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      Rohde & Schwarz

Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG - Infrastructure Provider

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Rohde & Schwarz is an independent group of companies specializing in electronics. It is the leading supplier of solutions in the fields of test and measurement, broadcasting, radio monitoring and radio location, as well as secure communications. Established 75 years ago, Rohde & Schwarz has a global presence and a dedicated service network in over 70 countries. It has approximately 7500 employees and achieved a net revenue of £ 1.4 billion (US$ 1.9 billion) in fiscal year 2007/2008 (July 2007 to June 2008). Company headquarters are in Munich, Germany.

FLO Products / Services

Rohde & Schwarz provides the medium and high power transmitters for the FLO TV network. These are the NV8300V1 air-cooled and the NV8600V1 liquid-cooled solid state transmitters, using the SX800 exciter. Also RF signal generators such as the R&S SFU and R&S SFE, are available to enable developers of receivers chips and devices to design and qualify their products, specifically for the MediaFLO modulation standard, as well as worldwide other standards. For type approval testing, the R&S TU8980 FLO Device Conformance Test System allows to test receiver devices for compliance with FLO minimum performance specs.

FLO Press Releases & Articles

  • Rohde & Schwarz new R&S®NV8000 series transmitters chosen for continued FLO TV™ network deployment in the US.
  • Rohde & Schwarz and FLO: A Perfect Match.
  • Behind the Scenes – the Deployment of the Transmission Network.
  • Converting MediaFLO™ Waveform Files to R&S® SFU / SFE / SFE100 ARB Format Using IQWizard/WinIQSIM™ for R&S® SFx-K35 ARB.

  • Product 1

    High Power liquid-cooled TV Transmitter NX8600
    The highly efficient multistandard liquid-cooled TV transmitter NX8600 series provides 1,8kW to 6,4kW output power per rack either as single phase or as 3-phase version.

    Product 2

    Medium Power air-cooled TV Transmitter NX8300
    The highly efficient multistandard air-cooled TV transmitter series NV8300 provides per rack 300W to 1800W output power either as single phase or as 3-phase version.

    Product 3

    Compact TV Transmitter SCX8000
    The flexible compact and cost-effective TV transmitter family SCx8000 offers the high quality that Rohde & Schwarz stands for. Output power from 200W to 600W for MediaFLO.

    Product 4

    T&M solutions - MediaFLO™ signal generators
    A complete family for R&D, lab, quality assurance and manufacturing applications with multi standard platforms R&D R&S®SFU Broadcast Test System and R&S®SFE Broadcast Tester and the single standard test transmitter R&S®SFE100 are supporting MediaFLO™.