Bob Pease was one of the premiere analog designers in the late 1900s and early 2000s. He designed analog ICs for National Semiconductor when, arguably, they were the premiere analog IC company in the world. He also wrote a series for columns for Electronic Design magazine on a variety of analog topics. They’ve started collecting his columns and publishing them as free e-books.
Read MoreOfcom may Remove Product Listings from eBay
/Media reports suggest the online sales platform eBay is handing Ofcom the power to remove listings, theoretically this could enable Ofcom to remove products that do not conform to EMC requirements
eBay said the move was designed to speed up the removal of "illegal or unsafe items" without waiting for approval from the company.
Only selected, trusted authorities will have access to the new tools. But those that do will have "the ability to take down any listings from the marketplace themselves", the company said.
More than 50 authorities around the world are already involved in the early stages of the project, it added.
Media Story - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57021383
SRAL Annual Report
/Finland's national amateur radio society, the SRAL, has made available their annual report for 2020
Page 4 of the report shows that 58% of the SRAL membership are now aged 60 or over and 32% of members are 70 or over. Just 4% are under 30.
The SARL notes in 2020, 103 members joined the national society SRAL (2019: 74), however, 32 died (2019: 49).
Overall membership continued to decline, the figures for last three years are:
2018 - 3623
2019 - 3478
2020 - 3470
Annual Report - https://www.sral.fi/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Toimintakertomus2020.pdf
Financial Statement and Audit for 2020 - https://www.sral.fi/kevatkokous-2021/
