Recently, we reached out to our readers and asked you to vote for your favorite online tools and resources that make your job easier and help you succeed. We received a large volume of responses to our survey this spring, and after tallying the results, we proudly present the final list:
The Best Of Microwaves & RF 2013
During this year’s IMS show in Seattle, WA, Microwaves & RF presented the first annual Best Of Microwaves Industry Awards, honoring this year's deserving winners and audience favorites, and gave out its first annual Living Legend Award. Here is the entire list of winners:
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Best Supplier Social Media
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Best Online Educational Tools
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Best Training and Education
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Best Custom Solutions
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Living Legend
In 1964, Blake was instrumental in the release of the 8553A spectrum analyzer—the product that marked the beginning of modern spectrum analysis. When personal computers became available, Blake saw the opportunity for training and wrote over 50 animated programs. Still in use today, these programs illustrate the basics of spectrum analysis, network analysis, radar, and digital communications. For the first time, engineers could see a dynamic representation of rotating vectors and the resulting summation as a time-domain waveform—a task that had previously required a manual calculation with pencil and paper. Although Blake retired from Agilent in 2001, he continues to help train new employees on a voluntary basis and recently assisted in updating Application Note 150, Spectrum Analysis Basics. He also is the creator of “Blake Peterson University (BPU),” a required training series for all college hires at Agilent.