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FCC Unleashes Backhaul Spectrum
The FCC has voted unanimously to free up a maximum of 650 MHz of spectrum for mobile wireless backhaul and make it easier and more cost effective for wireless companies to use point-to-point microwave links to deliver their service, particularly in rural areas. Read on…
Rosy Picture for Point-To-Point
The Dell' Oro Group’s 5-Year Forecast Report on the microwave transmission industry projects that the point-to-point microwave transmission market will exceed $6 billion by 2015. The report states that demand for mobile backhaul is expected to trigger an increase in radio transceiver shipments, which is expected to reach nearly 3 million units. Read on…
TV Technology’s Memory Lane
The monstrous equipment that in years past drove the television industry has faded away – but has not been forgotten, and you can see it yourself. Read on…
Is Hacking Medical Implants Next?
In the sick world of hacking, nothing is off limits, as researcher Jeremy Radcliffe pointed on at the Black Hat Security Conference. Read on…
Sports Trivia Questions! 
1. Who graciously switched to number 77 so Phil Esposito's number 7 could be retired in Boston Garden?
2. What Red Sox catcher's erect posture earned him the clubhouse nickname "Frankenstein"?
3. What comic actor scored huge sales with his Bad Golf Made Easy instructional videos? | A Message from Sam Benzacar  The Invasion of Digital Devices
It should really be no surprise to anyone that defense system manufacturers are attempting to remove as much analog (read: microwave) content in the receive chain as they can between the antenna and the point at which the signal is downconverted to baseband. Testament to this fact are the comments from a large number of manufacturers quoted in the July issue of the Journal of Electronic Defense. There are enormous advantages to working with a signal in the digital domain: extraordinary amounts of signal processing can be performed in near real-time, the systems themselves can be smaller, and the tweaky nature of analog components can be dispensed with, to name a few.
While this is an enviable goal, and one that is all but a necessity considering the complexity and increasing density of threats, the fact remains that with the current state of the art in analog to digital converters, only a single stage of those analog components can actually be eliminated. That's because it's currently possible to sample only at an input frequency of about 2 GHz. Above that frequency, the traditional mixing stages, low noise amplifiers, and filters that form downconversion schemes are still required and are likely to be for a very long time. Converters, unlike microprocessors, don't follow Moore's Law and massive enhancements are years in coming. On the transmit side, the picture is even brighter for microwave manufacturers because high-power components cannot be replicated by digital techniques, and until someone figures out how to generate RF power with a digital device, RF power transmission will remain firmly in the microwave camp. The signal may be digital but the devices that transmit it will continue to be analog.
As interference to defense systems is on the increase, the need for filters is also virtually assured. More and more frequently, we receive requests to mitigate interference issues in systems installed in the field. This can result from the fact that interference issues were not correctly addressed when a system was installed or new interference has popped up since then. For more than 20 years, we've been solving problems like these with high-performance filters that have extremely high rejection, high power handling ability, and exceptional ruggedness.
So if you're facing this challenge, please reach out to us at (973) 772-4242, or by e-mail at sales@anatechelectronics.com. |
VISIT US AT MILCOM 2011
November 7 to 10
Baltimore Convention Center
MILCOM is rapidly becoming THE show for the defense industry, and while first envisioned as a defense communications forum has dramatically expanded to cover everything from communication to radar and EW. In addition to hundreds of exhibitors, there are outstanding presentations as well. Anatech Electronics will be exhibiting at Booth 800. Come visit us!
SOLVING INTERFERENCE CHALLENGES
IN MILITARY SYSTEMS
We've been solving interference issues in military communications and satellite communications systems for more than 20 years and between our standard product line and extensive custom design capabilities there are few challenges we cannot meet. The following links take you to some of these products as well as our overall military design capabilities. To address your specific challenges, please contact us.
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Answers to last month's Sports Trivia Questions 1. What Grand Slam golf tournament has the most clubhousers sipping mint juleps? The Masters
2. Who is the only tennis player to have won each of the four grand slam events at least four times? Steffi Graf
3. What two players are tied for second behind Ty Cobb in total career runs? Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth |
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