Walt Gumbert

“Mobile” is the operative word at Rohde & Schwarz.

The German transmitter and test equipment manufacturer is targeting mobile television with its products, and announced that all its transmitters are ATSC-M/H (A/153) compliant.

“Rohde & Schwarz was the first to put the A/153 standard on the air in Baltimore, Md.,” said Walt Gumbert, transmitter sales manager for North America.

That station, WNUV, went on air using the new standard the first day it was legal to do so. The project used a variety of Rohde & Schwarz products, including the software-definable SX800 exciter and AEM100 emission multiplexer. All transmission products from R&S are now compatible with the ATSCM/ H standard, including the high-power NX8600 transmitter.

The commitment to mobile is also evident in the Rohde & Schwarz’s test equipment. “You will be able to add ATSC-M/H test capability to the ETL in the next 12 months,” Gumbert said. The R&S ETL is growing in other ways, including the ability to test FM audio. The ETL can now test analog and digital TV signals, as well as analog and digital radio signals.

Rohde & Schwarz also announced an ISDB-TB product line to serve broadcasters in South America.

—Bob Kovacs, TV Technology