Nautel offers more choices for HD Radio and Analog transmission

A major expansion of Nautel's V Series Digital and Analog FM transmitter family gives customers an even greater range of choices in planning their move to HD Radio.

April 9, 2007 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Bangor, Maine and Hackett’s Cove, Nova Scotia – Nautel (NAB Booth N8111), a North American manufacturer long known for its reliable, efficient transmitters, is expanding its options for HD Radio and Analog FM transmission.

Nautel’s V series of digital ready FM transmitters provides a full range of power options for FM and FM+HD. The V series now offers 10 models: the new V1, V3.5, V7.5 and V15 join the existing V5, V10, V20, V30 and V40 transmitters, addressing power needs up to 40 KW.

Each transmitter in the V series was designed for long-term reliability and easy maintenance. The products’ redundant modular design features hot-pluggable RF power modules and power supply modules; each module has its own DC powered cooling fan which is also on-air serviceable. High overall operating efficiency results in low power consumption; compact, lightweight construction allows installation at sites with space and floor-loading constraints.

For HD Radio operation, the V series transmitters are combined with Nautel’s M50 digital exciter. The M50 exciter continuously monitors RF output; its digital adaptive pre-correction circuitry dynamically optimizes performance to ensure compliance with spectral limits. “Our adaptive pre-correction has been very appealing to stations moving to HD Radio,” said John Whyte, Nautel Marketing Manager. “We’ve seen examples where customers have saved tens of thousands of dollars because the adaptive pre-correction lets them avoid the purchase of expensive filters.”

V Series transmitters provide intuitive user interfaces with an advanced alarm system, 100-events log and on-board real-time clock. They can all be remotely managed using Nautel’s new NxLink web-based remote management solution.

Space constraints are also addressed by Nautel’s V series. The new ultra-compact V1 transmitter, when combined with Nautel’s M50 exciter, provides a complete HD Radio transmitter site solution in only 6 rack units of space.

The new V15 transmitter is an ideal solution for stations that are upgrading 10 kW TPO analog systems to HD Radio. “The V15 gives customers a compact solution that provides an outstanding efficiency of 50% at 10 KW in hybrid mode. Other transmitters may provide only 35 or 40% efficiency,” commented John Whyte.

The V series will be highlighted at Nautel’s NAB booth, N8111 along with other key products. In addition to the V series for FM HD operation, Nautel offers the XR series for AM HD transmission. Full information on Nautel’s digital broadcast solutions is available at the Nautel website: www.nautel.com.

About Nautel

Nautel is a global leader in the manufacture of AM and FM radio broadcast transmitters, navigational radio beacons, Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) transmitters, medium frequency (MF) telegraph and NAVTEX transmitters, and high frequency (HF) amplifiers for dielectric heating applications. The latest innovation in broadcasting is digital radio. HD Radio and Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) are the greatest revolution in radio broadcasting since the introduction of FM. Nautel is a key player in this latest phase of radio broadcast technology, producing transmitters that are fully compatible with all digital transmission methods. Thousands of customers in more than 170 countries have discovered that Nautel delivers world class digital radio solutions - systems that meet stringent quality standards at its ISO-registered manufacturing facilities.

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For more information please contact:

John Whyte
Marketing Manager
(902) 823-3900 ext. 174
(902) 802-1281 (mobile)

info@nautel.com