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Using Filters on a Public Safety BDA to Ensure Optimal Performance

When you plan your Public Safety design with a BDA or Fiber DAS, an RF environment study or RF Site...

When to use 5W BDA vs. 2W Fiber Remote Units

With Comba Telecom’s 5W CriticalPoint Public Safety BDA now available, we decided to take a look at the use cases...

How uplink strength, gain and noise can affect the public safety network

Watch Matt Lunny's Video Tech Talk on Uplink Strength, Gain & Noise are affected by a buildings size and distance...

Commissioning a BDA – A walkthrough guide, Part II

PART 5: A DEEPER DIVE INTO DESIGN CONSIDERATIONSThis section is meant to detail design considerations for your public safety system....

Commissioning a BDA – A walkthrough guide, Part I

PART 1: PREPARATION – WHAT TO BRING TO THE JOB SITEThe very first step in commissioning a BDA is to...

Choosing Between Fiber DAS and Individual BDAs for Large Building Applications

When designing a public safety DAS for a single large building, sometimes you need more than just a single BDA...

Why a Fiber DAS is Better than Individual BDAs for Campus Applications

When looking to provide public safety coverage for a campus environment, it is important to look at the building configuration...

THE CARE AND FEEDING OF SIGNAL BOOSTERS (BI-DIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIERS)

The National Fire Code bodies have adopted language that speaks to the use of amplification systems within buildings.  While the model...

THE IMPORTANCE OF PREPLANNING OF A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

Installing an in-building public safety communications system is more than just simply mounting a BDA/Fiber DAS along with a donor...

Commissioning Tip #2 – Isolation resolution

Virtually every in-building system that reradiates an off-air signal is subject to the detrimental effects of isolation on system performance....

Commissioning Tip #1 – Antenna Orientation

The ProblemThere’s a good chance that your next Public Safety BDA Emergency Responder Radio Communications System (ERRCS) will be located...

The UHF Band

SPECTRUM This article is specific to US frequency bands and their uses amongst the Public Safety in-building radio coverage enhancement community. ...

CLASS A VS. CLASS B

FCC DefinitionPart 90 Signal Booster ClassificationsClass A signal booster. A signal booster designed to retransmit signals on one or more...

Gain vs. Isolation

Can’t have one without the other.  Well, maybe you can, but you may fall out of grace with your AHJ....

WHAT’S ALL THE FUSS ABOUT UPLINK NOISE?

Well, for starters, many municipalities have--or are in the process of adopting--code requiring reliable in-building Public Safety communications, which oftentimes...
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