System Design

The bane of your existence

Radio-frequency interference is something that every radio-system engineer will encounter, sooner or later. In this installment, we begin to explain how it occurs and what to do about it.

Commentary

Are we seeing the beginning of the end regarding single-municipality public-safety radio systems? There are some indications that point to a significant migration from such systems to wide-area, single-licensee systems.

Article

Survival of the fittest

Extreme site-hardening tactics help tower owners handle most of what nature and mankind dish out.

A losing proposition

How RF attenuation on the transmission line affects the transmitter

The next phase of modulation

OFDM is emerging as the choice for high-bit-rate services

The value of ferrite RF isolators

Proper use at crowded communications sites can reduce intermodulation effects

Demystifying RF attenuators

Creating a high-precision pad can be tricky–here’s how to do it

Transmitter noise/receiver desense primer

When locating multiple stations at a single site, several precautions must be taken to guard against interference to all stations at the site. Among the

Microwave path design: The basics

Part 4-This series of four articles is a primer on some of the propagation-related basics of microwave path design. This last installment discusses path

Microwave path design: The basics

Part 3-This series of four articles is a primer on some of the propagation-related basics of microwave path design. This month’s installment explains

The bane of your existence

Commentary

Protect yourself

Article

Survival of the fittest

A losing proposition

The next phase of modulation

The value of ferrite RF isolators

Demystifying RF attenuators

Transmitter noise/receiver desense primer

Microwave path design: The basics

Microwave path design: The basics

Commentary

LTE and liability: Why the fire service must move forward with digital incident command

Partnership and collaboration must be the foundation for emergency communications

FirstNet success means no hypothetical ‘shots’ need to be fired, Swenson says

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