The first thing that you should know about RV satellite antennas is that there are three types: satellite radio antennas, satellite cable television antennas and satellite internet antennas. These antennas also come in portable models and affixed models, as well as regular and low profile models. You will want to select the RV satellite antenna that is right for your communication and entertainment needs.

The type of RV satellite antenna that you have, your service carrier and the type of satellite signal you are trying to pick up are all going to impact where you will be able to pick up a signal. Most satellite services will be accessible in the continental U.S., however, if you live in Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico or the Caribbean, then you may find that satellite cable, radio and internet services may be limited. However, recent updates in satellite technology make some satellite services available to anyone who has a clear view of the southern skies.

One of the satellite systems that you can select for your RV is the EchoStar Satellite Network. This network is what operates the Dish Network. It currently uses 14 different satellites with orbits ranging from 61 degrees West to 148 degrees West. This satellite network uses both Ku Band and Ka Band links, however, the Band that your satellite dish accesses will vary depending on what satellite your service is linked to and what cable satellite package you select. Your satellite dish model will also impact which satellite you will use to link to programming.

There are dozens of satellite dish antennas that you can buy. However, your choices are going to be limited to what antennas are designed to pick up the signals transmitted by your service provider. For example you will need a MotoSat portable antenna if you want to receive MotoSat mobile internet service while on the go, you will need a Sirium Micro Dot Low Profile Antenna or Sirius Magnetic Car antenna to pick up Sirius radio signals, or you will need a Winegard or King Dome satellite to pick up satellite TV signals.

If you buy an antenna for High-Speed Internet there is only one well-known company out there which makes a reliable one for motor homes and that is MotoSat. Fortunately, I was one of the first Beta Testers of the MotoSat Broadband Motor Home Internet High-Speed Satellite Systems and we put it on top of our Company’s Mobile Command Center and traveled to every city in the Continental United States with it.

Recently, I did another Beta Test, you might call it a wind-tunnel experiment. I neglected to put my antenna down and drove 115 miles at approximately 55-miles per hour. This is the equivalent of putting the antenna in a wind tunnel with 55 mile per hour winds. Luckily and to my satisfaction the antenna went unscathed and therefore if you are wondering how strong are these antenna, you might think more in terms of Tropical Storm or Gail Force Winds, rather than your normal storms.

Boy I sure am glad I picked MotoSat for my antenna, I very much doubt the other companies, which make the lesser models can compete with this reliability. No wonder they are so choosy with which RV Centers are allowed to become their dealers. Well that is my motorhome tip for the day. So if you are asking yourself; How Strong are MotoSat High-Speed Internet Satellite Antennas? Well, the answer is strong enough. Consider this in 2006.

JEMB Realty unveiled its new office Telecom and Technology division, Tornado Telecom & Technology, with a well-received exhibit at the Telecom Business Conference and Expo held recently at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan.

The new division will provide its expanding tenant base with the full range of resources - both in space requirements and engineering requirements - they need to optimize their potential, according to Joseph Jerome and Raymond Chalme, principals of JEMB Realty.

Growing demand from high-tech, telecom and New Media tenants prompted JEMB to form the new Tornado Telecom & Technology division to focus exclusively on the acquisition and redevelopment of suitable facilities for these expanding companies.

The “New” Telecom Business Conference and Expo, which returned to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center for three exciting days of everything telecom, seemed like the perfect place to unveil JEMB’s new Tornado Telecom & Technology division. The annual Telecom Business Conference and Expo is the only event to focus on the “new” converging telecom marketplace of voice, data, networking and Internet services.

JEMB and the New Tornado Telecom & Technology Division

JEMB acquired the New York Telecom Exchange@75 Broad Street in late 1999 and invested in a major capital redevelopment plan to reposition the building into the ultimate home for the technology industry. The property’s occupancy rate has since risen to over 90%. The 675,000 square-foot property’s impressive roster of existing tenants includes AT&T/TCG, Bell Atlantic, Nextlink, Level 3 Communications LLC, and Adelpha Business Solutions.

Subsequently, JEMB also acquired the former Scottsdale Galleria, a 700,000 square-foot shopping center in Scottsdale, Arizona, currently being converted to a mixed-use technology plus telecom center with a separate retail component. It will be renamed Scottsdale Technology Center.

On Sept. 14, JEMB also acquired the Atlanta Telecom Center at 3000 South Corporate Parkway in Forest Park, Ga., designed and built from the ground up as a telecommunications hub in a 108-acre technology office park just outside Atlanta. This latest acquisition offers over 200,000 square feet of immediately available high-tech space and further expands JEMB’s reputation as the preeminent developer for telecommunications tenants.

JEMB Realty’s plans involve designating a team of reputable engineers, establishing a detailed master plan. for routing of the power feeders, telecommunications risers and inter-connections, grounding cables, antennas and emergency back-up. Moreover, JEMB Realty also designs and builds generator farms and fuel oil distribution systems to allow tenants to install and manage their own generators.

“The enthusiastic response we’ve received from the technology and telecommunications tenants prompted our latest venture,” said Mr. Chalme “Our newest division strategically aligns our tenants’ needs to not only compete, but thrive in this emerging marketplace. Our long term commitment to the industry, and flexibility to move with it, will ensure success for this venture. From answering questions regarding power requirements to planning for growth and expansion, we provide one-stop-shopping for our telecommunications and technology tenants.”

Many real estate owners and developers have jumped on the telecommunications bandwagon over the past few years with varying degrees of success. However, developing Data Centers for advanced telecommunications tenants is not a simple matter of revamping tired properties with fiber and extra power. Rather, these technically superior properties have emerged as a totally distinct asset class with unique requirements that set them apart from traditional office or industrial buildings.

Advanced telecommunications tenants share unique requirements that have literally changed the face of the real estate industry. Physical infrastructure needs are vital for a true Mission Critical Facility to serve the needs of these tenants, beyond the current characteristics — large floorplates, wide column spacing, high ceilings, abundant and redundant power, multiple broadband telecommunications connections and state-of-the-art security systems. Opportunity to expand quickly within the same property is also crucial to these high-tech tenants.

Creating a true Data Center involves designating a team of reputable engineers to establish a detailed master plan for routing of the power feeders, telecommunications risers and interconnections, grounding cables, antennas and emergency backup. Developers realize the essential need for backup power and are designing and building emergency generator farms and fuel oil distribution systems to allow tenants to install and manage their own generators.

Owners must also have the foresight and commitment to preserve and improve these assets on an ongoing basis, constantly protecting them from technological obsolescence. They must also act as “power brokers,” establishing relationships with utility providers that will insure immediate and sufficient access to electrical grids. They must be experts in zoning and permitting to help their tenants gain quick entry in an atmosphere where speed to market if often critical. They must not only select assets that are close to major fiber backbones, but have the relationships and ability to expedite installation of the critical “last mile” of fiber from the backbone to the desktop.

A novel duplexer lowers operators’ costs and simplifies deployment of wireless systems by enabling them to combine transmission of two 3G radio technologies onto a single cell site antenna
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Andrew Corp and IPWireless have jointly developed a product that lowers operators’ costs and simplifies deployment of wireless systems by enabling them to combine transmission of two 3G radio technologies onto a single cell site antenna. This new duplexer allows wireless operators to deploy both UMTS frequency division duplex (FDD) and UMTS time division duplex (TDD) systems using a single antenna, efficiently taking full advantage of their 3G spectrum to deploy new broadband services and offload traffic from their circuit switched networks.

Now commercially available, the UMTS FDD/TDD duplexer has already been proven in a number of trials across Europe, and will be used by a number of operators including the recently announced UMTS TDD deployment by Sonaecom in Portugal.

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The TDD systems use time division to separate the uplink and downlink instead of using separate frequency bands, allowing the TDD system to have flexible asymmetry and better match typical data traffic patterns.
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Operators around the world are deploying packet based UMTS TDD systems because of the economical high-speed services enabled by the platform’s very high capacities and low latencies.

“Over the last few years, in addition to demonstrating the performance of UMTS TDD, we have worked with numerous mobile operators to show that TDD and FDD have very similar coverage characteristics and can coexist on the same towers”, said Bill Jones, Executive Vice President, technology and cofounder, IPWireless.

“Operators have also let us know that it is very important that the two technologies can share key infrastructure to lower cost and ease deployability, which is why we are so excited about this announcement with Andrew”.

“This new product provides wireless operators with a cost-effective and proven solution for TDD deployment, enabling them to provide their customers with wireless data while reducing their infrastructure costs”, said John DeSana, Group President, Filter Products, Andrew Corporation.

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The single antenna can be used with any frequency from 2 to 10GHz. According to WiFi-Plus President, Dennis Broderick: “This is the antenna of the future, and solves a major problem for radio and chip providers that must be able to have a single device broadcast in multiple frequencies”. “This antenna will allow the wireless infrastructure of tomorrow to be built today, as it will not require replacement as new frequencies are added to radio standards, either licensed or unlicensed”.

“The antenna will perform as well at 2.4GHz as at 6GHz or anywhere in between”.

“Providers can deploy this antenna today for Wi-Fi applications and feel confident in that their investment can be easily adapted to future standards”.

“We know of no other antenna that can make this claim”, concludes Broderick.

In addition, this is one of the company’s MP or multi- polarised antennas that has tremendous obstruction penetrating qualities in obstructed NLOS operations due to its ability to use reflected and refracted signals that most other antennas see as noise.

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The company believes the new technology will improve connectivity at any frequency to which it is applied.

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Keryell joined Link Microtek lastyear as Sales Engineer for the North and Midlands, a role inwhich he handled Link’s own product portfolio as well as thebroad range of RF and microwave components, instruments andsubsystems manufactured by the company’s principals in theUSA, Europe and the Far East.

Commenting on Keryell’s newappointment, Link Microtek’s Managing Director SteveCranstone said: ‘This is the first time that ourmanufacturing division has had its own dedicated sales engineer,and we are confident that this move will focus more attention onour waveguide and associated products and accelerate theexpansion of this part of the business’.

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The move continues increases in distributor appointments elsewhere in the world to meet growing demand for Sarantel’s PowerHelix antenna technology from GPS receiver and handset manufacturers. Framos will be responsible for the distribution of Sarantel’s market leading antenna technology, providing sales and engineering support directly to UK designers and developers.

Sarantel expects that this total support package will accelerate time to market for its customers and deliver more high performing antenna solutions for GPS users.

Julian Parfitt, MD of Framos UK said: “We are looking forward to replicating the success that Framos is having in Germany with Sarantel’s antennas, Framos is deeply involved in providing GPS technology for both positioning and timing applications and we expect to make a considerable contribution to Sarantel’s future UK antenna design wins”.

Sarantel’s CEO Barrie Foley adds: “Last year we increased the number European partners to help us support the regional market and as new applications surface in the UK regularly we most definitely need the resources of Framos to provide an effective service to Sarantel’s UK customers”.

The agreement is effective immediately and will see Framos operating with customers of all sizes from UK startups to major OEMs and ODMs.

Link Microtek has a new range of coaxial rotary joints, which are primarily designed for antenna-positioning applications on ’suitcase’ satellite communications terminals. Known as the AMCORJ series, these in-house manufactured products cover the Ku-band frequency range of 13.75 to 14.5GHz and can be specified with a choice of connectors, including SMA and N-type. The devices are of a noncontacting design, which offers the inherent advantages of long life and low loss (less than 0.3dB), as well as a power-handling capability of up to 50W.

Manufactured from aluminium, the rotary joints weigh in at just 60g, measure only 56mm in length, and offer IP65 protection against the ingress of dust and water.

In addition to the standard Ku-band components, Link Microtek can also produce custom designs to satisfy individual requirements for frequency band, flange style and connectors.