A total of 10 technical staff from the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) and the five National Telecommunications Regulatory Commissions (NTRCs) have recently completed the Anritsu Radio Frequency (RF) and Microwave Interference Analysis Certification Training course in Miami.
The training, which took place from September 26-28, 2023, was facilitated by Anritsu Company and led by senior RF engineer, Mr. Dennis Burt. The course covered the basics of spectrum analysis, with a particular emphasis on hunting and locating radio frequency interference. Participants learned how to conduct common RF measurements and use them to identify and locate interfering signals.
The training was centered around the Anritsu Handheld Spectrum Master (model: MS2720T), a device used by the NTRCs for field spectrum monitoring exercises. All participants successfully completed the program and received certificates.
Lawrence Nervais, ECTEL’s Director of Technical Services, highlighted the importance of the course, stating that RF interference has become a significant issue that can affect licensed users of the frequency spectrum. It is often challenging to isolate and resolve. This training equips ECTEL and the NTRCs with the necessary skills to address complaints of harmful interference.
ECTEL has been advising the NTRCs on electronic communications matters in its five Member States – the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines – since May 4, 2000. ECTEL works with the NTRCs to promote consumer rights and harmonized benefits in the electronic communications sector in its Member States.
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All of you are nothing more than joke people: In the twenty-first/twenty-second century people should not be having issues with Radio frequencies colliding, or crossing over or whatever term one uses to cause interference with any broadcast.
Be it Ham Radio Frequency: Amplitude Modulation, (AM) Frequency Modulation (FM), WiFi, which is a radio frequency; the technology has long become extremely technical and sophisticated for people still talking about training!
Shortwave radio is a transmission using shortwave radio frequencies. There is no official definition of the band, but the range always includes all of the high frequency band, which extends from 3 to 30 MHz ; above the medium frequency band, to the bottom of the VHF band, and I can talk about UHF too!
I live in a city, with hundreds of; if not thousands of different kinds of broadcasts, never experience a crossover signal, signal; may fade depending on the distance, but the way it is setup these days via satellite transm