LBA Brings A Louder Voice To Vietnam

Modern HoChiMinh City, home of VOHCM

Once known as Saigon, and now Ho Chi Minh City, the city at the heart of the southern part of Vietnam is now a bustling metropolis. Among multiple medium wave AM stations there, the Voice of Ho Chi Minh City (VOHCM) has been a local voice for almost 50 years. Now that voice is about [...]

LBA Technology engineers an AM triplexer solution for snug tower site in middle of lake in Taiwan

LBA technical staff with unique 10 KW triplexer for Broadcasting Company of China - tested and ready to go!

Sep 22, 2010 – LBA Technology has designed, built and delivered to Taiwan an advanced technology AM Triplexer system  for Broadcasting Corporation of China. This is the second successful multiplexer project undertaken by the North Carolina company for the BCC. The project is especially notable because the tower site posed an engineering challenge. The AM [...]

AM Triplexer Overcomes Unique Challenges in Taiwan

LBA technical staff with unique 10 KW triplexer for Broadcasting Company of China - tested and ready to go!

LBA Technology has shipped a specially built advanced technology Medium Wave Triplexer system to the Broadcasting Corporation of China for installation in Taiwan.  This is the second major multiplexer system LBA has furnished to BCC. The BCC site created a number of challenges. Site limitations required that the triplexer operate into an electrically short tower [...]

BROADCASTERS SURVIVE ECONOMIC PERIL WITH HELP OF LBAʼS RESOURCEFULNESS

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In 2009, LBA Group Inc. faced the same economic challenge as every other company. It met the challenge by resourcefully building customer value. LBA Group Founder Lawrence Behr talks about the synergism of businesses  interacting during stressful times. BSD: What do you mean when you say the LBA Group of companies is ‘resourceful’? LB: Essentially [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

Latest LBA Antenna Systems Feature New RF Switch Technology

John George showing KEYS 50 KW ATU with VC-1 RF Contactors.

Among recent AM antenna systems to use the new LBA VC-1 Vacuum RF Relay is a seven tower 50 KW directional at KYES in St. Cloud, Minnesota. KYES is a new Catholic community talk radio service of The Throw Fire Project. In addition to two phasor cabinets, the complex system includes two open panel ATU’s [...]

A Welding Torch in Your ATU

Sometimes we forget that the RF running around in your ATU can be a really good welder! Someone forgot to fully insert the J-Plug bar in this ATU input – perhaps after making an impedance measurement. The high resistance contact led to arcing, melting, and finally removal of enough metal to stop the arc! Meanwhile, [...]

Radio Reignited at the 2007 NAB Radio Show

In late September, LBA Technology exhibited at the NAB Radio Show in Charlotte, NC. The theme of this year’s show was “Radio Reignited,” derived from the recent collaborative efforts of the NAB, the Radio Advertising Bureau, and the HD Digital Radio Alliance in developing a comprehensive marketing strategy to reposition radio for a more lucrative [...]

Saudi MW ATU Commissioned

LBA Technology 100,000 watt ATU for Saudi Project

LBA Technician Tunes New ATU LBA has designed, furnished, and commissioned a new medium wave antenna tuning unit and RF filter for the Ministry of Communications of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through its construction contractor. The 549kHz ATU is rated for 100,000 watts, 125% modulated and is compatible with DRM [...]

Richardson Electronics Signs Global Distribution Agreement with LBA Technology, Inc.

April 26, 2000 (Greenville, NC) – Richardson Electronics, a leading distributor of transmitter and studio products, has been appointed as a worldwide distributor for LBA Technology, Inc. LBAT has 35 years experience designing and manufacturing highly specialized medium wave (AM) antenna systems – including antenna tuning units, directional antenna phasing systems, transmitter combiners, folded unipole [...]