Price set for 'digital dividend' spectrum auction
15 December, 2016The reserve price and competition limits for an upcoming auction of 700 MHz digital dividend spectrum has been announced by the federal government.
Top telcos bid big for 1800 MHz band
05 February, 2016Optus, Telstra, TPG and Vodafone have all emerged winners in the auction for 1800 MHz band spectrum, together spending over $500 million in a bid to secure regional licences.
NZ increases available bandwidth for SRDs
02 February, 2016The spectrum available in New Zealand for short range devices (SRDs) has increased by an additional bandwidth of 6 MHz in the 900 MHz ISM band.
Economic benefits of C-band spectrum for mobile broadband
13 November, 2015A new report released by the GSMA shows the economic benefits of additional C-band spectrum for mobile broadband.
Anritsu MA2808A High Performance Waveguide Mixer
02 November, 2015Anritsu has added the MA2808A high-performance waveguide mixer (60 to 90 GHz) to its MS2830A Signal/Spectrum Analyser series.
Anritsu Remote Spectrum Monitor
01 October, 2015Anritsu has introduced the Remote Spectrum Monitor, a platform of modular and scalable products, without a display or keyboard, that automates the method of conducting radio surveillance, interference detection and government spectrum policy enforcement.
Making frequency-hopping radios practical
22 May, 2013 by Larry Hardesty, MITHardware breakthrough could see wireless devices that identify and exploit unused frequencies.
Antenna system monitoring
20 February, 2013The 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.
The challenge of the backyard antenna
21 January, 2013 by Mike Smyth, specialist technical writerBefore the days of separate antenna tuners, Mike Smyth and his mates created their own successful homemade long antenna in the backyard.
IME develops silicon-based integrative antenna technology
06 September, 2012A*STAR’s IME has developed a compact, silicon-based, cavity-backed slot antenna that operates at 135 GHz.
Gore cable-based antenna range
09 August, 2012Cable-based antennas or leaky feeders have been introduced to improve signal propagation without increasing the amount of hardware required on an aircraft.
Understanding the hidden power rating of antennas
14 March, 2012There are a number of antenna specifications that determine the selection of an appropriate antenna for a particular application. These may include bandwidth, directivity, gain, pattern stability and the PIM rating. Another important antenna rating, becoming more relevant in recent times, is the PIP rating, summarised in this article.
400 MHz changes benefit UHF CB users
20 July, 2011Owners of UHF CB radios will now have access to more channels in the 400 MHz band, following a three-year ACMA review and release of its time frames and plans to restructure the band.
APCO supports ESOs’ 800 MHz
21 June, 2011APCO Australasia supports the latest proposal for ESOs to be allocated spectrum in the 800 MHz band to build their own national mobile broadband network.
Understanding cable and antenna analysis
31 August, 2010 by AnritsuThe cable and antenna system plays a crucial role of the overall performance of a base sta¬tion system. This white paper covers the funda¬mentals of the key measurements of cable and antenna analysis: return loss, cable loss, and distance-to-fault (DTF).