Electronic Design and Development Consultant for Communication Equipment: Antennas, RF and Microwave Devices, Wireless Circuits and Printed Circuits

Consultant #1598

Development and application of antennas and sensors.
Measurement and characterization of antennas.
Design and construction of RF, microwave, wireless circuits and related equipment.
Wireless systems design.
Evaluation of propagation conditions; calculation of path loss and link budget.
Radio waves propagation through water and air.
Design and development of equipment for marine environment.
Design and development of test equipment.
Construction of antenna and electronic device prototypes.
Printed circuit boards development and PCB layout design.
Printed circuit board manufacturing organization, board assembly and board testing.

Independent Consultant, 1994 - Present

Consulting primarily related to the development of radio equipment, antennas and RF systems.
Clients included Argon Security Technologies, Sierra Wireless, Canadian Coast Guard, Pacific Design Engineering and others.
Development activities includes equipment and system integration and analysis, experimental equipment research, acquisition of new technologies, electronic troubleshooting, construction of antennas prototypes and idea generation.

Pacific Institute of Ocean Science, Vladivostock, USSR-Russia, Research Assistant, 1985 - 1990

Studied conditions of radio waves propagation over the sea and their relationships to atmospheric conditions.
Provided models of propagation conditions and noise floor derived from the laws of molecular physics.
Devised methods for the remote estimation of atmospheric conditions based on measurements of thermal atmospheric intensity; collaborative work targeted duct propagation in low atmosphere.
Developed systems for simultaneous estimation of atmospheric parameters and radio waves propagation. An exemplary system included microwave receiver, GPS receiver, Loran receiver, remote thermometers, moisture sensors and a gyroscope.
Designed a microwave receiver (radiometer) with central frequency 2 Ghz, bandwidth 1 Ghz.
Designed narrow beam parabolic antennae and multi-element antennae.
Designed narrow band input circuitry at frequencies 133, 155, 400, 1700 Mhz.
Constructed components of 10 Ghz receiver.
Operated and maintained systems during research expeditions.

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