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ABOUT THE BLOG

About The Blog, etc. By William H. Jones My thoughts regarding Dr. John P. Costas were that he initially got little recognition for his contributions made to the world of Communication Engineering. The Blog was started to tell of his accomplishments. Since my time with John was about ten years I can tell of some of his work during this time. I know that he was active after retirement as he did the Costas Array then. The Costas Loop is important and well known in the world of Communication Engineering. Johns work was eventually so well known that many assumed his demise long before he passed. John knew of his early demise and he was amused. Dr Costas contributed to several areas of communications - even Sonar. It is thought that he would be considered a Mathematician by some. He had many interests. He was always interested in wide-band systems for the purpose of sending information without it being detected or jammed. He was interested in the optimum for any system and he would calculat...