ALMA telescope in Chile, comprising 66 antennas, will study the universe at millimetre and submillimetre wavelengths. [ + ]

Forestry managers have to protect not only the trees under their care, but also the people and wildlife that live in the region. [ + ]

Hytera’s Smart Dispatch professional dispatcher system combines reliable digital voice communication with real-time GPS information. [ + ]

Users are demanding more from their comm systems, including better voice quality, real-time data transmission and flexible networking. [ + ]

Whether it’s dealing with blind spots or designing for expansion, hotels have their own set of communication needs. [ + ]

Busy airports need precise coordination between airlines and other operators. And that requires seamless communications. [ + ]

Sir John Ambrose Fleming is regarded as the man who established the practical fundamentals of the thermionic valve era of radio and electronics. [ + ]

Maintaining a simultaneous two-way communication - talking and listening during a call - is a complex process. [ + ]

Queensland’s recent floods and storms taxed safety radio networks to the limit, but one P25 system held strong during the worst of the weather. [ + ]

The Australian Radio Communications Industry Association (ARCIA) has presented an industry response to the ACMA 803-960 MHz band review discussion paper. [ + ]

The plasma from tiny particles known as ‘space dust’ has the potential to create a radio signal that can damage, and even completely shut down, the satellites it hits. [ + ]

Cameron Grambau, managing director of CTG Radio, discusses why radio technicians need ARCIA accreditation and how he started in the industry. [ + ]

Although ARCIA has been successfully influencing the industry year after year with scholarships, training and education, memberships and spectrum and technical work, few companies are applying for the additional industry accreditation status. [ + ]

ARCIA president Chris Kelly talks about the recent ARCIA regional dinner in Sydney and congratulates the member who was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia. [ + ]

The measurement, monitoring and reporting of the performance of wireless network infrastructure has come a long way over past years. Many modern base station repeaters provide integrated measurement capabilities, but the use of combining and/or isolators in the RF path from the base station transmitter output to the antenna isolates the repeaters from most problems that may occur within the combiner and antenna subsystems. [ + ]