Andrew Launches AL8 PLUS Antennas for Television Broadcasting in Europe.Business Editors ORLAND PARK Or·land Park A village of northeast Illinois, a residential and manufacturing suburb of Chicago. Population: 53,300. , Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 30, 2002 Andrew Corporation's (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 :ANDW) latest AL8 PLUS(TM)antenna is designed for European television stations providing digital, analog, or translator broadcast services. The new AL8 PLUS antenna meets the broadcast requirements of European channels 21E to 69E. "The European broadcast market is important to Andrew," said Paul Cox, Group President Communication Products, Andrew Corporation Andrew Corporation is an American multinational producer of communications devices. Andrew is a global designer, manufacturer, and supplier of communications equipment, services, and systems. . "Our HELIAX(R) transmission line and pressurization Pressurization generally refers to the application of pressure in a given situation or environment; and more specifically refers to the process by which atmospheric pressure is maintained in an isolated or semi-isolated atmospheric environment (for instance, in an aircraft, or products are widely used throughout Europe, and we expect that this new high performance, low cost antenna will achieve immediate popularity there." Andrew AL8 PLUS antennas use field-proven Andrew TRASAR(R) end-fed, slot antenna design. The 8-bay antennas (with peak gain of 11 dBd) handle up to 1 kW of average power and have a standard omnioid azimuth azimuth (ăz`əməth), in astronomy, one coordinate in the altazimuth coordinate system. It is the angular distance of a body measured westward along the celestial horizon from the observer's south point. pattern that gives excellent general pattern coverage in European countries. By standardizing on the omnioid azimuth pattern, Andrew can offer extremely fast lead times for an antenna of this type. For European destinations, Andrew can have antennas ready for shipping in less than three weeks. This newest Andrew AL8 PLUS antenna is lightweight (averaging 90 lb/41 kg) for ease of installation, minimized tower loading, and lower shipping costs. Andrew broadcast antennas have a 10-year System Solution Warranty when purchased as a system packaged with HELIAX(R) air dielectric transmission line and an Andrew filter. Individual antennas have a 3-year warranty. For more information on the AL8 PLUS Series antenna for Europe, call the Andrew Broadcast and Earth Station Antenna Systems Customer Support Center at 1-800-DIAL-4RF and request bulletin 10807. This bulletin is also available from the Andrew website at www.andrew.com. Andrew Corporation is a global supplier of communications systems equipment, solutions and services. Major markets are wireless communications -- which includes cellular, personal communications services See PCS. , and land mobile radio -- broadcast, government, broadband wireless and fixed telecommunications networks. Andrew is an S&P 500 company whose common stock trades on The NASDAQ Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbol: ANDW. HELIAX and TRASAR are registered trademarks of Andrew Corporation. AL8 PLUS is a trademark of Andrew Corporation. |
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