Link Microtek has promoted Stuart Hendry to the position of sales director. In his new role on the board of Link Microtek, Hendry will help to guide the company forward as it seeks out new opportunities in both the UK and international markets.

Narda Test Solutions has added a number of new features to its NRA series rack-mount spectrum analyser, most notably the ability to deliver I/Q data as a gapless real-time stream with a channel bandwidth of up to 400kHz.

Now available from Link Microtek is a new range of manually adjustable surface-mount inductors that offer a simple and convenient means of tuning microwave circuits operating at frequencies up to 6GHz. These patented tunable inductors feature an aluminium core with a tuning slot on top for easy adjustment using a non-metallic screwdriver.

Now available from Link Microtek is an enhanced version of the IDA-3106 interference and direction analyser, which offers a number of new features, including the ability to pinpoint sources of pulsed or sporadic signals. This is believed to be a world first for a hand-held device.

New from Link Microtek is a compact 100MHz OCXO that has been specifically designed to address the need for a high-frequency standard reference with low single sideband phase noise. The XO5085 device has an SC-cut quartz resonator at its core and therefore exhibits better frequency stability, lower ageing rates and lower SSB phase noise than OCXOs employing AT-cut resonators.

Link Microtek has appointed Richard Draves to the new position of production planner within the company’s Engineering Division. This part of the business designs and manufactures a wide variety of waveguide and coaxial microwave components, assemblies and subsystems.

Now available from Link Microtek is an RF power amplifier that sets a new industry benchmark by achieving an output power of 1kW from an air-cooled 19in. chassis measuring just 5U in height. Manufactured by US company Empower RF Systems the compact new PA is suitable for a variety of applications in electronic warfare, communications, and test and measurement.

Link Microtek, the specialist manufacturer and supplier of RF, microwave and infra-red products, has introduced an 8-channel version of its Azdec mobile infra-red communications system, which provides totally secure, wire-free, short-range voice communications for civil or military use.

Link Microtek is pleased to announce today a new series of eight waveguide harmonic-absorption filters that are designed to safely eliminate harmonics from the output of a high-power microwave amplifier, thereby ensuring that only fundamental frequencies are transmitted and that there are no potentially damaging reflections back into the system.

Link Microtek has been appointed as the exclusive representative in the UK and Ireland for the range of satcom products manufactured by MITEQ of Long Island, New York and its wholly owned subsidiary MCL Inc. of Bolingbrook, Illinois.

Link Microtek has announced that the first person to join the company as an apprentice, Stuart Gain, has successfully completed his Advanced Level Apprenticeship in Engineering.

New from the Engineering Division of Link Microtek is a series of waveguide switches that offer environmental sealing to IP65 standard, enabling them to operate reliably even when subjected to dusty or moist environmental conditions.

The AM-C series of broadwall waveguide couplers from the Engineering Division of Link Microtek feature a high directivity of up to 45dB and a low main-line VSWR of 1.06:1, making them ideal for accurate measurement of power levels in microwave systems.

Link Microtek has launched a new cordless high-attenuation headset for users of its Azdec infra-red mobile communications system, which provides totally secure short-range voice communications for a variety of military and civil applications. Designed to give personnel freedom to roam from their base positions, the Azdec system consists of a compact base station, a number of fixed infra-red antennas and a choice of headsets - including high-atte...

Link Microtek's Engineering Division has introduced a range of rectangular-waveguide terminations that incorporate forced-air cooling as standard, enabling them to offer a higher power-handling capability than convection-cooled alternatives. Ideal for the testing and maintenance of radar systems and other high-power microwave equipment, the AM-L4 'dummy' loads are designed to safely absorb microwave signals with a mean power in excess of 1kW.

Link Microtek’s Engineering Division has introduced a range of rectangular-waveguide terminations that incorporate forced-air cooling as standard, enabling them to offer a higher power-handling capability than convection-cooled alternatives. Ideal for the testing and maintenance of radar systems and other high-power microwave equipment, the AM-L4 ‘dummy’ loads are designed to safely absorb microwave signals with a mean power in excess of...

Link Microtek to highlight design-and-build service for RF and microwave subsystems On stand 124 at the forthcoming EuMW exhibition, Link Microtek will be focusing visitors’ attention on its capability to design and manufacture RF and microwave subsystems for customers’ specific requirements.

RF radiation safety specialist Link Microtek is now offering the SRM-3006 selective radiation meter equipped with ‘scope’ mode, which enables the hand-held instrument to be used to analyse the frequency content and time characteristics of a wide variety of RF emissions.

Now available from Link Microtek is a probe that can detect the electric fields emanating from equipment operating at frequencies from 100kHz to 6GHz, making it ideal for safety measurements at mobile-phone, WLAN and WiMAX base stations, as well as TV and radio transmitters.

The main focus of Link Microtek’s stand at this year’s DSEi exhibition will be the company’s Azdec wire-free mobile communications system, which uses infra-red technology to provide totally secure short-range voice communications for a variety of military applications.