[nrv-hams] Bob McGwier N4HY - New Ham to area & recent appointment to VT

Wed Jun 8 12:31:03 EDT 2011

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 Wed., June 08, 2011

Kay,

Thanks for the advisement on Mr. McGwier's recent appointment at VT.  For all to quickly peruse, noted below is info from the link you so kindly provided.  I concur that it would be quite fitting for him to speak to our club.  

73,
Roger Bell,  N4FPA
V.P. NRVARC
Asst. E.C. - Pulaski County
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VT Announcement ......... 

Robert McGwier is the Director of Research of the Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology, and a research professor in its Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Administered jointly by the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science and College of Engineering, the Hume Center heads the university's educational and research programs in national security, and has taken a leading role in the university's growth in cyber security. 

Since 1986, McGwier has served as a member of the technical staff at the Institute for Defense Analyses' Center for Communications Research in Princeton, N.J., where he worked on advanced research topics in mathematics and communications supporting the federal government. He received his Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Brown University in 1988. An expert in radio frequency electronics and signal processing, much of his research has looked at leveraging recent advances in software-defined and cognitive radio technology to support the communications needs of the federal government. His work on behalf of the federal government has earned him many awards, including the intelligence community's highest honor in 2002. 

As director of research, McGwier oversees the research portfolio of the Hume Center, leads center operations in Blacksburg, Va., and develops strategic research relationships within the industry and government working in the national security sector.   McGwier is an avid amateur radio operator (call sign N4HY) and has previously served as the vice president of engineering for the Amateur Radio Satellite Corporation as well as on the membership of its board of directors. He is a member and former director of the Tucson Amateur Packet Radio. He won the Dayton Amateur Radio Association Technical Award in 1990 and the Central States Very High Frequency Society Chambers Award in 2007 for his work in software defined radio and its application to amateur radio. 

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> Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:50:16 -0400
> From: "Kay Craigie" <n3kn at verizon.net>
> Subject: [nrv-hams] New ham in town
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> He's not a new ham by a long shot, but he's new in town. Bob McGwier N4HY
> will be a huge asset to the ham radio community in this area as well as to
> Tech. Bob is not only a technical whiz but also a very skilled operator and
> a nice guy. I hope we can get him to visit the club and maybe give us a talk
> about some of the interesting stuff he does such as software-defined radio.
> I met Bob quite a few years ago when he was working at Princeton (the one in
> New Jersey) and I was living near Philly. He's originally from Alabama.
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> Here's the link to the announcement about his coming to the area: 
> http://www.hume.ictas.vt.edu/rwm/
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> 73 - Kay N3KN
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