All posts in Antenna Collocation

Job completed - TTM-1 tuning unit under test – obsolete unit above now out of service
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October 8, 2012, No comments

Verizon had a big problem at its AM colocation site in Reidsville, Georgia. The WTNL antenna tuning unit had become unstable, and it was increasingly difficult to adjust to accommodate …

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Hawaii AM Colocation: How to Say ‘Aloha’ to a Wireless Antenna Fix

March 12, 2012, 1 Comment

When Verizon Wireless needed to expand its facilities in Wailuku, Hawaii, the local zoning board said, “No.” That’s not the end of the story. Ve ...

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Fried Isocoupler? The AM CoLoCoil® Solution.

February 6, 2012, 1 Comment

A Verizon technical manager, just learning about the CoLoCoil®, recently inquired “How well does the product hold up to lightning strikes? I’ve h ...

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Tech Talk: Coax Isolation on Shared AM Towers

August 3, 2011, No comments

Most people think of an isocoupler as a capacitor or loop pair inserted in a coax line of sufficiently low impedance at the coax frequency to pass tha ...

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    Doing Our Part for Broadband Acceleration!
    March 10, 2011, No comments

    The collocation of broadband facilities’ on AM broadcast towers has been recognized by the Federal Communications Commission as one way to expedite the provision of new broadband services. See a ...

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    Radio Guide Features LBA AM Colocation
    October 19, 2010, 2 Comments

    Under the title “WNTK Uses LBA to Reap Revenue From Towers”, Bob Vinikoor relates how his stations use LBA Technology’s patented CoLoCoil® AM collocation technology to lease AM tower space ...