News Sinclair opens Dallas office to cover central United States, Mexico 1st April 1996 Sinclair Technologies is opening another office in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Bill Busby, sales engineer, will be in charge of the new office and will
Paging technology: Flex, ERMES paging codes Part 3–ERMES takes Europe, and Motorola’s Flex (in one form or another) takes the rest of the world in the contest to roll out a faster paging protocol. Data rates as high as 6,400bps are achieved on a paging c 1st April 1996 Motorola’s flexible wide-area synchronous protocol (Flex) is being used in several cities in the United States. Also, many service providers in the Far
Installation tips for heavy equipment Building your own mounting plate, placing the radio near the operator, using a power buss and taking care in antenna mounting will ensure a successful installation in a road grader and other types of construction vehi 1st April 1996 Installing radios in heavy equipment can be straightforward and relatively trouble-free if the installation technician plans ahead, talks with the operator
News Selectone reorganizes business units 1st April 1996 Selectone, Hayward, CA, has reorganized into two business units. Since its introduction in early 1992, Selectone’s SmarTrunk radio trunking system has
Tower down conductors offer little lightning protection Lightning-simulator test results indicate that a down conductor connected to a towertop lightning rod adds no significant improvement to the protection offered by a lightning rod bonded to the tower 1st April 1996 Numerous grounding standards require that a copper down conductor be run along the tower length to a ground rod or to the grounding system. Perhaps those
Editorial New trade association: Small Business in Telecommunications 1st April 1996 You can’t win if you don’t try. Owners of small telecommunications businesses have been underestimating their market strength, says Robert H .Schwaninger
Exploit the power of VSWR measurements VSWR measurement, one of the most basic measures of RF system performance, lets system operators stay on top of base station antenna performance without leaving the office and can predict impending failures. 1st April 1996 The current explosion of personal communications services (PCS) brings with it a raft of new measurements geared toward evaluating various elements of
Technically speaking Selecting the proper base station antenna–Part 2 1st April 1996 Last month, the most important electrical specifications of base station antennas were discussed. This month we will look at some of the mechanical specifications
News Motorola’s new service strategy includes sale of repair centers, construction of central repair/exchange facility 1st April 1996 In a departure from a decades-old business practice of providing customer service through service centers in cities throughout the nation, Motorola is
News Radio communications, paging system operators organize Small Business in Telecommunications Meeting in St. Louis March 1-2, owners of radio communications and paging systems launched a non-profit trade association to represent those telecommunication 1st April 1996 The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials–International (APCO) is the first frequency coordinator to be certified for the paperless exchange
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