Articles
Council improves workforce safety with P25 solution
A P25 digital communications solution from Tait, running over a Vertel next-generation network, is providing organisational benefits for the Armidale Dumaresq Council in NSW. [ + ]
Malaysia Airlines installs HF to extend services into India
The airline’s management decided to install a serviceable HF system that would provide suitable voice communications on its Indian routes. [ + ]
ARCIA dinner went off with a ‘bang’
Guests at ARCIA’s NSW regional dinner were treated to presentations from the ACMA and a Valentine’s Day fireworks display over the harbour. [ + ]
LADAR technology gets a boost with 2D optical phased array development
A complex 2D optical phased array, the size of a pin-head, has been demonstrated by DARPA. The researchers are hoping it may lead to new capabilities for sensing and imaging. [ + ]
Forgotten genius: the legacy of Henry Sutton
Henry Sutton could well stand among the world’s greatest inventors because he was involved not only in radio and television but in electricity, carbon filament electric light bulbs, telephones, aeronautics, automobile engineering, colour printing and hydraulics. [ + ]
US bounds ahead of Australia on public safety spectrum
Seems Australia still has a lot to learn as the US goes ahead with its FirstNet nationwide network for public safety agencies. [ + ]
CeBIT Australia 2013
CeBIT Australia is again ‘staying ahead of the game’ and showing the latest in IT at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre. [ + ]
Bristow helicopters hit 'Target Zero'
Bristow Group's helicopter service has found a way to reach its target of zero accidents, zero harm to people and zero harm to the environment by using Zetron's DCS-5020 digital console system. [ + ]
Verifying and troubleshooting cables, connectors and antennas
Roughly 50 to 60% of cellular base station problems are caused by faulty cables, connectors and antennas. Cable and antenna measurements are often used to verify and troubleshoot the electrical performance of RF and microwave transmission systems and antennas. [ + ]
ASKAP team gear up for another big year
The team has been working on a redesign to improve efficiency and performance of the phased array feed (PAF) receivers, among other projects. [ + ]
DMR system for Sydney green high-rise
Radio communications have always played an important, and in many instances a critical, part in the role of MSS providing security services to its clients. The staff have used a variety of analog two-way radios systems and they were well aware of the limitations of analog radio systems with poor and inconsistent radio communications at the fringes of coverage and issues with battery life. [ + ]
Data transfer system for South Korean power company
A Korean power company had a brief to transmit various high-capacity data to its control centre in a timely and safe way. Hytera and its partner WOORI were able to provide a TETRA modem and electric communications device to solve the problem. [ + ]
Ear, ear: a brief history of headphones
Headphones have been with us since the beginning of the 20th century and were the only way to hear the faint signals coming through the air by radio. [ + ]
DMR supports communication in Kinmen tunnels
The Kinmen tunnels, popular with tourists, needed an upgraded communications system as they found the cables used were being damaged by humidity. [ + ]
Fighting fires using radio communication
The Rural Fire Service is said to be the largest operator of radio communications infrastructure in NSW. [ + ]
