Nautel Revolutionizes High Power Medium Wave Radio Broadcasting with NX Series Digital Transmitters
New high power, medium wave transmitters are the first in their class specifically designed for digital transmission; series achieves numerous industry firsts. September 6, 2007 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hackett’s Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada – Nautel Ltd. has announced the release of its NX Series of high power, medium wave radio transmitters. Nautel NX transmitters have been designed with DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) and HD RadioTM digital transmission as integral features, making this line the first in the industry to assume digital transmission as standard for high power medium wave applications. “The new NX line represents many firsts in this market segment,” said Peter Conlon, President and CEO of Nautel. “Not only are we now offering the largest single ended transmitter power output available, it’s available with integrated digital transmission capability – and it takes dramatically less space than competitive transmitters while using less power.” With power outputs ranging from 100 kW to 2000 kW, NX transmitters incorporate Nautel’s field-proven robust design enabling solid performance in a wide range of environmental conditions. In addition to DRM and HD Radio transmission capability, the NX Series offers many other industry firsts including: - AM adaptive precorrection (a first in High Power transmitters)
- An unprecedented AC to RF efficiency of 90%
- Outstanding linearity, utilizing a unique nine phase Direct Digital Modulation scheme that is encoded at 2.7 mega-samples per second
- Leading space efficiency, with transmitters requiring 1/3 to 1/2 less space than competing solutions
- An intuitive touch screen controller plus remote web access as standard
Another first is in power output: Nautel’s new NX800 transmitter provides the largest single ended transmitter power output available in the industry, 800 kW. Multiple NX Series transmitters can be combined for power output as high as 2000 kW. “Nautel pioneered solid state medium wave transmitters, and has a proven reputation for quality and reliability worldwide,” Conlon said. “This new line further reinforces our commitment to broadcasters of all sizes. The NX Series will accommodate the needs of medium wave stations needing digital capabilities from the outset, as well as those who want to begin with analog transmission and move to digital at a later date.” “This series sets a new standard for medium wave transmission,” said John Whyte, Nautel Marketing Manager. “Our engineers set out to not only make the best digital medium wave transmitter in the market, they set out to beat their own records for reliability, quality, efficiency and user-friendly operation.” Nautel transmitters are designed with a proven redundant architecture that permits “hot swapping” of modules while remaining on-air. Frequency changes are also accomplished easily without the need for special tools or external test equipment. The NX Series’ user controls are also designed to be simple. A large 17” color LCD screen provides a graphical user interface (GUI), controllable by touch screen or mouse/keyboard that provides network and spectrum analyzers along with complete monitoring, control and logging of transmitter functions. “The new NX Series transmitters go beyond all expectations, offering capabilities that far exceed those of competitive transmitters,” said Alain Guay, Executive Sales Officer of SOGITEC, a reseller in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. “These are indeed the most advanced MF-AM transmitters available today, with integral functions and user controls that should begin to worry the competition.” The new NX Series will be highlighted at Nautel's IBC stand, 8.271. Other key solutions will be shown at IBC including the 1kW - 40kW V Series digital/analog FM transmitters, the 1kW - 50kW XR Series digital/analog medium wave transmitters as well as DRM and HD Radio demonstrations. 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. # # # For more information please contact: John Whyte
Marketing Manager
902-823-3900 ext. 174
902-802-1281 (mobile) John.Whyte@nautel.com Making Digital Radio Work. www.nautel.com |