Vol. 4, No. 1
Jan. 4
2010

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Tower Collapses During Maintenance; One Killed

During maintenance operations aimed at fixing guy wires, a broadcast tower in New England became unstable and collapsed resulting in the death of a worker who was secured to the tower. MORE

Fall Zone Rules a Way to 'Attack' Towers, Legislator Advises

At a mid-December town hall forum in Connecticut, a state legislator had some pointed advice for her constituents.

Concerning a proposal to lease land to a cell tower, Rep. Livvy Floren, R-149th District, said fall zone regulations were a way to combat the tower site, according to the Greenwich Time. MORE

Solar Panels Don't Measure Up to Tower's Power Needs

When a county in northern California built a mountaintop cell site, it was counting on solar panels to power the tower with a propane generator backup. However, when officials in the isolated, expansive region found that solar was only providing 50 percent of the tower's power, and adjustments had to be made. MORE

Biden Names First Broadband Winners
Wireless broadband applications were conspicuous by their absence as Vice President Joe Biden announced the initial winners of broadband grants to bring high-speed Internet to underserved communities. Of the initial $183 million in awards covering 18 broadband projects in 17 states, $51 million was earmarked for "last-mile" applications, and most were for fiber-optic networks, not wireless applications. MORE

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For Broadcasters, High Power Towers May Be Out, DAS in

CTIA-The Wireless Association and the Consumer Electronics Association have urged the FCC to free up spectrum by radically changing the broadcaster's system architecture, exchanging high-power antenna sites for low-power DAS. MORE

PWA Confab Improves Carrier/Utility Relationship
There was a time when utilities did not even want to discuss collocation with wireless carriers. A forum sponsored by the Pennsylvania Wireless Association attempts to bridge the gap between the two with a discussion of the role utility collocation can play in broadband deployments and how it can be funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. MORE

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S&P Ratings Services Frowns on Crown Castle's Credit Move
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has placed its issue rating on Crown

Castle International's senior unsecured debt on CreditWatch with negative implications, after the company increased its revolving credit facility. MORE

Products

Microwave, Broadband Engineering Software
SkyView Software Development has released SkyView Microwave & Broadband Engineering Software Version 4.0, which provides engineers with the ability to design microwave and broadband networks with a direct Google Earth interface and 3D network display. Using IEEE algorithms, the software allows immediate design changes with an instantaneous view of the resulting path budget, reliability calculations, Crane rain fade calculations and path profiles.

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Lightning Strike Counter
The ASC-6X Lightning Strike Counter from ALLTEC monitors incidences of direct lightning strikes to structures and outdoor equipment. Keeping track of the number of times that a facility or equipment has suffered a direct strike can assist in determining the need for additional grounding, surge suppression and lightning protection. It counts up to 999,999 events before automatically resetting. www.allteccorp.com

Wideband Log Periodic Dipole Array Antenna
The wideband LPA-1-18 log periodic dipole array antenna from Radio Waves operates from 1 -18 GHz. This antenna has a directive array similar to a yagi and features an average gain of 7 dBi, a female SMA connector on the back, quick deployment, vertical and horizontal mounting and a durable radome. The antenna's polarization is plane and its beamwidth is 75 degrees/120 degrees. It also features VSWR of 1.5:1 (1-10 GHz) and 2.0:1 (10-18 GHz) and average power of 5 watts. www.radiowavesinc.com