“The objective of the AFCCE shall be to aid and promote the proper federal administration and regulation of those engineering and technical phases of communications which are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission, to uphold the honor and dignity of engineers before the Federal Communications Commission, and to provide for the mutual improvement and social intercourse of the members of the Association.”
The 71st AFCCE Annual Meeting will take place in Atlanta, Thursday-Saturday, June 20 to June 22. Experience the sights of Mid-Town and Stone Mountain. Through the efforts of Jon Edwards, Mark Fehlig and Sterling Davis, we plan tours of the CNN Center, Turner Broadcasting, the Briarcliff Antenna Farm as well as tour Georgia Tech’s Amateur… Read more »
Electromagnetic Compatibility and the Internet of Things
Mike Violette, Co-Founder & CEO Washington Laboratories
Electromagnetic interference (EMI) problems will continue to be an issue for consumers of the Internet of Things (IoT). The spurious and immunity EMC measurement is a mandatory measurement for the IoT devices and system… Read more »
The Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers welcomed FCC Chairman Ajit Pai as its monthly luncheon speaker today. Chairman Pai spoke on a variety of topics affecting the broadcast engineering community including ATSC 3.0, the next-generation television standard; the post-incentive auction repacking process; and interference involving FM translators. In addition, Chairman Pai took a variety… Read more »
Chris Wieczorek Director, Spectrum Policy, T-Mobile USA, Inc.
This discussion will focus on how 5G technology expands the scope of today’s mobile technologies to new services and use cases. It will also discuss how 5G needs spectrum across all bands, including the 600… Read more »
Hossein Hashemzadah was presented with the E. Noel Luddy Award for years of meritorious service to the telecommunications industry. Hashemzadeh is Deputy Division Chief, in the Video Division of the FCC’s Media Bureau. The award was presented November 28 at the Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers’ annual FCC Reception, held at the National Press… Read more »
Tram Le was the recipient of AFCCE Scholarships over multiple semesters while at the University of Washington. She recently graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering and has also been an intern with Hatfield and Dawson Consulting Engineers in Seattle, Washington.
Ms. Le recently visited One World Trade Center in New York City… Read more »
AFCCE Life Member, William Bernard “Jack” Carr passed away unexpectedly on, Tuesday Aug. 14, 2018. Jack was born in Huntsville, TX on May 31, 1932 to William Bernard Carr and Agusta “Gussie” Mildred Hankamer. Jack graduated UT Austin with a degree in engineering. He was also a reserve officer for Erath County Sheriff Department for… Read more »
Shared spectrum is the new mantra, but aggregate interference is the common refrain. We’ll explore at a high level why long distance propagation prediction is becoming a critical, yet poorly-constrained, limit on spectrum sharing.
