(Pembroke, NH) – Green Mountain, a premier integrated communication solutions provider, is pleased to announce that the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE) announced last week that Green Mountain is one of the member companies that have been approved to participate in the 2014-2015 NATE STAR Initiative program. NATE made this announcement during the NATE… Continue »
Fairview Microwave has released a line of compact hot-switchable variable attenuators, which are used to reduce the amplitude of an electronic signature in many common electronic scenarios including lab testing equipment, DAS and power and signal monitoring systems. The attenuators come in 3 and 6 GHz frequency models and several different connector configurations including SMA… Continue »
Pasternack Enterprises has introduced a series of low PIM cable jumpers with form-able coax. These new assemblies are designed for low passive intermodulation (PIM) applications including use in black boxes, test equipment racks and cabinets and DAS. Pasternack’s low PIM-form-able cables are made using a tin-filled braid that produces a hand form-able, solid outer conductor… Continue »
QMA connectors available from RF Industries feature a snap lock connection as an alternative to the SMA connector with a threaded connection. The QMA connector, with a quick connect/disconnect feature along with electrical performance up to 6 GHz, is used in wireless infrastructure applications including DAS. The RQA-5478 series adapter features a QMA female to… Continue »
By Ernest Worthman, J. Sharpe Smith — October 23, 2014 — The FCC has launched an inquiry into how best to deploy next-generation wireless services at frequencies above 24 GHz. This band and the 60 GHz band are being eyed for future 5G networks. Not long ago the usefulness of the spectrum above 3 GHz was… Continue »
By Ernest Worthman and J. Sharpe Smith — October 23, 2014 — The FCC has been diligently allocating spectrum to facilitate broadband wireless communications, but at its Oct. 17 open meeting the commission admitted it needed to do more to promote the build out of the infrastructure needed to use those frequencies. New rules were… Continue »