RCA News

RCA (the Radio Club of America, the world’s most prestigious society of wireless professionals), is proud to announce the recipients of the 2024 Scholarship grants. These scholarships are awarded to institutions of higher education that have wireless communication programs.

Dr Robert Johnk is an experienced Electronic Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the telecommunications industry. Dr Johnk is skilled in LTE, Statistical Data Analysis, Antennas, Radio Frequency (RF), and Network Analyzer. He is a strong engineering professional with a Ph.D. focused in Electrical Engineering (Electromagnetics) from University of Colorado at Boulder.

Dr. Johnk is much admired by colleagues for his ability to plan and perform complex measurements, from careful experimental design to deployment of precision calibrated measurement systems. Nick DeMinco, a senior propagation modeling expert in the ITS Telecommunications Theory Division, cites half a dozen measurement campaigns led by Dr. Johnk that provided invaluable data for model validation. Measurement methods designed by teams Dr. Johnk has led have been widely disseminated as best practices in the field and the resulting “truth data” has been used to validate a wide range of propagation models.

Radio Club of America Scholarship Committee announces The Dr. Ted Rappaport Academic Scholarship Program. This scholarship is open to undergraduate and graduate students studying Electrical Engineering or an equivalent major who wish to make a lasting contribution in the field of next generation wireless technology. Application forms will be available on the RCA website beginning in the 2025 academic year. Applicants must demonstrate that they intend to follow in the footsteps of Dr. Rappaport and are planning to make a contribution researching advanced next-generation wireless technologies for the benefit of industry or medical science.

Bob Heil, inventor and ham radio enthusiast, passed away Tuesday March 5 in Belleville IL.

Arno A. Penzias, who fled Nazi Germany in childhood, settled in the United States and in 1978 shared the Nobel Prize in physics for helping find vital early evidence supporting the big-bang theory of the creation of the universe, died Jan. 22 at an assisted-living center in San Francisco. He was 90.

RCA congratulates Dr. James Breakall on his recent elevation to IEEE Life Fellow!

RCA releases video interview with Dr. Martin Cooper, marking the 50th Anniversary of the first handheld cell phone call.

The Technical Achievement Award recipient is Dr. James Breakall, WA3FET, whose work has been instrumental in amateur radio antenna technology for decades. He has teamed with many experts in the field to develop state-of-the-art advancements with a wide range of applications, including the Numerical Electromagnetics Code (NEC).

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RCA has a new look and feel! Take a look at our booth at NATE, and come visit us at IWCE March 28-30 at the Las Vegas Convention Center!

Join Ellen O'Hara, RCA member and 2021 Vivian Carr Award recipient, as she facilitates these sessions for women in the wireless industry.

The Radio Club of America in conjunction with the IWCE are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Young Professionals Award.