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07/01/2012
The Antenna Factor
{indesign_image: /20120701/Hranac_Ron_New.jpeg} In the world of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing, a parameter known as "antenna factor" commonly is used
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05/20/2012
A Leak Is A Leak…Or Is It?
If something in the outside plant causes signal leakage, does it stand to reason that leakage exists more or less across the cable network’s operating RF spectrum? Some camps have long held that when it comes to leakage, there is indeed correlation among various frequencies. In other words, if a given shielding defect causes leakage […]
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05/01/2012
Understanding Real-World MER Measurements (Part 2)
{indesign_image: /20120501/Hranac_Ron_New.jpeg} The lab-and-field tests discussed in my 1Q12 column ( for more information, go to www.cable360.net/ct/sections/columns/broadband/50866.html ) produced some
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03/21/2012
Untangling Some Of The Confusion
By Ron Hranac, senior technology editor Do you know which channel plan is used by North American cable operators? Is it IS-6? The NCTA channel plan? How about the NCTA/EIA channel plan? Or is it simply the EIA channel plan? Perhaps it’s the EIA/CEA channel plan? The answer is none of these – well, not […]
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02/01/2012
Understanding Real-World MER Measurements (Part 1)
{indesign_image: /20120201/Hranac_Ron_New.jpeg} During SCTE’s 2011 Cable-Tec Expo technical workshops, Broadcom’s Bruce Currivan and I teamed for an encore to our 2007 presentation on modulation error
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12/01/2011
Communications Technology’s 2011 Hall of Fame
Jorge Salinger In recognition of his work to explain and promote the Comcast, Time Warner Cable and other CableLabs members’ Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) initiative. Jorge Salinger, vice president/Access Network Architecture at Comcast Cable, almost has two jobs. His “day job” is being responsible for the company’s converged-platforms video, high-speed data, voice-access-network strategy and […]