LBA ANTENNA SYSTEMS BOOST AM QUALITY AND STATION PROFITABILITY

The amazing reach of radio begins when electronic waves are transmitted from one antenna to another. For 47 years, LBA Technology has been at this critical junction, constantly improving the quality of broadcasters’ transmissions while preserving their bottom line. LBA Group companies got their start in AM radio over 40 years ago. In the decades [...]

LBA at NAB 2010 Booth Pics

LBA at the NAB 2010 panned out view

The MSK-200 Universal TV Signal Analyzer is drawing tremendous crowds at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas, filling the LBA booth (SU3327) to capacity. Interest has been overwhelming! There has also been interest in mobile digital TV, Digital TV test equipment, and Time Frequency Standard systems which are economical alternatives to [...]

Live Footage from the NAB

In our recent post LBA Brings Latest Schomandl – Kathrein TV and RF test equipment to the NAB convention floor we mentioned that SPEEDSTREAM.TV Mobile live Broadcast Kit would be sending live footage of NAB events to the LBA Booth (#SU3327 in case you forgot.)  You can now view the same live feed that is [...]

LBA is in the Clock Business – Precision Time Clock Generators, That Is!

Precision timing ca. 500 BC

Digital bitstream synchronization measured in nanoseconds makes precise timing a real adventure for digital TV engineers. LBA Technology Inc. offers harried technicians a better way to mesh the blinding-fast digital signals. The solution is the Taref3™ high-precision master clock produced by the German manufacturer R.A.M. Gmbh. LBA Technology is exclusive distributor of the instrument in [...]

LBA Brings Latest Schomandl – Kathrein TV and RF test equipment to the NAB convention floor

lba-nab

At NAB 2010, LBA’s channel partners and integrators are featuring the latest generation of Schomandl-Kathrein TV and RF test equipment. Where? In Booth  SU3327, South Hall, second level. Videos that showcase our fine products will be showing continuously on large 42-inch screens. In addition to the internationally renowned 10-instruments-in-1 MSK-200 universal TV signal analyzer and [...]

LBA Technology Recognized for 35 years of Service

Award Presentation - (left to right)    Wanda Yuhas, Lawrence Behr, Jerry Brown

“For 35 years of contributing to the success of our community,” reads the citation on the handsome certificate. My, how time flies. The recognition of LBA Technology by the Pitt County Development Commission came in the commission’s annual reception Feb. 23 at Rock Springs Center in Greenville. LBA Technology president Jerry Brown represented the company [...]

Tower Job in Trouble for Lack of Crew RF Monitors?

Did your tower crew arrive at the project only to be shut down by the owner until everyone had a personal RF monitor? This is an increasingly prevalent situation as tower owners rigorously enforce OSHA safety rules – including RF safety! Now LBA has the solution for you – Crew on Ground Priority! We are [...]

Keeping Spooky Black Hat RF In The Box!

Topology of the ECU faraday cage lab

Have you ever wondered how you could make a safe and secure wireless test setup for wireless access point configuration, wireless network interface card configuration, wireless network sniffing, WEP cracking, rogue access point detection, wireless-based DoS attacks, or other black hat exercises? Under the direction of Dr. Lee Toderick, the School of Information and Technology [...]

AM Detuning Mission Accomplished

AM cellular tower detuning system

As the most experienced firm offering AM detuning services, LBA gets some complicated requests. LBA’s professionals are mostly unsung when they accomplish these missions. Kathryn Tesh and the LBA team recently set straight a cellular tower detuning project in the Pacific Northwest, saving the cellular customer considerable money in the process. So it was a [...]

New LBA Lighting Choke Feeds Tower Strobe Lights

Providing an AC feed to strobe lighting systems on high power AM towers can be problematical. The ring-type chokes often used for tower light feeds on high voltage towers often do not function well under the low pulse loads of stroboscopic lighting systems. These problems can cause overheating and burn out of seemingly adequately rated [...]

LBA Group Partners with Balboa Capital to Provide Customer Leasing Solutions

LBA has partnered with Balboa Capital Corp. to provide lease financing plans for LBA Technology RF and test equipment resellers and customers. Recognizing the needs of our customers for financing flexibility, LBA has made available leasing services from one of the preeminent business oriented finance groups in the US.  Balboa Capital is a national leader [...]

New LBA Technology Index

Check out the new LBA Technology Index page.  We would appreciate your comments and suggestions on the new [...]

LBA’s October Exhibit Schedule for Schomandl/Kathrein Test Instruments

LBA Technology is offering the top-of-the-line Kathrein MSK-200 TV Signal Analyzer for hands-on demonstrations at the following October events: October 6-7 in Verona, NY at the SBE22 Broadcast Technology Expo presented by LBA Reseller Broadcasters General Store in booth# A18 October 13-15 in Madison, WI at the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association “Broadcasters Clinic“, presented by LBA [...]

The MSK-200 Universal Digital TV Tester Gets Even Better!

New MSK-200 TV Signal Analyzer with Many New Added Features!

New and improved MSK-200 Analyzers have arrived! (LBA Sales Executive Paulo Fernandes) Since LBA introduced the Kathrein MSK-200 TV Signal Analyzer to the Americas last year, it has been enthusiastically welcomed by TV engineers. As an economical portable or fixed 6 ‘n 1 digital signal test solution it was without compare. And we have had [...]

LBA Technology Supplies Antenna Solution for US Navy Guam NAVTEX System

Installing SAMWAS-200 ATU

Installing SAMWAS-200 ATU Ships sailing in waters near Guam have a new connection to shore. The island’s NAVTEX navigational telex broadcast system has been upgraded by replacing three conventional 300’ vertical towers with one small aperture SAMWAS antenna. The unique SAMWAS medium wave antenna system is a product of LBA Technology, a North Carolina telecommunications [...]

Summertime is Lightning Time – Are You Protected?

Lightning flirts with a 335-ft tall radio tower. Credit: Jeffrey K. Herzer/Missouri State Highway Patrol Communications Division. Every radio engineer and tower owner is painfully aware of the toll that lightning takes on broadcast and communications installations each year. The mechanism for how towers attract lightning is not really understood. But scientists have known for [...]

MSK-200 TV Signal Analyzer Steals the Show!

LBA Technology’s presentation of Kathrein / Schomandl RF Test Equipment generates overwhelming interest from South American visitors at the LABS’09 (Latin American Broadcast Show) going on now in Miami, FL. The MSK-200 TV signal analyzer can be seen in the center of the photo above. LBA’s latest Authorized RF Instrument Reseller, 305 Broadcast, was also [...]

LBA Exhibits at the Latin American Broadcast Show

LABS

Please join LBA Technology in Miami, Florida for this year’s LABS’09 event at the Hyatt Regency Downtown, July 9th and 10th. LBA will display, in booth# 307, not only our time-tested AM Antenna System products and solutions, but also a full line of RF Test & Measuring instruments from world renowned Kathrein & Schomandl. Demonstrations [...]

LTACT Tactical Communications Trailer from LBA Technology

LTACT Tactical Communications Trailer from LBA Technology

The LTACT tactical communications trailer by LBA Technology is designed as a versatile budget-friendly mobile platform carrying a telescoping, storm-sturdy communications tower and an enclosed operations cabin. Custom configurable, a typical unit is the LTACT-28 furnished with a 48-foot crank-up tower, self-supporting in winds of 70 mph. A wide variety of antennas, lights, and cameras [...]

LBA Brings Schomandl – Kathrein Test Applications to NAB Show Floor

Houston Channel 2 Storm Stracker H2 Hummer

This year at NAB2009, LBA’s channel partners and integrators featured working Schomandl – Kathrein Test Equipment in their booths. The hit of the show were the MSK-200 TV signal analyzer and ADAM-3000 rack mount analog / digital TV analyzer. We bring you some photos of innovative uses of these analyzers. ADAM-3000 in Houston CH2 Storm [...]

COMET Vacuums Now on Sale at the LBA Capacitor Store!

Comet Vacuum Capacitors on Sale!

All the capacitors on the attached PDF list are in stock and on sale for a limited time! If you see any of interest, communicate with LBA immediately. All are subject to prior sale. The list contains both new and old part numbers. Many are most familiar with the “Old Type” numbers. Those numbers that [...]

Schomandl’s FIT-70 Wattmeter: Fast and Handy

FIT-70 Inline Wattmeter

Schomandl manufactures a series of meters it calls “fast installation testers,” or FIT for short. The FIT-70 RF wattmeter addresses the RF industry’s need to check wattages and forward and reflected power at remote antenna sites and STLs. As advertised, the FIT-70 is a fast, easy-to-use and easy-to-read tester. Its main unit measures 8 inches [...]

Just Carry the Kathrein/Schomandl MSK-125 and Do it All!

MSK-125 TV Signal Analyzer

Let’s see, pondered the technician, scratching his chin, shall I carry this… and this… and this… and this… to the satellite installation job and subsequent check of the video conferencing system? Or shall I just take the MSK-125? Hmmm… The appeal of the Kathrein/Schomandl MSK 125 signal meter begins with its versatility. It is a [...]

Join Our New Linked-In Groups

LBA sponsors these groups to assist our user communities in exchanging information, tips, and opinions. Please visit www.linkedin.com, join up and check in – it’s [...]

Lone Star Pioneer Plays On With LBA

In 1974, WTAW (now KZNE) in Bryan – College Station, Texas – home of the Texas Aggies – was 50 years old, an original Texas radio station! For all its years, it had remained a single tower 1000 watt daytime station on 1150 kHz. That was, until owner Rodger (Bill) Watkins resolved to increase coverage [...]

Digital TV Conversion – Who Loses Who Gains?

The FCC has released two free map books showing in detail the impact of the digital conversion on every US TV station. Most stations come out winners, with 89% gaining net coverage, and 11% losing. Stations losing coverage area can regain it using several methods, according to the FCC. Options include changing channels or antenna [...]

W. R. (Bill) Roberson, Jr. – Crossing the Bar

Sunset over the Tar Pamlico

  A member of the Broadcast Pioneers, Bill Roberson was indeed a pioneering figure in North Carolina broadcasting. His roots ran first to AM radio WRRF in Washington, NC in 1942, and WRRZ, Clinton, in 1943. Then he founded the first Eastern North Carolina television station WITN, Channel 7 in 1955, followed by powerhouse WITN-FM! [...]

FIT-70 Antenna Tester a Winner!

FIT-70 Antenna Tester a Winner!

John George here – As an old time broadcaster, I’ve run into a bunch of antenna testers and power meters over the years! Now, the LBA Technology Test Equipment Group has a whole new bag of goodies for me. Case in point is the FIT-70 RF wattmeter. The FIT-70 tester, is manufactured by Schomandl, a [...]

MSK-200 DTV Monitor Ideal for Multiple Transmitter Networks

The MSK-200 Digital Transport Stream antenna monitor is just the ticket for adjusting and maintaining multiple transmitter DTV systems as recently authorized by the FCC. A host of timing, synchronization, and quality aspects can be assessed by the portable, but very sophisticated Kathrein DTV monitor. Read more about the MSK-200 in our blog “Hear no [...]

FCC Authorizes Distributed TV Transmission Systems

In a breakthrough action, the Federal Communications Commission today authorized digital television stations to use DTS technology. In a move aimed to remedy coverage problems in the analog to digital transition, the FCC has now permitted DTV stations to supplement their tall tower transmissions with low power outliers, or abandon the tall towers for a [...]