Harris Corporation’s Broadcast Communications Division (BCD) announced that its new DVB-T Liquid Cooled Output Filter 5kW/UHF was awarded “Product of the Year” by Cable & Satellite International at its annual awards ceremony at the RAI Centre at IBC2005, in Amsterdam. Introduced in March 2005, the DVB-T Liquid Cooled Output Filter was chosen “Product of the Year” in the highly competitive category of “Best Terrestrial Wireless Contribution/Distribution/Transmission Solution.”
Recognized for its innovative design, the DVB-T Liquid Cooled Output Filter is unique in its ability to cool the heat that builds within the filter housing during operation. As the industry’s first liquid-cooled DVB-T filter, the DVB-T Liquid Cooled Output Filter uses the DVB-T transmitter’s existing liquid cooling system to dissipate the heat build-up from filter operation. The benefit of this cooling design, in combination with a very low insertion loss, is a significant reduction in energy consumption resulting in dramatic operational savings throughout the product’s life.
As the industry’s most compact filter solution for power levels up to 5kW, this new DVB-T Liquid Cooled Output Filter also increases the suppression of the DVB-T transmitter’s out-of-band spectrum due to its high selectivity. This ensures that the signal’s characteristics remain within the EN300744 standard under all operational circumstances. When the Frequency Planning Conference meets in Geneva in 2006, many believe that there will be changes to broadcasters’ operation frequency channels. Since the DVB-T Liquid Cooled Output Filter is fully adjustable within the entire UHF range of frequencies, customers will have the flexibility to tune the filter to the new frequency without any further capital expense.
At NAB Radio 2005, Harris Corporation’s Broadcast Communications Division shows its latest in studio consoles and systems with a comprehensive overview of its flexible PR&E VistaMax family of products. Since its acquisition of Pacific Engineering & Research in 1999, Harris has introduced a complete range of consoles to equip the largest multi-studio facilities to the smallest independent operations, while delivering audio networking capabilities to virtually any radio broadcaster. The heart of Harris’ studio product portfolio is its popular PR&E VistaMax family of products. The VistaMax platform simplifies network audio management by allowing radio stations to connect sources and destinations to the system over the shortest path, eliminating or reducing stand-alone routers, distribution systems and long multi-pair bundles.
With the BMXdigital and RMXdigital solutions aimed mainly at large and medium markets, Harris recently introduced what is perhaps the industry’s most cost-effective, all-digital console specifically designed for smaller markets. The Harris PR&E StereoMixer(r) digital console, available in tabletop and rack-mount configurations, breaks the price barrier for digital consoles in small market operations by delivering digital capabilities at an analog budget. Featuring a completely digital mixing architecture and considerable flexibility, medium-to-large market radio stations can use the StereoMixer digital console for smaller production studios, voice tracking rooms, nonlinear editing suites, and newsrooms while retaining the innovation associated with larger Harris PR&E digital consoles. StereoMixer(r) digital users can enable VistaMax platform networking over multiple studios through simple console connections.