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76 March/April 2007
HighQualityRFComponents for PipeWelding
No need to multi-source your electronic components...Richardson Electronics has them all!
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for RF components used in pipe welding. For decades, the pipe welding industry has relied on Richardson
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• High Power Oscillator Tubes -
Richardson carries a wide selection of power
grid tubes. Some popular tube types include:
AX3060CJ (replaces RS3060CJ)
AX3150CJ (replaces RS3150CJ)
AX3300CJ (replaces RS3300CJ)
AMK60-2 (replaces ITK60-2)
AMK120-2 (replaces ITK120-2)
YD1202 (replaces BW1184J2)
YD1212 (replaces BW1185J2)
RS3500CJ
• Technical Assistance - We offer FREE
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details on the next seminar in your area. Our
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• Capacitors - Ceramic, Vacuum, Oil-filled,
Mica, Film and Electrolytic. Some popular
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TWXF Series
DB Series
PD, PE, & PS Series
19L Series
HT57 Series
CVDP Series
804 Series
• Impeders - Direct more RF power to your
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eManifest was developed in cooperation with the US Department
of Homeland Security as a provision of the Security and Prosperity
Partnership of North America.
This was launched in 2005 by then-Prime Minister Paul Martin, of
Canada; President George W Bush, of the US; and then-President
Vicente Fox, of Mexico.
• Could the combined border-patrol efforts of the Canadian
and American governments be thwarted by a new espionage
threat lurking among pocket change: Canadian coins with tiny
radio frequency transmitters hidden inside? The mysterious
coins were reported planted on US contractors with classified
security clearances on at least three occasions between
October 2005 and January 2006 as the contractors travelled
through Canada.
Intelligence and technology experts say such transmitters,
if they exist, could be used to track the movements of people
carrying the spy coins. The US Defense Department insists the
incidents were real and the risk genuine. But details are secret,
according to the Defense Security Service, which issued the
warning to the Pentagon’s classified contractors. (Associated
Press, 11 January).
“The US report doesn’t suggest who might be tracking American
defense contractors or why,” wrote the AP’s Ted Bridis. “It
also doesn’t describe how the Pentagon discovered the ruse,
how the transmitters might function, or even which Canadian
currency contained them.”
Manufacturing
Ohio companies mount an effort to showcase
manufacturing jobs
A coalition of businesses in and around Cleveland is spending
$3 million to persuade Northeast Ohio high school and college
graduates to pursue careers in manufacturing. As reported by Janet
H Cho in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the ‘Dream It – Do It’ campaign
was launched 11 January by the Manufacturing Advocacy &
Growth Network (MAGNET). It is designed to address a shortage
of skilled applicants for factory work. (‘Group Pushing Manufacturing
Jobs’ 12 January)
MAGNET president Stephen Gage told the Plain Dealer that
Northeast Ohio companies are just starting to feel the labour
shortages that those on the East and West coasts have been
experiencing for years, especially for employees with computer
and programming skills. James Griffith, president and chief
executive of Canton-based bearings and steel maker Timken Co,
said: “Hundreds of manufacturing jobs are currently available in
Northeast Ohio, and they need to be filled with a work force that is
regionally trained.”
Still one of the major manufacturing centres in the world, the 16
counties of Northeast Ohio employ 330,000 people in manufacturing
jobs, working for about 12,000 companies with more than $90
billion in sales. According to US Department of Labor projections,