Radio Comms Asia-Pacific: latest issue out now

The July/August 2013 issue of Radio Comms Asia-Pacific is now available in print and online. This issue’s theme is testing and measurement; here are just some of the articles you’ll find inside:

• Testing interference in a wireless environment - Interference in the wireless channel can seriously degrade reception and service; tracking down its origin can be tricky, as it could come from the unlicensed part of the spectrum.
• More speed, more insight - FFT-based EMI test receivers used for compliance measurements can reduce scan time by several orders of magnitude and provide more precise and reproducible measurements. We look at the implications.
• Radio @ work - The challenge: prepare a major sports stadium for one of the biggest events of the year, when tens of thousands will want to all transmit and receive at the same time.
• Remembering the Avo 7 - Generations of electrical engineers and technicians had an Avo Mark 7 on their workbenches. Where would we have been without it?
• The man who gave radio its voice - A largely forgotten Canadian electrical engineer was once the world’s most famous radio inventor, responsible for the first audio radio broadcasts.
• Comms Connect: First speakers announced - Australia’s premier international radio conference and exhibition is fast approaching. Find out who will be speaking at Comms Connect 2013.