Storm Flattens Ohio Valley Towers
The 50,000-watt radio station WWVA-AM lost all three of its broadcast towers located in St. Clairsville, Ohio, on August 4 when they were knocked down by a storm with winds estimated between 70 and 100 mph. The storm caused three deaths in the Upper Ohio Valley, knocked down trees and left thousands without power days later, according to the Associated Press. MORE |
FCC Shot Clock Stays on Target
The FCC's shot clock cleared another hurdle on Aug. 4 as the Commission denied the Petition for Reconsideration or Clarification filed by five organizations representing local governments, which had questioned the agency's authority to impose local regulations. MORE |
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Even as smart phone use grows and carriers expand next-generation networks, a neighborhood in Cupertino, Calif., is just saying no to a broadband wireless antenna, according to the San Jose Mercury News. MORE |
American Tower Gets a Big Piece of the Pie in 2Q
Pie charts are usually not very sexy. But it was eye-catching when American Tower flashed a graphic that showed its $1.5 billion plus capital allocations strategy during the 2Q earnings report. So far in 2010, the tower company has spent nearly $200 million on share repurchases, more than $600 million on acquisitions and another $325 million in capital expenditures. MORE |
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Opposition Forces AT&T to Halt Tower Construction
AT&T Mobility agreed to postpone construction of a 450-foot tower near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness [BWCAW] in northwest Minnesota in the face of opposition by an environmental organization. MORE |
Amendments Shine for SBA in Second Quarter
The second quarter was the biggest quarter for amendment activity ever for SBA Communications, the company announced at an earnings call this week. The tower company saw increases in almost all metrics compared with the first quarter, as well as year over year. MORE |
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Antennas
The horizontally polarized, omnidirectional antenna systems offered by Laird Technologies are constructed of rigid aluminum extrusion, which is powder-coat painted. They feature integrated 50-ohm passive feeds that come standard with type N female connectors. Horizontally polarized antennas offer the user great rejection of interference if that interference is vertically polarized, as is the case in most WLAN systems. The antenna is designed for 2.4 GHz ISM band applications, 802.11b and 802.11g wireless systems, point-to-multi-point systems, base station antennas, wireless broadband systems, and Wi-Fi access points. www.lairdtech.com |
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Connectors
Advantage-type 716 DIN straight and right-angle EZ no-solder connectors for LMR-400 and LMR-600 cables are now available from Times Microwave Systems. None of the connectors require braid trimming after cable prep (except the EZ-600-716F ). Other features include no soldering required on the center conductor, combination hex/knurl coupling nut that allows tightening by hand or with a wrench, tri-metal plating instead of silver plating, chamfered cable entry hole for ease of termination, ridged landing area on the aft end for better grip and sealing of the heat shrink boot, and enhanced impedance matching to provide superior VSWR performance. www.timesmicrowave.com |
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Microwave Backhaul
Exalt Communications has launched the ExploreAir microwave backhaul platform, which transmits at speeds exceeding 500 megabits per-second (Mbps) full duplex for all Ethernet packet types and sizes. A built-in compression option enables speeds of up to 1000 Mbps with a single carrier and in a single channel. The unit operates from the 2 GHz band up to the 40 GHz band in a compact, lightweight, all-outdoor configuration. It features errorless and jitterless adaptive modulation with integrated QoS, which extends link distance, reduces antenna size, and dynamically allocates priority to TDM and IP traffic on the same link, significantly lowering overall capex costs. www.exaltcom.com |
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August
There will still be an informal, non-sponsored social/happy hour
Aug. 18
Starting at 5 p.m.
Eclipse di Luna - Park Place
4505 Ashford - Dunwoody Road
Atlanta, GA 30346 |
Womens Wireless Leadership Forum
Networking Tea
Aug. 18
World Peace Cafe
RSVP to Candice Miller, GWA Membership Co-Chair
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Jon Hastings Memorial Golf Outing
Aug. 23 Old Natchez Country Club 115 Gardengate Drive
Franklin, TN 37069 All proceeds will benefit The Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation |
Fifth Annual MoKan Wireless Golf Tournament
Benefiting the Foundation Fighting Blindness
Aug. 24
Forest Park Golf Course
6141 Lagoon Drive
St. Louis, MO 63112
Happy Hour
Aug. 23
Marriott Union Station
St. Louis, Mo. |
Angel Night Networking Event
Aug. 24
Angel Stadium
Anaheim, Calif. |
Educational Event
Speaker: Kim Brown Strickland, Walmart VP-Finance
Aug. 24
PCIA
901 N. Washington St., Suite 600
Alexandria, VA 22314 |
Third Annual Charity Golf Tournament and Award Ceremony Banquet
Benefiting the Seattle Children's Hospital
Aug. 26
The Golf Club at Redmond Ridge
11825 Trilogy Parkway NE
Redmond, WA 98053 |
September
First Annual MWA Golf Tournament
Sept. 2
Lyon Oaks Golf Course
52251 Pontiac Trail
Wixom, MI 48393
Sept. 1
Social Event
6-9 p.m.
Lucky Strike
44325 W. 12 Mile Road
Novi, Mich.
Benefiting the Child & Family Services of Michigan |
Golf Tournament Benefiting Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital
Sept. 9
Deer Valley Golf Club
101 Stoudt Road
Hummelstown, PA 17036-9509
Social mixer at the Bear's Den Sept. 8 |
Quarterly Meeting
Sept. 15
Hilton Suites Atlanta Perimeter
6120 Peachtree Dunwoody Road
Atlanta, GA 30328-4513 |
3rd Quarter Meeting
Sept. 16
Renaissance Raleigh North Hills
4100 Main St.
Raleigh, NC 27609 |
2nd Annual Golf Tournament
Benefiting Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
Sept. 16
Cattail Creek Country Club
3600 Cattail Creek Drive
Glenwood, MD 21738-9648 |
5th Annual Charity Golf Classic
Benefiting Make A Wish Foundation and Special Operations Warrier Foundation
Sept. 23
ChampionsGate
1400 Masters Blvd.
ChampionsGate, FL 33896 |
5th Annual Golf and Poker Tournament
Sept. 21-22
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
777 S. Cherokee St.
Catoosa, OK 74015
The Patriot Golf Club
5900 N. Patriot Drive
Owasso, OK 74055 |
2nd Annual Golf Outing Sept. 23 Olympic Hills Golf Club
10625 Mount Curve Road
Eden Prairie, MN 55347 |
2010 NYSWA Golf Classic
Sept. 27
Orchard Creek Golf Club
6700 Dunnsville Road
Altamont, NY 12009 |
October
Annual Southern California Golf Tournament and Dinner
Oct. 1
26772 Avery Parkway
Mission Viejo, CA 92692 |
The 2010 Wireless Infrastructure Show
Oct. 4-7
Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa
Hollywood, Fla. |
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Quarterly Meeting
Nov. 4
Pine Tree Country Club
5100 Pine Whispers Drive
Birmingham, AL 35210 |
2010 Radio Frequency Safety Officer Training Course
Nov. 15-16
Hilton Garden Inn
Phoenix North
3838 E. Van Buren St.
Phoenix, AZ 85008 |
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FCC Moves to Promote Wireless Backhaul
Carriers would see a jump in spectrum available for backhaul as a result of the FCC's latest broadband wireless proceeding. The FCC has proposed modifying regulations in order to make microwave spectrum more accessible for backhaul. As a result, the Commission hopes, high-capacity microwave services will become more readily available for 4G networks. MORE |
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