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What's
new for February 2010?
As is always the case, we've
been busy this month adding plenty of new features to Microwaves101.
We ain't been slack, Cap'n Walker!

Here we are in February
already. This month marks Valentine's Day, Black History Month,
the beginning of the Chinese New Year, and new content from Microwaves101!
- Thanks to some encouragement
from Wendy, we now have a microwave
oven history page. Here you will learn not only about Percy
Spencer, but Marvin Bock as well. Like any major advancement,
this invention cannot be attributed to one person, it was a team
effort. Accompanying the oven history page is an article from
the Santa Barbara
News-Press which, along with a US patent and other references
provides evidence that Bock was in on the thick of things in the
late 1940s when microwave heating became an industry. Wendy is
Marvin's daughter in case you were wondering!
- Speaking of daughters, J.B.
Gunn's daughter got in touch with us to correct some information
on her father's entry in the Microwave
Hall of Fame. For one thing, we incorrectly listed J.B. as
having a doctorate. We picked up that incorrect info from the
IEEE, so shame on them and on us as well. Gunn was also an avid
motorcycle racer well into his 60s, a collector of classic bikes
and cars, quite an interesting guy!
- We have a new page describing
the traveling
wave splitter, a form of quadrature combiner which is useful
for combining four amplifiers.
- In the microwave
mortuary we have some high-resolution scanning electron microscope
images from John, of some silicon destruction. From Mario, we
have a lesson-learned about lending 110V equipment to friends
traveling to Europe...
- Both John and Mario will be
receiving microwaves101
pocketknives for thier contributions, thanks guys!
- The Unknown
Editor has contributed material comparing Michael Jackson
to other child entertainers. You'll meet some you know, some you
never heard of and some you've forgotton in the youtube videos
he's strung together. Maybe he should put down the mouse and get
a life!
We've got some new questions--and
answers--on our Microwave
Message Board. We've have hundreds of topics posted on various
microwave engineering subjects, with many more replies; our message
board is an industry resource. Post your own questions, or help
us answer some of the ones that are already posted. Some of the
posted material may eventually get captured in our encyclopedia,
so do your part for posterity! We'll remove any postings that we
consider inappropriate.
Attention forward thinking microwave
marketeers: check out information on advertising with us. Sponsorship
information is but a click away... come and share the magic
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Mortuary. We'd love to hear from you, whether you have nice
things to say about Microwaves101.com or just want to tell us how
we've ruined your life!
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