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News Release from: Link Microtek | Subject: Radiation monitor calibration
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 01 September 2004
Speedy calibration for RF radiation
monitors
RF and microwave specialist Link Microtek has launched a calibration service for the Narda XT range of personal RF radiation monitors.
RF and microwave specialist Link Microtek has launched a calibration service for the Narda XT range of personal RF radiation monitors, thereby cutting the calibration turnaround time for UK customers from four weeks to just one week Until now, all units had to be returned to the manufacturer in the USA for calibration
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 Jan 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Having established the largest XT user base outside the USA, Link Microtek has now invested some GBP 50,000 in test equipment to enable it to offer this improved level of service.
The test rig at Link's premises in Basingstoke is a copy of the one at Narda's main New York manufacturing facility, and is the only one outside the USA.
Narda provided Link with the system schematics detailing the equipment required, including signal generators, power meters, amplifiers, cabling, components and special RF test fixtures such as a TEM cell.
Link then procured all these items from new and assembled the system under Narda's guidance.
Using proprietary system software supplied by Narda, the system tests and adjusts each unit's performance with reference to national standards and in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications.
If a unit is found to be outside the specifications, the system automatically adjusts it by interrogating and rewriting look-up table information coded on the unit's EPROM.
As well as dramatically improving calibration turnaround time, the new service has enabled Link Microtek to reduce calibration costs by around 10%, while customers with large numbers of monitors can benefit from further cost savings by entering into an annual calibration contract.
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