Microwave Journal articles from January 2004

Microwave Journal archives from January 2004

Commercialization of military and space electronics conference and exhibition.(Coming Events)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... February 9-12, 2004 Los Angeles, CA Organized by Components Technology Institute Inc. in cooperation with EIA/ECA and IMAPS, this conference primarily addresses military and space electronics issues. It will specialize in COTS systems,...

International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies (ISART).(Coming Events)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... March 2-4, 2004 Boulder, CO The 6th annual ISART is a forum created to explore the current state of the radio art and to identify directions in which the technology may evolve. This year's technical program will showcase geolocation...

CTIA wireless 2004.(Coming Events)(Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association(CTIA))(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... March 22-24, 2004 Atlanta, GA This event focuses on bringing together the enterprise industry with the consumer and vertical markets to exchange ideas, create partnerships and collaborate to further advance wireless...

International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE).(Coming Events)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... March 22-26, 2004 Las Vegas, NV This show plays host to more than 350 exhibiting companies and 10,000 attendees in the mobile communications industry. Along with base station workshops, the IWCE conference program features the latest...

Advanced technology workshop on military, aerospace, space and homeland security: packaging issues and applications.(Coming Events)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... March 28-30, 2004 Baltimore, MD Sponsor: International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS). This workshop will focus on the latest military, aerospace, space and homeland security electronic devices, systems and applications...

30th RF & hyper Europe 2004.(Coming Events)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... March 30-April 1, 2004 Porte de Versailles, France The show will be celebrating 30 years dedicated to the promotion of RF, microwaves, optical fiber, and wireless products and services. It will include application conferences presented...

Wireless and microwave technology conference.(Coming Events)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... April 15-16, 2004 Clearwater, FL The 6th annual conference will address up-todate multidisciplinary research needs and interdisciplinary aspects of wireless and RF technology. Topics include: next generation (3G/4G) wireless...

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium and exhibition.(Coming Events)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... June 6-11, 2004 Fort Worth, TX This symposium will serve as the centerpiece of Microwave Week 2004. Topics include: research, development and application of RF and microwave theory and techniques. In addition to IMS2004, a microwave...

AMTA 2004 meeting and symposium.(Coming Events)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... October 17-22, 2004 Stone Mountain, GA This event is being hosted by MI Technologies, Georgia Tech, the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Satimo and The Howland Co. in conjunction with the AMTA Board of Directors. Topics include: theory...

Introduction to electromagnetic compatibility design practices.(Workshops & Courses)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... * Topics: This two-day course will help to develop a working knowledge of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) fundamentals including regulations, grounding, shielding and filtering using an engineering approach while focusing on the methodology...

CST of America's user group meeting.(Workshops & Courses)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... * Topics: Join engineers using CST MICROWAVE STUDIO[R] (CST MWS) and those interested in learning more about the technology, exchange ideas and talk with CST engineers and developers about future developments. Featured keynote speaker is Dr....

Radar systems design and engineering.(Workshops & Courses)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... * Topics: This four-day course covers the fundamental principles of radar functionality, architecture and performance. Diverse issues such as transmitter, stability, antenna pattern, clutter, jamming, propagation, target cross section, dynamic...

CCD/CMOS imaging sensors and application.(Workshops & Courses)(Charge coupled devices(CCD))(Complementary metal oxide semiconductors(CMOS))(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... * Topics: This course describes advances made in pixel count, quantum efficiency, change transfer efficiency, read noise, large dynamic range and high speed operation. CCD and CMOS technologies developed to achieve high levels of performance...

Adaptive receivers and software radio for wireless communications.(Workshops & Courses)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... * Topics: This five-day course will provide a comparative study of WCD-MA, advanced TDMA, multicarrier and ultra wideband receiver elements. Special focus will be placed on the future co-existence of these systems in the evolution of 3G and the...

Antennas: principles, design and measurements.(Workshops & Courses)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... * Topics: This four-day short course will provide detail on fundamental antenna concepts and modern applications, including antennas for wireless. Antenna fundamentals, arrays, wire antennas, broadband antennas, aperture antennas, horns and...

Recent trends in oscillator design.(Technical Feature)
January 1, 2004... Two decades ago, oscillators were typically designed by starting with a topology named for its discoverer, such as Colpitts or Pierce, and then analytically or empirically modifying element values to achieve a desired result. Later, the...

Lockheed Martin wins $460 M CDC information technology contract.(Defense News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Lockheed Martin has been awarded a seven-year contract by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide enterprise-wide information technology solutions and services. The contract, valued at up to $465 M, will serve the...

Raytheon receives US Navy contract to develop AEHF SATCOM system.(Defense News)
January 1, 2004... Raytheon Co. has received a US Navy contract for the first phase of a two-phase process to develop the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Multi-band Terminal (NMT), the Navy's most advanced satellite communication (SATCOM) system. The...

Northrop Grumman demonstrates the Advanced Information Architecture.(Defense News)
January 1, 2004... Northrop Grumman Corp. has successfully conducted the first communication between the US air Force's Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance system and a manned airborne battle management platform. The company-funded event demonstrated a new...

Raytheon awarded $59 M in GBS contract extension.(Defense News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Raytheon Co. has been awarded an additional $59 M to its Global Broadcast Service (GBS) contract by the US Air Force's Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom AFB, MA, extending services through December 2005. Raytheon will perform the work at...

Institute takes up Space in Vienna.(International Report)(European Space Policy Institute, Vienna, Austria)(Austrian Space Agency)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... The European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) has been established in Vienna as the focal point for promoting European space policy globally. Founded by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Austrian Space Agency (ASA), on behalf of the Ministry...

Netherlands and US set up trade initiative.(International Report)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... In a move designed to intensify and accelerate technology innovation between the Netherlands and the United States, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and the US Embassy in the Netherlands have announced the formation of High Tech...

Six of the best for MRCM alliance.(International Report)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... TRL Technology has become the sixth member of the international MRCM EW-focused alliance, adding its state-of-the-art satellite technology to the portfolio. The UK-based radio and satellite communications systems specialist joins Ewation,...

Ericsson and Saab join Administration.(International Report)(network-based defence)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration has selected Ericsson and Saab, together with business partners, to develop the foundation for the future network-based defence. These solutions entail a fresh approach in the use of civilly developed...

New majority shareholder for EADS RACOMS.(International Report)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Tadiran Communications, a global industry leader in the special field of combat-proven military communications solutions, will acquire 75 percent of EADS RACOMS, based in Ulm, Germany, subject to the prior approval of the German cartel...

3G joint venture company for China.(International Report)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Established to focus on the design, development and manufacturing of 3G telecommunications system equipment, UTStarcom and Panasonic Mobile Communications (PMC) have created a joint venture company--Universal Communications Technology Hangzhou...

Fifteen percent of households to have broadband connection by 2008.(Commercial Market)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... The need for secure, speedy and on-demand video, voice and data--the "triple play"--has propelled cable multiple service operators (MSOs), telcos and the consumer electronics (CE) industry to develop and distribute the means to transmit this...

PowerPay RFID speed concession purchases at Seahawks stadium.(Commercial Market)
January 1, 2004... Exclusive Club Seat ticket holders at Seattle Seahawks NFL football games can now spend less time in the concession line and more time catching the action by paying for items with their Seattle Seahawks PowerPay[TM] token, featuring radio...

Wireless carrier-centric handsets and portals drive demand for infrastructure.(Commercial Market)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Deploying customized, carrier-branded handsets and portals is the key to increasing subscriber revenue and driving wireless data usage. Wireless carriers from Europe to Asia have been successful with this strategy, indicating that for now, the...

ABI updates WCMDA (UMTS) base station data.(Commercial Market)(forecast for wireless infrastructure, universal mobile telecommunications system base stations)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
January 1, 2004... The technology market research firm ABI recently revised its forecast for wireless infrastructure. Demands for 3G, universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) base stations will actually outpace earlier, conservative estimates the firm...

NATEL Engineering Inc. announced that it has acquired the assets of Scrantom Engineering Inc., Costa Mesa, CA, a Solectron company.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... NATEL Engineering Inc. announced that it has acquired the assets of Scrantom Engineering Inc., Costa Mesa, CA, a Solectron company. The new company, now known as Scrantom Inc., a NATEL company, will become an integral part of NATEL's broad...

Maury Microwave Corp. announced that it has signed an agreement with Modelithics Inc., Tampa, FL.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Maury Microwave Corp. announced that it has signed an agreement with Modelithics Inc., Tampa, FL, to advance the application of load/source pull measurement for more efficient nonlinear device modeling and circuit design. Under the agreement,...

LPKF Laser and Electronics AG, Garbsen, Germany, has announced that the company has signed a corporation agreement with Harting Technology Group, Espelkamp, Germany.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... LPKF Laser and Electronics AG, Garbsen, Germany, has announced that the company has signed a corporation agreement with Harting Technology Group, Espelkamp, Germany. This partnership allows Harting to produce three-dimensional molded...

OMMIC and Alcatel have announced that both parties are collaborating on the transfer of Alcatel's advanced indium phosphide heterojunction bipolar transistor technology to OMMIC's industrial clean rooms at its center in Limeil-Brevannes, France.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... OMMIC and Alcatel have announced that both parties are collaborating on the transfer of Alcatel's advanced indium phosphide heterojunction bipolar transistor technology to OMMIC's industrial clean rooms at its center in Limeil-Brevannes,...

SSB Technologies Inc. announced that it has reincorporated under the Stealth Microwave trademark name.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... SSB Technologies Inc. announced that it has reincorporated under the Stealth Microwave trademark name. Stealth Microwave Inc. is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company that provides ultra-linear single and multi-carrier RF and microwave amplifiers...

Elcoteq Network Corp.(Industry News)
January 1, 2004... Elcoteq Network Corp. has moved its Americas headquarters to a new facility in Irving, TX. Growth in sales and services and an increase in personnel necessitated more space. The new offices are 60 percent larger than the previous ones and...

Park/Nelco.(Industry News)(New location for Park/Nelco)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Park/Nelco California has moved its office. The company's new contact information is 1100 E. Kimberly Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92801 (714) 459-4400 and fax: (714) 459-4492.

Knowledge*ON Semiconductor.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Knowledge*ON Semiconductor has had its high linearity heterojunction bipolar transistor process qualified by several major Japanese customers. Continuous feedback from these customers has highlighted a high wafer yield, typically over 95...

RF Micro Devices Inc.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... RF Micro Devices Inc. announced that its facility in Beijing, China, has received ISO 14001:1996 certification for environmental management systems by the TUV Management Service certification body. Certification was granted upon independent...

Vectron International.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Vectron International has been presented the "Partners in Performance" award by Celestica for outstanding efforts and support of Celestica's needs for 2002. Since its inception, the "Partners in Performance" award has recognized suppliers who,...

Storm Products' Microwave Business Unit received the Navy's Integrated Warfare Systems Award for Excellence in a ceremony held at Storm's Woodridge, IL, location.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Storm Products' Microwave Business Unit received the Navy's Integrated Warfare Systems Award for Excellence in a ceremony held at Storm's Woodridge, IL, location. The award honors outstanding contractor performance. Storm-Microwave is a single...

MI Technologies has received a contract from ETS-Lindgren of Cedar Park, TX.(Contract)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... MI Technologies has received a contract from ETS-Lindgren of Cedar Park, TX, to supply antenna test and measurement equipment for three test chambers that will be part of a new 220,000 square-foot engineering design and development facility...

Ansoft Corp.(Financial News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Ansoft Corp. reports sales of $12.3 M for the second quarter of fiscal 2004 ended October 31, 2003, compared to $10.6 M for the same period in 2003. Net loss was $22,000 (essentially break even per diluted share), compared to a net loss of $2.2...

Mimix Broadband Inc.(Financial News)(Greg Carlisle joins board of directors)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Mimix Broadband Inc. announced that it has secured additional investments in its second round of institutional financing, closing the round with a total of $8 M. Investments from Gefinor Ventures as well as individual investors completed this...

Merrimac Industries Inc.(Financial News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Merrimac Industries Inc. reports sales of $6.4 M for the third quarter of 2003 ended September 27, 2003, compared to $5.9 M for the same period in 2002. Net loss was $484,000 ($0.16/per share), compared to a net income of $57,000 ($0.02/per...

Andrew Corp. announced that it has made an investment in Andes Industries Inc. and its principal operating subsidiary, PCT International, a supplier of optical and RF equipment for the broadband cable market.(Financial News)(Andes Industries Inc)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Andrew Corp. announced that it has made an investment in Andes Industries Inc. and its principal operating subsidiary, PCT International, a supplier of optical and RF equipment for the broadband cable market. The financial terms of the...

W. Cleon Anderson.(Personnel)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... W. Cleon Anderson, chief project engineer at L-3 Communication Systems-West, Salt Lake City, UT, has been elected as IEEE president elect for 2004. Anderson will succeed Arthur W. Winston as IEEE president on January 1, 2005. In this capacity,...

Thunderline-Z, an Emerson company, has announced that Debra Breed formerly sales and marketing manager at the company, has taken over general management responsibilities from Bill Fierle, who has been promoted.(Personnel)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Thunderline-Z, an Emerson company, has announced that Debra Breed formerly sales and marketing manager at the company, has taken over general management responsibilities from Bill Fierle, who has been promoted. As managing director, Breed will...

Barry Industries announced new rep appointments, in Texas.(Rep Appointments)(Cross Plains Technology in Texas and Melcom Ltd. in the UK)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Barry Industries announced new rep appointments, in Texas, Cross Plains Technology, who can be contacted at (972) 727-3128, and in the UK, Melcom Ltd., who can be contacted at 01932 565544.

Hittite Microwave Corp. announced the appointment of a new sales representative firm to serve customers in northern Germany.(Rep Appointments)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Hittite Microwave Corp. announced the appointment of a new sales representative firm to serve customers in northern Germany. MRC Components OHG, Freising, Germany, was established in 1997 to act as a specialist European representative for...

RF Logic LLC announced the appointment of TE Repco as the company's exclusive representative in the Florida territory.(Rep Appointments)(MHNI Inc also appointed as exclusive distributor for LOGICFLEX test cables)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... RF Logic LLC announced the appointment of TE Repco as the company's exclusive representative in the Florida territory. The company has also appointed MHNI Inc., Aptos, CA, as its exclusive authorized national distributor for all LOGICFLEX test...

A K- and Ka-band vehicular phased-array antenna.(Technical Feature)
January 1, 2004... Commercial applications of phased-array antennas have been extensively studied over the last decade, principally in the case of vehicular antennas. Beside the problems related with the design of such an array, there are some general...

Design of a 900/1800 MHz dual-band LTCC chip antenna for mobile communications applications.(Technical Feature)
January 1, 2004... This article presents the design simulation, implementation and measurement of a miniaturized 900/1800 MHz dual-band low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) chip antenna for mobile communication applications. The use of a helix-monopole type...

Got you covered.(Special Report)(Phazotron-NIIR developed fighter radar systems)
January 1, 2004... In 1976, Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko escaped with his MiG-25P to Japan, thus revealing RP-SA Smerch-A (NATO: Fox Fire) radar technology to the West. While the USSR was undeniably proud of the MiG-25P's peerless speed and altitude capabilities,...

EuMW 2003--celebrating endeavour in Munich.(Special Report)(European Microwave Week 2003, Germany)
January 1, 2004... Following hard on the heels of the famous Oktoberfest, Munich also proved a more than convivial host to the RF, microwave and wireless communities as the ICM Congress Centre became home for European Microwave Week 2003 in October. Just like...

From design to reality.(Cover Feature)
January 1, 2004... Development speed is a major concern in today's products' life cycle. Ranking alongside the raw costs involved with prototyping a device, time-to-market is the one key constraint imposed on design engineers. Consequently, any innovative or...

A magnetic MEMS-based RF relay.(Product Feature)(MagLatch RF MEMS switch)
January 1, 2004... Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)-based products run from the mundane of automobile air-bag sensors to the over-hyped optical switching fabrics of the recent telecommunications bubble. For some time now, design engineers have been waiting...

A powerful alternative for high speed near-field or far-field antenna measurements.(Product Feature)(Nearfield Systems' new Panther 6000 receiver system)
January 1, 2004... A high speed receiver and beam controller has been introduced to address the growing need for faster antenna measurements. This article describes the Panther 6000 system and will show how it can benefit the antenna range operator by allowing...

High performance wideband amplifiers for radar and satcom applications.(Product Feature)
January 1, 2004... A series of high performance wideband MMIC low noise, gain block and driver amplifiers has been developed for applications in next-generation radar and satcom equipment. These new amplifiers operate in the 2 to 20 GHz frequency range and...

Thermally stable PCB material.(Product Feature)
January 1, 2004... A new printed circuit board material has been developed to meet the demanding requirements for dielectric constant temperature stability and plated hole reliability for high temperature and varying environmental conditions. TSM-30 is based on a...

Product data sheet.(Catalog Update)
January 1, 2004... This data sheet provides complete detail on the precision noise system series, AU3200. The data sheet highlights the AU3200's complete noise characterization, system configuration and PNS in-fixture or on-wafer testing support and how to...

Company brochure.(Catalog Update)
January 1, 2004... This brochure details the company's services and capabilities that consist of precision lapping and polishing of ceramics and metals. The company has developed several techniques that achieve extremely tight tolerances with repeatability and...

RF power product catalog.(Catalog Update)
January 1, 2004... This product catalog displays the company's focus on non-cellular/PCS high power silicon RF and microwave power transistors. The catalog features product roadmaps in avionics, L-band radar, S-band radar and pulsed LDMOS applications that are...

Short form catalog.(Catalog Update)
January 1, 2004... This short form catalog highlights the company's filter product line of rugged and built to meet stringent military or commercial specifications. The products include low pass, high pass, bandpass and bandstop filters as well as diplexers,...

Product catalog.(Catalog Update)
January 1, 2004... This catalog highlights the company's microwave components and systems products. The catalog displays a market sector section that includes an outline of each industry in which the company's products are utilized. Among these industries are the...

Communications products.(Catalog Update)
January 1, 2004... This 71-page catalog presents the company's broad product spectrum that covers SONET, digital radio, datacom, LMDS, wireless and wired systems applications. Products include digital phase-locked clock regenerators to 40 GHz, clock and data...

Product brochure.(Catalog Update)
January 1, 2004... This brochure contains a compilation of data sheets that feature the company's product line of MEMS filters and solid-state power amplifiers (SSPA). The micro-machined filter product line provides a combination of compact size and high...

Design guide.(Catalog Update)
January 1, 2004... This 16-page design guide is for use by managers and technicians who are responsible for soldering feedthrus into microwave packages. The guide provides in-depth problems, causes and solutions to the ten most common soldering pitfalls...

RF components.(Catalog Update)
January 1, 2004... This 132-page catalog details the company's RF component products including high quality thin film resistive products and high performance couplers for military, space and commercial applications. Specifications, electrical performance and...

Components and subsystems.(Catalog Update)
January 1, 2004... This catalog presents the company's RF and microwave components that supply parts to the military, industrial and commercial markets. The product line consists of components and subsystems in the 10 MHz to 50 GHz range, such as GaAs FET...

Custom solutions brochure.(Catalog Update)
January 1, 2004... This brochure describes the company's custom RFIC/MMIC, MCM and subassembly design, manufacturing and screening capabilities for military, space and Hi-Rel commercial applications. To meet mission critical requirements, the company works with...

Receiver system data sheet.(Catalog Update)
January 1, 2004... This data sheet provides complete detail on the modular HF receiver system, model 3100. The model is designed for surveillance and monitoring of RF communications in the frequency range of 10 kHz to 30 MHz. A product photograph, architecture,...

Product portfolio.(Catalog Update)
January 1, 2004... This product brochure highlights the company's integrated assemblies for defense and commercial applications. The product portfolio includes wideband digital receivers at IF frequencies up to 2 GHz and multifunction assemblies up to 60 GHz for...

RF components catalog.(Catalog Update)
January 1, 2004... This product catalog features a sample of over 4000 product designs and includes the company's latest RF passive product release for its isolators, circulators and custom waveguide assemblies. The products cover frequency ranges from 300 MHz to...

Product/capability catalog.(Catalog Update)
January 1, 2004... This catalog provides the company's antenna and microwave products and capabilities. The catalog details an overview of the company while also highlighting past and current customers. The catalog highlights its antennas, radomes and FSS,...

Company brochure.(Catalog Update)
January 1, 2004... This brochure features the company's MI-3000 Version 3.0 family of automated microwave measurement workstations and software. The family covers test and measurement applications for the open-architecture products including antennas, radomes and...

Product catalog.(Catalog Update)
January 1, 2004... This catalog contains information on the company's high frequency coaxial connector product lines, test accessories and test components for high precision applications in test and measurement. New is the RPC-2.40 series of precision connectors...

Repair/services brochure.(Catalog Update)
January 1, 2004... This brochure illustrates the company's magnetron repair and rebuilding services. The brochure highlights the machine shop and process for replacing a bad cathode and filament, vacuum return test bay and cathode test station. The brochure also...

Product catalog.(Catalog Update)
January 1, 2004... This catalog provides an overview of the company's core design, process and manufacturing capabilities along with product specifications and drawings for major product lines: filters, oscillators and RF integrated assemblies. All products are...

Company brochure.(Catalog Update)
January 1, 2004... This brochure outlines the manufacturing of the company's absorber materials, the design and installation of anechoic chambers for all RF and EMC applications, and full turn key solutions. In addition, the brochure provides a broad line of...

Microwave components.(Catalog Update)
January 1, 2004... This 85-page catalog provides complete data for the company's thin and thick film passive devices for the military, space and commercial markets. Products include the Thermopad[R] line of temperature variable attenuators, fixed attenuators,...

Log-periodic antenna.(New Waves: Radar/Antennas)
January 1, 2004... The Radiant Arrow[TM] AT2526 is a wideband, high gain, log periodic antenna of proprietary design. The AT2526 covers the 26 to 250 MHz frequency band and accepts up to 15 kW input, making it suitable for high field generation and large EUT...

Extended range antenna.(New Waves: Radar/Antennas)
January 1, 2004... The model IN24-5RD APXtender is an omni-directional, extended range "rubber duck" antenna that is intended for 802.11, 2.4 GHz wireless LANs. The model is a direct replacement for standard "rubber duck" antennas used in many indoor wireless...

Handheld cable and antenna analyzers.(New Waves: Radar/Antennas)
January 1, 2004... The model S331D and model S332D Site Master cable and antenna analyzers feature a number of improvements in performance and operation that make it easier to conduct highly accurate return loss/SWR, cable loss and distance-to-fault measurements...