Winning the battle 1st March 2011 Last month, we began to explore radio-frequency interference, every technician’s bane. Now we look at additional causes of RFI and — more importantly — what can be done about them.
The bane of your existence 1st February 2011 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 Protect yourself 1st February 2011 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 1st August 2010 Extreme site-hardening tactics help tower owners handle most of what nature and mankind dish out.
A losing proposition 1st December 2007 How RF attenuation on the transmission line affects the transmitter
The value of ferrite RF isolators 1st March 2007 Proper use at crowded communications sites can reduce intermodulation effects
Demystifying RF attenuators 1st November 2004 Creating a high-precision pad can be tricky–here’s how to do it
Transmitter noise/receiver desense primer 1st September 2000 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 1st August 1998 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
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 22nd April 2024
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 2 24th March 2024