Antennaco Inc. unveiled a new line of antennas to complement its array of commercial antennas for the wireless communications industry. The company said its new line of Heavy Duty Yagi antennas features a thick wall square tube boom with a full 1 inch cross-section at the core of each antenna. The increase in boom performance provides additional structural integrity that allows the antenna to withstand higher winds and ice loads in severe weather locations, the company said. (603) 673-3153.
CompuServe Inc. and Magee Enterprises Inc. announced a new version of Rosebud, Magee’s smart agent software that provides support for alphanumeric paging devices. The companies said members of the CompuServe Information Service can use Rosebud to filter and retrieve news, financial, sports, weather and e-mail information and have it delivered to their alphanumeric pagers. Based on keywords and user-selected criteria, Rosebud logs onto CompuServe at predetermined intervals, scans news sources and downloads the information to the personal computer for viewing. With the pager module, Rosebud then can forward critical information to the pager. The program also includes a “red flag” feature that monitors user-defined events. (614) 457-8600.
Tekk Inc. introduced the TP-450 POCSAG Tone & Vibrate pager designed for use with in-house paging systems. Features of the pager include a low battery indicator, light emitting diode alert and two separate cap codes. Units can be ordered with cap codes or a separate programmer is available, Tekk said. When used with the Tekk PT-400 paging transmitter, the pager provides a complete Windows-based in-house paging system and, since it uses the standard POCSAG format, it is compatible with any existing in-house POCSAG system, Tekk said. (800) 521-8355.
E-N-G Mobile Systems has developed a new line of cellular/personal communications services testing vans that will provide a fast and efficient solution for testing proposed cell site performance, the company announced. The system includes a transmitter van for transmitting signals from proposed sites and a radio frequency survey van that maps the test signal strength from surrounding locations. E-N-G said the system adds significant speed and flexibility to the testing process because the self-contained transmitter van can send signals from virtually any location, eliminating the need to set up test equipment on high-rise buildings. In practice, the transmitter van, built on the Ford E-350 Super Cargo Van platform, is driven to the site, the 52-foot mast is raised and testing begins in minutes, the company said. (510) 798-4060.
