Dielectric today announced it has shipped a $1.2 million antenna system order to Ethiopia in support of the nation’s second-generation DVB-T2 network rollout scheduled for later this year. The antenna maker is providing the Ethiopian government with UHF antennas, filters, more than 7,000 feet of transmission line and other RF components for 26 low- to medium-power […]
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Raycom Media Orders 29 Dielectric Antennas For Repack
Raycom Media has placed an order for 29 UHF and VHF antennas, tunable RF filers and transmission line from Dielectric to execute its TV spectrum repack obligations, the antenna manufacturer announced this week. The Dielectric antennas for Raycom includes: TFU-WB UHF arrays, a low-cost, sidemount UHF broadband pylon antenna. TFU-G, TFU-E and TFU-J UHF arrays. […]
Focus On TV Spectrum Repack at 2017 NAB Show
Job one for TV broadcasters at the 2017 NAB Show will be planning for the TV spectrum repack, which is upon them. A close second will be next-gen TV service based on the ATSC 3.0 standard. While reimbursements from the $1.75 billion Broadcast Relocation Fund may not be used to upgrade the RF infrastructure of […]
Durst’s John Lyons To Receive NAB TV Engineering Honor
John Lyons, assistant VP and director of broadcast communications at The Durst Organization, will be honored with the 2017 NAB Television Engineering Achievement Award during the Technology Luncheon at the NAB Show, April 26, in Las Vegas, NAB announced today. Lyons is responsible for the communications infrastructure of The Durst Organization’s 13-million-square-foot commercial portfolio and […]
New Guide Tackles TV Repack, Offers Guidance
Rohde & Schwarz today published a survival guide to help broadcasters successfully navigate relocating to a new channel assignment as part of the FCC’s TV spectrum repack. The guide, Go 2 Repack: An Expert Guide to Technology and Logistics, provides practical advice and information on a wide range of issues the vast majority of full-power […]
Dielectric Celebrates 75 Years In Business
Antenna and RF component manufacturer Dielectric is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year and is planning a series of events to commemorate the milestone, the company announced today. Among the festivities will be an event for customers at the 2017 NAB Show in Las Vegas, April 22-27, and an Employee Appreciation Day. One of the […]
Dielectric Expansion Accelerates
A help-wanted ad crossed my desk this week from antenna and RF component manufacturer Dielectric for a machinist position. Remembering my road trip last summer to three major RF vendors, which included Dielectric, and each company’s plans to build out production capability to meet the demand generated by the TV spectrum repack, I assumed the ad […]