IEEE Dayton Section

IEEE Dayton and the Kittyhawk Chapter, International AOC are co-hosting the fall lunch series for 2024. Guests hear from industry, government and academic leaders during a networking lunch. Each lunch is held at the Tower Club, 3500 Pentagon Boulevard, Beavercreek, OH 45431. Guests must register by the Friday before the lunch at the registration site hosted by KittyhawkAOC at https://kittyhawkaoc.org/luncheons. Cost is $15 paid in advance using secure online payment. Co-sponsored by: Kittyhawk Chapter of the International Association of Old Crows (AOC) Speaker(s): Dr. Matt Casto, Bldg: The Tower Club, 3500 Pentagon Boulevard, Beavercreek, Ohio, United States, 45431

IEEE Dayton and the Kittyhawk Chapter, International AOC are co-hosting the fall lunch series for 2024. Guests hear from industry, government and academic leaders during a networking lunch. Each lunch is held at the Tower Club, 3500 Pentagon Boulevard, Beavercreek, OH 45431. Guests must register by the Friday before the lunch at the registration site hosted by KittyhawkAOC at https://kittyhawkaoc.org/luncheons. Cost is $15 paid in advance using secure online payment. Co-sponsored by: Kittyhawk Chapter of the International Association of Old Crows (AOC) Speaker(s): Dr. Matt Casto, Bldg: The Tower Club, 3500 Pentagon Boulevard, Beavercreek, Ohio, United States, 45431

Discussion on the emerging importance of Electronic Warfare (EW), as discussed in this piece by Steven Glinert ( founder and CEO of Sphere Semi) on the Substack blog "Noahpinion" by Dr. Noah Smith: https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-us-needs-to-pay-more-attention?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=35345&post_id=148678099&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=22qr67&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email And continuously discussed in the Association of Old Crows (AOC) Journal of Electromagnetic Dominance (JED): (https://crows.org/jed/) Some questions to answer: what should a technical education in EW look like? What topics, subjects, and content should an undergraduate or graduate program contain and include? How can EW literacy be promoted in the public, to include K-12 STEM education and outreach? Co-sponsored by: Wright-Patt Multi-Intelligence Development Consortium (WPMDC), The DOD & DOE Communities Speaker(s): Timothy Agenda: Discussion on the emerging importance of Electronic Warfare (EW), as discussed in this piece by Steven Glinert ( founder and CEO of Sphere Semi) on the Substack blog "Noahpinion" by Dr. Noah Smith: https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-us-needs-to-pay-more-attention?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=35345&post_id=148678099&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=22qr67&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email And continuously discussed in the Association of Old Crows (AOC) Journal of Electromagnetic Dominance (JED): (https://crows.org/jed/) Some questions to answer: what should a technical education in EW look like? What topics, subjects, and content should an undergraduate or graduate program contain and include? How can EW literacy be promoted in the public, to include K-12 STEM education and outreach? Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/433781

IEEE Dayton Section quarterly meeting to discuss section business with the general membership and lunch. Point of contact: Dr. Guru Subramanyam, IEEE Section Chair Agenda: - Call to Order (ExCom Chair) - Lunch served (free to IEEE members) - Presentation: NAECON Lessons learned - Planning NAECON 2025 and 2026 - Report of Society/Affinity Group Chairs, 2024 activities and planned events - Other business - Adjourn (ExCom Chair) Bldg: Tower Club, 3500 Pentagon Boulevard, Beavercreek, Ohio, United States, 45431

Studying the D-Layer of the Ionosphere is difficult due to the low plasma density that tends to occur at the bottom of the Ionosphere, necessitating relatively low frequency signals in order to probe the overhead conditions. Ionosondes, the sensors typically used to probe the Ionosphere, mostly bottom out at 1MHz and, due to the need to operate across a wide bandwidth, their antennas are very insensitive at those frequencies. My goal is to build a passive collection system utilizing local MF stations (i.e. WDAO at 1.21MHz) as transmitters to collect long-term data on ionospheric conditions in the D- and bottom of the E-layer. The problem is twofold: 1) the reflection path is expected to be HIGHLY lossy so there will be a strong direct path signal and a weak reflection path signal of interest 2) the extremely low frequency of the signals necessary make miniaturizing the antenna system difficult, especially if (as expected) we will need to operate across multiple stations and frequencies over the course of the day. My current plan is to set up an array of ~5x crossed wire-wrapped ferrite loop antennas as elements in conjunction with a variable capacitor to tune. Co-sponsored by: Wright-Patt Multi-Intelligence Development Consortium (WPMDC), The DOD & DOE Communities Speaker(s): Dan Agenda: Studying the D-Layer of the Ionosphere is difficult due to the low plasma density that tends to occur at the bottom of the Ionosphere, necessitating relatively low frequency signals in order to probe the overhead conditions. Ionosondes, the sensors typically used to probe the Ionosphere, mostly bottom out at 1MHz and, due to the need to operate across a wide bandwidth, their antennas are very insensitive at those frequencies. My goal is to build a passive collection system utilizing local MF stations (i.e. WDAO at 1.21MHz) as transmitters to collect long-term data on ionospheric conditions in the D- and bottom of the E-layer. The problem is twofold: 1) the reflection path is expected to be HIGHLY lossy so there will be a strong direct path signal and a weak reflection path signal of interest 2) the extremely low frequency of the signals necessary make miniaturizing the antenna system difficult, especially if (as expected) we will need to operate across multiple stations and frequencies over the course of the day. My current plan is to set up an array of ~5x crossed wire-wrapped ferrite loop antennas as elements in conjunction with a variable capacitor to tune. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/437436