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IEEE International EMC Symposium, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, USA - August 8-12

The 2005 IEEE International EMC Symposium, held August 8-12 at Navy Pier in Chicago, was a resounding success. Chairman Tom Braxton and his local committee had few glitches to report. Highlights ranged from informative technical sessions and an interactive EMC Forum to a tour of Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structures, Second City comedy, Chicago-style deep dish pizza, the world famous Art Institute, and a gala dinner cruise on Lake Michigan. Next year we head for Portland, Oregon, the Rose City (and also famous for good pinot noirs).

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Electromagnetic theory authority Dr. Clayton Paul, here with wife Carol, was humbled by winning the top IEEE Electromagnetics Award.

Entertaining the dB Society at 1920s speakeasy Tommy Gun’s Garage are Dan Houlihan, Dave Staggs and Janet “Flapper” O’Neil.

New kids on the block at Fischer Custom Communications’ exhibit area are Ray Adams and Peter Drembelas.

Livening up NARTE’s booth on opening day are Terri Marinucci, new operations director, and her boss Russ Carstensen.

Always ready for a photo op are FerriShield’s sales team: George Ewmett, Dennis King, Jim May, Ann May and Joe Thomson.

Congratulating Ham Radio Lunch speaker Ed Hare, K2RFI, of the ARRL on his BPL talk is Takeo Yoshino, JA1XF of Japan.

Holding down Retlif’s booth are Karen Grantham of the New Hampshire lab site and Richard Reitz from the Long Island lab.

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the“Blues Brothers” movie are Peggy Girard and two actors she hired for Panashield’s booth.

A potential antenna customer visits A. H. Systems’ sales trio (from left): Travis Samuels, Jodi Henderson and Art Cohen.

Showing off a wide and shiny variety of shielding gaskets made by Tech-Etch is national accounts manager Bruce McAllister.

Left Coast shielding gasket manufacturer is North Hollywood’s Spira, represented by Robert de Lange and Mike Kunkel.

Past EMC Society presidents are: (front) Ralph Showers, Joe Fischer, Bill Duff, Bob Hofmann, Warren Kesselman; (back) Bill Gjertson, Dan Houlihan, Joe Butler, Todd Hubing and Kimball Williams.

EMC amateur radio operators set up a working ham station, K9EMC, in the exhibit hall for the first time with equipment loaned by ICOM. Craig Dinsmore, KB9HCQ, answers this interested lady’s questions.

Representing ARWW’s newly named AR Worldwide Receiver Systems, based in California, are Paul Bender, Michael Bender and general manager Dick Webb.

Helping prospective buyer Bill Johnson of DRS-PCT with information are Domenico Festa of ARA Technologies’ PMM Division in Italy and Richard Janiec of ARA’s Long Island office.