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 Within the developing utility Smart Grid universe, this time we’ll look at some special concerns about the customer-centric Advanced Metering Initiative area. Here the deck is stacked entirely against the consumer. First, the consumer will have to pay the costs for implementing the Initiative; in California alone, the costs just for replacing a significant portion [...] Last time we introduced the new buzzword term, the utility Smart Grid, provided a quick overview of the concept-undergoing-creation, and noted that doubts exist whether the utility industry can successfully implement it. Now let’s spend a little time examining those doubts as they relate to the utility-centric side of the Smart Grid effort. The first [...] There is a new “next great thing” concept now moving through the land, undergoing promotion in the popular press and probably destined to be a future concern (and cost burden) to the citizens of the United States. That term is “Smart Grid.” And it’s a term that would be much easier to deal with if, [...]  Given the amazing success of this year’s World Moon Bounce Day, we are about to announce the date for the 2010 event and wish to not step on any toes regarding other events scheduling. We are looking to precede the Apollo 13 mission and thus a date in late March or early April. We have [...]  LBA Technology now offer fully authorized factory calibration for the Tomco TE-1000 RF Impedance Analyzer in Greenville, NC (USA). For more information, please contact Marcian Bouchard at [...]  If you haven’t discovered Linked In yet, click on over to it and sign up! You’ll find serious members from radio, TV, CATV, satellite and a host of connected industries. You are almost certain to find some of your colleagues already there and ready to network with you. This is way better than Facebook and [...]  LBA sponsors these groups to assist our user communities in exchanging information, tips, and opinions. Please visit www.linkedin.com, join up and check in – it’s [...]  At the production test facilities of a major circuit fabricator, it was dance time – all the time! This company fabricated garage door openers by the thousands, and put them through their paces on a neat row of test positions. The problem was, one tester would open his “door”, and his neighbor’s “door” would go [...]  The MSK-200 TV Signal Analyzer combines the best of everything in measurement capabilities. With the demands of the broadcast industry and new beginnings and unknowns with the DTV conversion, the MSK-200 is equipped to handle challenges today and tomorrow. The MSK-200 comes out of the box with the ability to demodulate all DVB signals whether [...]  LBA now offers users the convenience of USB and Ethernet access to systems under test in its popular EMFaracage® electromagnetic shielded chambers. Fiber optic signal isolation requires no compromise to the faraday cage isolation, or to the data stream. The picture shows an FC-10 lab top RF shielded chamber equipped with a wide bandwidth fiber [...]  In a breakthrough action, the Federal Communications Commission today authorized digital television stations to use DTS technology. Read more [...]  The Schomandl/Kathrein MSK-200 Digital Transport Stream Analyzer has been generating lots of interest in the HDTV community. But there is another exciting capability of the MSK-200 – it also handles satellite applications! The MSK-200 is an Analog and Digital analyzer covering 5 MHZ – 3GHz making satellite applications simple without compromising measurement capabilities. The MSK-200 [...] Exciting things are happening for LBA Technology test equipment solutions customers! German RF equipment manufacturer Kathrein and subsidiary Schomandl will exclusively distribute its radio frequency test equipment, including devices for digital TV, radio, wireless, CATV, satellite and laboratory use, through the RF systems expertise of LBA Technology, throughout the western hemisphere. Read more [...] Radio frequency test equipment now offered by LBA includes instruments for digital TV, radio, wireless, CATV, satellite and laboratory use. The supply of this equipment in the Americas through LBA is fully supported by the entire Kathrein – Schomandl team! Read more [...] |
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