The 2009 NAB Show Booth N2502  

Harris Wins Five Broadcast Technology Awards for New TV and Radio Transmission Solutions at NAB

CINCINNATI, May 8, 2009 — Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, was honored with five prestigious industry awards for its latest television and radio broadcast transmission solutions at the 2009 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention held April 18-23 in Las Vegas.

Honored products include the Maxiva™ line of UHF TV transmitters, which won Broadcast Engineering magazine’s Pick Hit award and TV Technology magazine’s STAR award (Superior Technology Award Recipient); the Intraplex® HD Link™ STL (studio-to-transmitter link) transport solution, which won Radio World newspaper’s “Cool Stuff” award and Radio magazine’s Pick Hit award; and the HPX™ Series of high-power HD Radio™ tube transmitters, which also won a Radio magazine Pick Hit award.

“As a digital transmission leader, Harris has developed a comprehensive range of efficient multimedia transmission solutions that maximize digital performance and has leveraged its expertise to deliver solutions for major digital transmission network rollouts around the world,” said Tim Thorsteinson, president of Harris Broadcast Communications. “These award wins underscore our leadership role in the market, as we continue to offer the latest technology, while delivering significant savings in overall cost of ownership and providing a solid ROI for the broadcaster.” Read full press release at broadcast.harris.com.

NAB White Paper: The application of SDR technology to a multi-standard exciter for television and radio broadcast systems

by Kevin Berndsen

A new frontier of broadcast system design is upon us, brought about by technology advancement and adoption. Several approaches result in the ability to select from multiple waveforms for a single system. These approaches inevitably involve software and programmable processing to create each waveform for a specific air-interface standard. However, the combination of several technologies now allows the block diagram of a deployed system to be redefined.

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NAB White Paper: Centralized and Multipoint Content Management and Control of HD Radio Networks via HD Protocol over IP

by Tim Anderson

In order to meet the needs of today’s diverse broadcast system topologies and enhance the utility of HD Radio, new system architecture has been developed. The Third Generation HD Radio Broadcast System Architecture (BSA) is made up of hardware and software components that have been designed to facilitate the evolution of radio broadcasting from the traditional single analog service to hybrid, In-Band-On-Channel (IBOC), offering multiple services in a more cost effective and reliable system than ever before.

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NAB White Paper: Optimizing Analog + HD Radio Transport Over an Existing 950MHz STL Channel

by Alan Keane / Bob Band

This paper addresses the challenges involved in adding HD Radio transport over an existing 950 MHz STL path. Beyond simply adding an IP stream alongside the analog FM, we’ll look at what can be done if we re-examine the whole concept from the ground up with joint FM/HD transport in mind. What should the next generation of 950 MHz STL look like? What combination of technologies, both new and established, provide the best recipe for success?

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NAB White Paper: High power, common amplification of FM+HD Radio transmissions with elevated sideband levels

by Geoff Mendenhall

This paper traces the process of selecting the technology and developing a new high power, VHF, transmitter for the common amplification of FM+HD signals. This paper also explains the application of new, high power, RF amplifier and power supply technologies to elevated HD Radio sideband transmission.

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NAB White Paper: On-Channel repeater IMPLEMENTATION for HD radio coverage improvement

by Richard Redmond

This paper will be a discussion of the key considerations one needs to evaluate when developing implementation plans for enhanced HD Radio coverage using “on-channel” repeaters or gap fillers. We will examine the implications, challenges and limitations of receiving a HD Radio signal off the air, and repeating the digital only portion on the same channel. There will be a review of antenna isolation required, practical power levels, the benefits and limitations of adaptive echo cancellation and impact on receiver performance. This presentation will explore space planning, power levels and the ongoing costs. This discussion is based on the real world experience with similar projects and networks Harris has been involved with around the world.

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Overview of Television and Radio Transmission solutions

Rich Redmond, Director, Strategic Marketing, Transmission, talks about what is new for Radio and Television transmission this year at NAB 2009.

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Overview of Harris Transmission solutions at NAB

Rich Redmond, Director of Strategic Marketing, Transmission, provides an overview of the television and radio transmission solutions Harris is featuring at the NAB Show.

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HPX™ Radio Transmitter

Harris® HPX™ is the next generation in high-power tube transmission for FM analog and HD Radio™ broadcasting. The HPX series covers a range of power levels with three models offering nominal FM power of 20 kW, 30 kW and 40 kW in a single configuration and up to 80 kW in a dual configuration.

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