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Buy An Amp todayOh come on they are cool.These are acoustic amplifiers for smartphones. They don't need electric power to operate and there are no moving parts. They work like a megaphone (speaking-trumpet, bullhorn, or loudhailer). Everyone that I have shown one to has said something like “Wow, I want one of those!” So I have built a few of them. Of course there are more “Hi-Fi” ways to listen to audio on your smartphone but who would want to plug an elegant smartphone into some cheap, plastic gadget? Or even use Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, which are a pain in the neck to set up, even on a smartphone. These have been made with hardwood bases and some of them are exotic hardwoods with interesting grain patterns. The horns are polished brass — made from mostly old horns that had rubber bulbs on the ends and were used in “times gone by” by taxis and even clowns in circuses. These horns have been re-purposed, reshaped, soldered, and polished. They horns are now on display and for sale at:
The two large horns — the trombone and the gramophone — are difficult to pack and ship to they are for local pickup only. The remainder can be sent to you. I have the cowboy horn and the rest are in stock at the Colorado coffee shop. Please call for pricing and availability or stop in for a demo and a great cup of espresso. P.S. Allan, Virginia and I worked together at WebLink Wireless in Dallas. |
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Archives When the pager made it possible to work from homeIn 1991 the 'floating office' was becoming more feasibleCBC Archives · Posted: Nov 10, 2020 8:30 AM ET | Last Updated: November 10
Work life was changing for some Canadians in 1991 to look a lot more like home life. As the CBC's Jeffrey Kofman reported, working at home meant Bank of Montreal employee Alexandra Bell-Abrook had to make her own coffee at home instead of pouring it from a shared office pot. But the trade-off was worth it, given that she spared herself an hour-long commute from Oakville, Ont., to downtown Toronto. "I commute from my kitchen to my office," said Bell-Abrook. She was, Kofman said, a "tele-commuter." The 'electronic cottage'
Kofman said that type of working life had been "prophesied" by "the gurus of future shock" a decade earlier. "They called it the electronic cottage," he said. A piercing beep sounded from a device in Bell-Abrook's hand as she sat in her office at home. "With her pager at her side and her laptop computer wired into head office, Bell-Abrook is free to work wherever she wants to," said Kofman. Bell-Abrook was one of "two dozen" managers at the Bank of Montreal who had "jumped" at the chance to work from home. "I can structure my time myself, and I enjoy that flexibility," she said, noting she still had to report to her manager. Rush hour no more
Wayne Blanchard, too, worked from his home outside Toronto. He still had to come into Toronto for meetings at offices around town, but he could schedule them so that he avoided driving at rush hour. He said the company's demonstration of "faith" that he could accomplish his work outside the limitations of office hours was good for morale. "There's only so many pay increases you can get to satisfy an individual," he said. The "floating office," as the Bank of Montreal called it, was wherever the employee happened to be — as long as he or she could be reached on a pager during office hours. Bell-Abrook and her colleagues still had an office to go to, but without individual desks. "Now there's just a communal area where they can drop in to meet with colleagues or pick up mail," said Kofman. He said there was a plus for the bank, too. "Shrinking the midtown office will save the bank $120,000 in office rent this year." |
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Paging Transmitters 150/900 MHz The RFI High Performance Paging Transmitter is designed for use in campus, city, state and country-wide paging systems. Designed for use where reliable simulcast systems where RF signal overlap coverage is critical.
Built-in custom interface for Prism-IPX ipBSC Base Controller for remote control, management and alarm reporting.
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Providing Expert Support and Service Contracts for all Glenayre Paging Systems. The GL3000 is the most prolific paging system in the world and Easy Solutions gladly welcomes you to join us in providing reliable support to the paging industry for many more decades in the future. Easy Solutions provides cost effective computer and wireless solutions at affordable prices. We can help in most any situation with your communications systems. We have many years of experience and a vast network of resources to support the industry, your system and an ever changing completive landscape.
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GLENAYRE INFRASTRUCTUREI would like to recommend Easy Solutions for Support of all Glenayre Paging Equipment. This Texas company is owned and operated by Vaughan Bowden. I have known Vaughan for over 35 years. Without going into a long list of his experience and qualifications, let me just say that he was the V.P. of Engineering at PageNet which was—at that time—the largest paging company in the world. So Vaughan knows Paging. GTES is no longer offering support contracts. GTES was the original group from Vancouver that was setup to offer support to customers that wanted to continue with the legacy Glenayre support. Many U.S. customers chose not to use this service because of the price and the original requirement to upgrade to version 8.0 software (which required expensive hardware upgrades, etc.). Most contracts ended as of February 2018. If you are at all concerned about future support of Glenayre products, especially the “king of the hill” the GL3000 paging control terminal, I encourage you to talk to Vaughan about a service contract and please tell him about my recommendation.
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INTERNET Protocol Terminal
The IPT accepts INTERNET or serial messaging using various protocols and can easily convert them to different protocols, or send them out as paging messages. An ideal platform for hospitals, on-site paging applications, or converting legacy systems to modern protocols.
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NEWS Apple makes bold claims about its M1 chip for MacsApple's first chip for the Mac is the M1, and Apple says it blows other laptop chips away.By Jason Cross Staff Writer, Macworld | NOV 10, 2020 11:52 AM PST
Apple has unveiled its first Macs with Apple silicon, and they’re powered by an all new Mac-specific chip: the M1. It’s based on the same fundamental design of the A14 (found in the iPhone 12), but scaled up to laptop-grade performance levels with more cores, more memory, and higher thermal limits. The result, Apple says, is a shocking increase in performance and power efficiency. Here’s what you need to know about the M1 system-on-chip. Eight core CPU and GPUWhere the A14 has a six-core CPU—four high-efficiency cores and two high-performance cores—the M1 expands that by adding another pair of high-performance cores for a total of eight. We’ve already seen how fast these cores are in A14 performance benchmarks, and with the higher thermal and power limits of a laptop, they should have even more room to breathe.
Apple has also expanded the GPU from four cores in the A14 to eight in the M1. Apple says it’s the fastest integrated graphics in any laptop anywhere. Apple isn’t big on benchmarks, but does make grand claims like “up to two times faster than the latest laptop chip.” Apple says the MacBook Air with the M1 chip is faster than 98 percent of all PC laptops. Not just “thin and light” laptops or “laptops in its class,” but all PC laptops. A complete system-on-chipMacs used to use several separate chips for CPU/GPU, I/O, RAM, and Thunderbolt control—this along with the T2 chip for security (and other functions). With the M1, all of those chips are combined into a single system-on-chip.
That’s a double-edged sword. On the one hand, you can say goodbye to expandable memory and most other upgrade options. Perhaps future Apple-designed Mac chips will allow for standard memory DIMMs, but the M1 features a single chunk of memory that can’t be expanded beyond either 8GB or 16GB. On the other hand, fewer chips means that the system logic board gets a lot smaller, making it possible to produce smaller products, cram in more battery, and more efficiently cool the system. You also get the Neural Engine, with 16 cores (just as in the A14). That’s 11 teraflops of machine learning acceleration in a thin and light laptop. This is a huge leap forward for developers that write ML apps. Better performanceApple doesn’t promote its products with industry standard benchmarks—we’ll have to wait for independent reviews for that. But it claims the M1 delivers twice as much CPU performance as the “latest laptop chip” (which is not specifically identified) in the MacBook Air’s 10-watt power envelope. It also delivers double the graphics performance at that power, according to Apple.
Apple’s claims are pretty extreme: The MacBook Air with the M1 chip delivers up to 3.5x the CPU performance and 5x the graphics performance of the last Air. Even in the bigger more powerful 13-inch MacBook Pro, Apple says it can deliver 2.8 times the CPU performance and 5x faster graphics. Even if those claims are way off the mark, we should be looking at a big speed improvement compared to prior Macs. Apple’s specs for its GPU are impressive. At 2.6 teraflops and 41 gigapixels per second, it would easily outclass Intel’s Iris Plus G7 and may even compare favorably in some ways to laptops with Intel’s new Xe discrete graphics solution. It’s more impressive on paper than even AMD’s excellent Vega graphics in its latest Renoir mobile APUs. Of course, Apple will compete not just with thin-and-light laptops using Intel processors, but new PC laptop chips on the way from AMD, and thin-and-light Windows laptops that use discrete graphics. Such incredible performance claims bear verification, and we’re somewhat incredulous. Such massive leaps in performance almost always come with a mountain of caveats, and we encourage readers to wait for independent verification before buying all of Apple’s claims. Still, even if Apple’s claims are off by double, we’re looking at a shockingly competitive platform. Power efficiencyThis increase in performance and new capabilities come not at a cost in power, but with less power use. Apple claims M1 delivers the same peak CPU performance using only a quarter of the power as the “latest laptop chips.” The company does not specifically identify that, only saying that the comparisons were made using the new 13-inch MacBook Pro against “latest‑generation high‑performance notebooks commercially available at the time of testing.”
When it comes to graphics, the company claims the same peak performance is achievable with only one third the power. And for both CPU and GPU performance, Apple says its chips deliver double the performance of the latest laptop chips within a 10-watt power envelope. We’ll have to wait for independent testing to verify those claims, but Apple seems confident enough in its power efficiency to remove the fan entirely from the new MacBook Air. And both the new M1-based MacBook Air and MacBook Pro deliver dramatically increased battery life—we’re talking hours more—using the same-sized batteries as the versions with Intel chips. |
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Paging Data Receiver PDR-4 The PDR-4 is a multi-function paging data receiver that decodes paging messages and outputs them via the serial port, USB or Ethernet connectors. Designed for use with Prism-IPX ECHO software Message Logging Software to receive messages and log the information for proof of transmission over the air, and if the data was error free.
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Brad Dye, Ron Mercer, Allan Angus, Vic Jackson, and Ira Wiesenfeld are friends and colleagues who work both together and independently, on wireline and wireless communications projects.
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Note: We do not like Patent Trolls, i.e. “a person or company who enforces patent rights against accused infringers in an attempt to collect licensing fees, but does not manufacture products or supply services based upon the patents in question.” We have helped some prominent law firms defend their clients against this annoyance, and would be happy to do some more of this same kind of work. Some people use the title “consultant” when they don't have a real job. We actually do consulting work, and help others based on our many years of experience. “If you would know the road ahead, ask someone who has traveled it.” — Chinese Proverb WHAT IS 5G? 5G is the next generation of wireless networks and promises a mobile experience that's 10x to 100x faster than today's 4G networks. We say the word promise because we're in the early days of 5G. When more smartphones and networks support 5G tech, it will have far-reaching consequences for consumers, from the cars we drive (or that drive us) to the food we eat to the safety of our roads to the ways we shop to the entertainment we share with family and friends. And that doesn't include things we haven't yet imagined because we've never had the capability to unlock those new scenarios. Today, 5G may seem confusing even as it's widely hyped. We're here to help you sort fact from fiction, weed through the acronyms and jargon, and figure out when and how 5G can change the way you live. And we'll keep you from getting caught up in hyperbole — and empty promises. [ source ] |
Remote AB Switches ABX-1 switches are often used at remote transmitter sites to convert from old, outdated and unsupported controllers to the new modern Prism-IPX ipBSC base station controllers. Remotely switch to new controllers with GUI commands. ABX-1
ABX-3 switches are widely used for enabling or disabling remote equipment and switching I/O connections between redundant messaging systems. ABX-3
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Modulation and Propagation Webinar From Rohde & Schwarz on November 18
Rohde & Schwarz Product Management Engineer. Paul Denisowski will conduct a webinar on November 18 entitled, “Introduction to HF: Modulation and Propagation.” The webinar, sponsored by AOC Granite State, will begin at 12 p.m. EST and last for one hour. To register, click here. This presentation covers two important aspects of HF (high frequency) communications: the modulation types most commonly used for HF communications as well as the fundamentals of HF propagation. Modulation types covered in this presentation include both double-sideband AM and single-sideband as well as narrowband FM. For digital modes, the use of amplitude shift keying (ASK) and frequency shift keying (FSK) are also discussed. Denisowski has over 20 years of both lab and field experience in test and measurement with Rohde & Schwarz. He has authored numerous whitepapers, presentations, videos and webinars on a wide variety of topics, including interference hunting, direction finding, EMC, amplifiers, and general radio frequency applications. Paul holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University and was a visiting lecturer at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Paul is also an active amateur radio operator (KO4LZ) and holds DXCC, WAS, and VUCC. The presentation concludes with a short summary and a question and answer session. |
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FCC Grants Transfer of Control of ITS Telecommunications, ITS Fiber to Blue StreamOn November 6, the FCC granted a section 214 application filed by Postco, Inc. transferring control of its subsidiaries, ITS Fiber and ITS Telecommunications Systems, to Blue Stream Communications. BloostonLaw assisted Postco in the preparation of the granted application. Carriers seeking authorization to transfer control may contact the firm for more information. BloostonLaw Contacts: Ben Dickens and Sal Taillefer. HeadlinesACAM Broadband Coalition Seeks Rulemaking to Expand ACAMOn November 2, the FCC issued a Public Notice seeking comment on the Petition for Declaratory Ruling filed by the ACAM Broadband Coalition (the “Coalition”), in which the Coalition proposes to provide to current ACAM plan companies that voluntarily agree to participate in the enhanced ACAM plan six years of additional support at current support levels in return for providing significantly faster broadband speeds to consumers more quickly than consumers otherwise would receive them. Comments are due December 2, 2020. Specifically, under the Coalition’s proposal, companies currently participating in the ACAM program (either ACAM-I or ACAM-II) would be given thirty days from release of company-specific data detailing enhanced deployment obligations and speed requirements to elect whether to participate in the enhanced ACAM program. ACAM companies choosing to participate in the enhanced ACAM program would receive six additional years of support at current support levels. In exchange for this additional support, carriers would agree to the following enhancements: A-CAM I Initially, the 4/1 Mbps deployment category would be eliminated and all partially funded locations that are subject to the 4/1 Mbps speed standard would be moved to the 10/1 Mbps category; a certain percentage of locations currently in the 10/1 Mbps deployment category would be moved to the 25/3 Mbps deployment category. In future years, a certain percentage of fully funded locations in the 25/3 deployment category would be obligated to be served at speeds of 100/25 Mbps or higher. Depending upon the population density the carrier serves, the obligation to serve fully funded 25/3 Mbps category locations at 100/25 Mbps or higher would increase ten percent annually until fifty to seventy percent of fully funded locations are required to meet the 100/25 Mbps speed standard. A-CAM II Initially, the 4/1 Mbps deployment category would be eliminated and all partially funded locations that are subject to the 4/1 Mbps speed standard would move to the 25/3Mbps deployment. In future years, ten percent of fully funded locations in the 25/3 deployment category would be obligated to be served at speeds of 100/25 Mbps or higher. The obligation to serve fully funded 25/3 Mbps category locations at 100/25 Mbps or higher would increase ten percent annually until eighty percent of fully funded locations would be required to meet the 100/25 Mbps speed standard. In either case, usage and latency requirements would remain the same, as well as the annual interim milestones. The 100/25 Mbps deployment obligations and accompanying annual milestones proposed in the Petition would supplement the existing ACAM plan lower speed deployment milestones. Likewise, the general oversight and compliance framework currently applicable to ACAM companies would be unchanged. Carriers interested in commenting on the Petition may contact the firm for more information. BloostonLaw Contacts: Ben Dickens and Sal Taillefer. Connected Care Pilot Program Applications Accepted
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