RF Mentor Academy Subscription

A continuously updated collection of courses and tutorials presented by the experts from Besser Associates. Buy your subscription for US$995 for a one-year (365 day) term.

New circumstances call for a new approach to online training!

A full year of access to courses, tutorials, and the RF/Wireless Passport™ program

- all from Besser Associates instructors

- all for one fixed price of $995/year (per person)

- includes our new RF Wireless Passport program - see below!

Value Added

The subscription content includes online courses and short "premium tutorials" from Besser Associates. Topics include EMI/EMC, aerospace, RF power amplifiers, and now with our passport program our most popular fundamental RF/wireless systems, circuits, and PCB courses as well! 

Topics are constantly updated - See current listings, below.

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RF Wireless Passport Program

Included with your RF Mentor Academy subscription!

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Discover the new RF and Wireless Passport program!

  • Learn individual topics from three of our all-time most popular RF/Wireless courses at your own pace - via the RF Mentor Academy subscription from Besser Associates.
  • Topics have been organized into groups using a "Passport" format, allowing you to complete segments of courses and track your completion progress.
  • View lectures by instructor Rick Fornes and answer some basic review questions to "stamp" your passport towards completing the courses. Earn a certificate of completion for a course when all topic groups for that course are completed.
  • Some topic groups appear in multiple courses - earn progress for multiple courses at once! Complete all courses and receive an "RF/Wireless Passport - World of Wireless" certificate.
  • Topic groups rotate through the subscription program approximately every eight months. Take as long as your like - complete up to two courses in one year (over $2,000 value), or all three courses in two years (over $3,000 value).

Currently Available Topics

The diagram below shows a "map" of RF topics taught by instructor Rick Fornes from three popular courses. Starting mid-February 2024 topic groups C and D are available - offering complete coverage of course 267: 5G Radio & Smartphone RF Architecture Fundamentals (available exclusively via subscription!) 

Course 267 5G Radio Smartphone Logo

  • 112 - RF Wireless Circuits, Systems and Test - (Topics in group C only)
  • 267 - RF Smartphone Architecture - Currently Available
  • 042 - RF and High Speed PCB Design - Not Currently Available (coming October 2024, see schedule below)

Available topic groups will be rotated approximately every eight months. Check back for more details or contact the office at info@besserassociates.com. Start your subscription now!

RF Passport Course Tracks

Schedule of Topic Groups

RF/Wireless Passport - Current topic group availability schedule

Topic Group Jun 2023 Feb 2024 Jun 2024 Oct 2024 Feb 2025
Group A        
Group B          
Group C      
Group D        
Group E        
Group F          
Related Course 112 Wireless Circuits Systems Test 267 Smartphone Architecture/5G 042 RF & High Speed PCB

 

Notes:

  • Topic group availability may be subject to change. Please check back for updates.
  • In order to maintain subscription pricing, topic groups B, D, and F will typically be available for four months at a time.

Since the RF/Wireless Passport program is part of our RF Mentor Academy Subscription, not only do you get access for an entire year at a time, but you also get access to all of the other great content that's part of the subscription catalog.

For example:

- let's say you have viewed Rick Fornes' lecture on RF power amplifiers that is part of "topic group C" in the passport program. If you want to dive deeper into that topic you can easily view the "Power Amplifier ABC's" tutorial by Allen Podell - or - take the entire "RF Power Amplifiers and GaN Technology" course by Ali Darwish. Both are already included with your subscription - no need for additional funding/approval requests!
- enhance your understanding of 5G concepts with our "What is 5G" tutorial by Joe Boccuzzi.
As the topics in the RF/Wireless Passport program are rotated through the subscription, our aim is to continue to make tutorials and related short courses that align with those topics available to subscribers at the same time. For example, when the topic groups for the passport program rotate to focus on "RF and High Speed Digital PCB Fundamentals", we aim to offer tutorials and short courses on EMI/EMC related topics to subscribers at the same time.