Welcome Reception sponsored by Agilent Technologies

Date: Tuesday, 22 January, 2008

Come visit our exhibitors.

Symposium Banquet

Date: Wednesday, 23 January, 2008
Reception: 6:00 pm
Dinner: 7:00 pm

Join us for the Radio and Wireless Symposium Banquet featuring Student Competition Award Presentation and a featured speaker. A gourmet three course meal and open bar will be provided. Admission to the Banquet is open to all attendees at a modest cost and tickets can be purchased via the registration
website and at the onsite registration counters.

Featured Speaker: Charlie Jackson, NGST

“Woodwinds and Microwaves”

Woodwind musical instruments consist of holes and tubes that enable a musician to play different notes. Woodwinds can be modeled with open holes as short circuits, and tubes as transmission lines. By modeling an instrument
the way a microwave engineer would, an instrument can be designed.
This talk shows how to use transmission line approximations and cascaded transmission line theory to model woodwind instruments. Many renaissance woodwinds, such as the flute, crumhorn, and cornetto can be modeled in this way, and historic and modern designs will be demonstrated during the talk.

Exhibition

The exhibition area is open from

• Tuesday, 22 January, 2008: 9:45am - 7:00pm
• Wednesday 23 January, 2008: 9:00am - 5:00pm