Committee 36 (Electromagnetic Compatibility), past chair of the IEEE Power Engineering Society AC Fields and Corona Effects Working Groups, past Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on EMC and Radio Science, and past Co-Technical Program Chair of EMC Zurich.

Meeting Location
Fellowship Hall of the First United Methodist Church
603 State Street, Schenectady

Directions to First United Methodist Church:
Parking lot address is 610 (Google shows it as 650) Chapel Street Schenectady NY 12305.
Chapel St is a One Way street from Nott Terrace to Lafayette Street. If this lot is full, park across the street. Enter the building through double doors, take an immediate right, go through another set of double doors, turn right then left and the Fellowship Hall is on your right (follow signs).

From the East (Colonie, State St Rt 5):
Turn Right onto Nott Terrace then take your first Left onto Chapel Street. Parking lot is on Left.

From the West (Scotia, Glenville, Eire Blvd):
*THERE IS NO LEFT TURN FROM STATE STREET TO NOTT TERRACE*
Take State St (Rt 5) to Lafayette St and turn right then immediately turn Left to continue up State St. At Veeder Ave (Traffic Light) turn Left. Cross over State St (Rt 5) then take the first Left onto Chapel St. Parking lot is on Left.

From the South (I-890 Exit 5, Broadway, Rotterdam):
Take Broadway North to Millard St and turn Right, First Traffic Light. Millard St becomes Veeder Ave at Hamilton St (Schenectady FD on Left). Continue over Veeder take first left after State St onto Chapel St. Parking is on left.

From the North (Union Collage, Niskayuna, Union St):
From Union St, take Nott Terrace South and turn Right onto Chapel St. Parking lot is on Left.

 

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About SARA

The Schenectady Amateur Radio Association (SARA) was established in 1930. The club station, K2AE, is the Henry Primm Broughton Memorial Station. SARA operates repeaters on  2 meters (147.06 MHz.), and on 70 centimeters (444.200 MHz.) which are located at the top of Crawford Hill in Schenectady County near New York State Thruway exit 26.

The club is an American Radio Relay League (ARRL) affiliate and has about 100 members from all over New York State’s Capital District (Albany, Schenectady, Troy), and beyond.

For additional information about the ARRL see https://arrl.org

Last updated: 31-August-22