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KWS AMA 210S
In the old days, a service technician would climb
on your roof together with his signal strengthmeasuring
device and yell down that the signal
was perfectly fine. Although even for the analogue
technology this was in fact not really sufficient,
in most cases it was sufficient back then. However,
in distribution networks and those situations
where integration of terrestrial signals was
involved, it was not professional to do so.
Nowadays, requirements for a measuring device
are much higher and more sophisticated, not in
the least because of the digital radio and television
signals we are facing now. Still, these devices
require a huge investment in money. From KWS
now comes a new analyser, labelled the AMA210S.
It is perfect in more than one way. It is portable,
lightweight and different modules can be added
later, if needed. For example, if you require QAM- or
QPSK measuring, just install the add-on module.
Even for ADR reception, there is a special module
to perform highly accurate test and measuring.
Although we have tested the predecessor of this
AMA210S in TSI before, there are a lot of changes
to be seen with this new portable lab, as we like
to call it. One of the most important improvements
is the much higher power and performance of the
processor. This is very much evident in the time
it needs for calculations. Especially the spectrum
analysis is done much faster than before.
Without any optional module, the AMA210S is
already a very high-performing device accomplishing
the most complex analyses and measurement,
complying with the highest standards.
A printer is built-in for easy hardcopy of any test
result (measuring results as well as the spectrum
analysis). But you will also find a teletext
decoder, RS232 serial PC connection for which
the software is already available, 200 channel
memory, DiSEqC 1.0, a huge memory capacity
to store over 20.000 measuring results and of
course the 64-QAM and QPSK signals analysis.
An umbrella for LNBs
Para Protection from Norway is introducing Para
Protection System, which serves as a kind of
bad weather protection for converters. The unit
is made of transparent plastic and looks like an
umbrella. Fixed onto the LNB tray with two screws
it protects the converter from heavy rain and snow.
“All of a sudden their receiver tuned into a station from Earth...
and they forgot their oxygen would run out in 1 hour...”
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