Technology

People

Sep 1, 1997 12:00 PM

One former and one current FCC employee are recipients of the Marconi Memorial Gold Medal of Achievement from the Veteran Wireless Operators Association,...

Technically Speaking

The broadband noise generator: an alternative to sweep testing

Sep 1, 1997 12:00 PM, Harold Kinley, C.E.T.

In many routine uses, the broadband noise generator can be a viable alternative to hauling out the heavy old sweep generator and going through the hassle...

Enterprise

News

Sep 1, 1997 12:00 PM

PCIA fights CMRS mobile service fees on two-way paging servicesIn the FCC regulatory fee Report and Order issued in June, the PCIA successfully persuaded...

The Final Word

Beseeching for antenna sites, and a new partner for private radio?

Sep 1, 1997 12:00 PM

Gimme antenna sites The FCC chairman was sent a letter on July 11, assigning to the commission partial blame for construction delays primarily affecting...

In the Public Interest

With liberty and justice for all

Sep 1, 1997 12:00 PM, Robert H. Schwaninger Jr.

Every year about this time (it's around Independence Day when this is being written), I think about being a citizen of these United States. It's a notion...

Articles

Data communications: From Pathfinder to public safety

Sep 1, 1997 12:00 PM, the MRT staff

From the Mars mission to applications for public safety and business, data communications technology is experiencing improvements in error reduction,...

Compressed voice data and targeted delivery for narrowband PCS paging

Sep 1, 1997 12:00 PM, Dwight R. Smith, principal staff engineer for Motorola's Paging Systems Group, Fort Worth, TX.

The paging system architecture components referred to by common terms in this article are trademarked by Motorola under the following names: Flex_the...

Using antennas to improve PCS in-vehicle performance

Sep 1, 1997 12:00 PM, Dale Horn, vice president of engineering for the Antenna Specialists Division of Allen Telecom.

Degradation of PCS phone signal levels, when used inside a vehicle, is less than that found at cellular frequencies. Test range results confirm, however,...

Superconductor technology for wireless networks

Sep 1, 1997 12:00 PM, Stephen M. Garrison, product marketing manager, wireless, for Conductus, Sunnyvale, CA.

The use of superconducting RF filter subsystems in cellular receivers allows reduction of interference from out-of-band sources, enhances sensitivity,...

Predicting power density near antennas to meet FCC RF safety regulations

Sep 1, 1997 12:00 PM, Robert Mawrey, PhD, Terry Riley, James Higgins and Steven Slayden

The majority of potential RF hazard zones at a site occur in the near field, resulting in the necessity to predict both the near and the far field power...