Acrodyne to Install High Power Act-tm Transmitter At KCPT-TV.BLUE BELL, Penn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 24, 1998--Acrodyne Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ACRO acro Acronym ACRO Australian Creative Resources Online ACRO Association of Clinical Research Organizations ACRO American College of Radiation Oncology ACRO Aircraft Crashes Record Office (Geneva, Switzerland) acro acrolein ), a leading manufacturer and installer of television transmitters is pleased to announce an agreement for the sale of a dual standard UHF (Ultra High Frequency) The range of electromagnetic frequencies from 300 MHz to 3 GHz. In the U.S., analog television has used UHF channels 52 to 69 in the 700 MHz band. transmitter to Public TV 19, Inc. The agreement requires the delivery and installation of an Adjacent Channel Technology (ACT(tm)) Transmitter capable of transmitting one analog channel and one digital channel through the same high power output amplifier. The sale is valued at approximately $750,000. Acrodyne will install the transmitter at KCPT-TV in Kansas City, MO, to be on-air by November 1, 1998. The station presently broadcasts on channel 19 and has been allocated channel 18 for DTV (Digital TeleVision) Transmitting TV using digital signals. The major DTV standards are ATSC (North America), DVB (Europe) and ISDB (Japan). All three use MPEG-2 video compression and Dolby Digital audio compression. DVB and ISDB also include MPEG audio compression. . The Diacrode(R) equipped UHF ACT(tm) transmitter is configured to deliver power outputs of 60kW NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. and 3kW DTV to meet FCC ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. requirements. Using ACT(tm), an Acrodyne exclusive, KCPT KCPT Kinematic Carrier Phase Tracking will broadcast two channels from one transmitter, through one antenna. John Long, KCPT-TV Vice President of Engineering, commented, "We are committed to taking advantage of new technology. The Acrodyne transmitter offers the most advanced adjacent channel technology, microprocessor monitoring and remote control, and the latest exciter ex·cit·er n. 1. One that excites: an exciter of animosity. 2. An auxiliary generator used to provide field current for a larger generator or alternator. 3. design. We look forward to switch-on November 1." A. Robert Mancuso, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Acrodyne, commented, "Acrodyne's ACT(tm) solution was extremely important to KCPT management. The station's transmission tower could not handle the additional load of another antenna and transmission line for DTV. ACT(tm) delivers two channels though one transmitter, transmission line and antenna." Acrodyne Industries, Inc., the operating subsidiary of Acrodyne Communications, Inc., is an established and respected manufacturer of television broadcast equipment. In business over 25 years, the Company has developed the leading position as a technologically advanced, high quality low cost producer of transmitters and translators used by television stations to broadcast and retransmit over-the-air signals. This release contains certain forward-looking statements which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties or other factors not under the Company's control, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from the results, performance or other expectations implied by these forward-looking statements These factors include, but are not limited to, those detailed in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONTACT: Tom Newman, National Sales Manager
ACRODYNE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(215) 542-7000 ext. 115; (215) 542-7631 fax
http://www.acrodyne.com
or
Stephen D. Axelrod, CFA
Susan T. Bolen (Media)
WOLFE AXELROD ASSOCIATES
(212) 370-4500; (212) 370-4505 fax
e-mail: Steve@wolfeaxelrod.com
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