Spectrum Monitoring

Fremont, CA – August 2017 – TCI, a leader in world-class spectrum monitoring systems recently announced that it will hold its annual Technical Training Seminar on October 16-20, 2017. Hosted at TCI headquarters in Fremont, California, this year’s course will be an in-depth week of training covering spectrum monitoring, direction finding and spectrum management, as well as maintenance and operation of spectrum monitoring equipment.

Individuals attending the seminar will work hands-on alongside TCI engineers and fellow spectrum professionals. This curriculum will provide individuals with tools to better perform their day-to-day duties as well as an excellent setting to network and exchange ideas with like-minded students from around the world.

The TCI Technical Training Seminar is an advanced training course intended for individuals that have daily, hands-on experience with TCI spectrum monitoring and management equipment and software. Those who attend should have prior knowledge and experience with spectrum monitoring and management concepts and practices. Individuals that would most benefit from this training may perform one or more of the following as their daily duties:

• Spectrum Monitoring – occupancy measurements, direction finding, field strength measurements, quality of service.
• Spectrum Management – data entry and collection, type approval, interference analysis, licensing, frequency allocation, violation and complaint resolution.
• Maintenance – maintaining and troubleshooting TCI equipment.

The deadline for acceptance for TCI’s 2017 Training Seminar is September 15, 2017. To RSVP, or for more information, please contact Olivier Robbe at Olivier.Robbe@spx.com or 1.510.687.6297.

About TCI
TCI brings over 46 years of innovation in radio direction finding and signals intelligence solutions for civilian, government and military agencies worldwide. TCI is also a recognized leader in the design and manufacture of antennas for communications and high-power radio broadcasting. Selected for use in more than 100 countries, TCI products are supported by a global network of customer and training services. TCI, one of the businesses of SPX Corporation, is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Fremont, CA – June 2, 2017 – TCI International, Inc. hosted 11 of its Field Service Engineers at TCI headquarters for training on the installation, maintenance and servicing of TCI’s newest Model 709 and 739 Compact Spectrum Monitoring Systems; as well as the latest versions of TCI’s Automated Spectrum Management Systems (ASMS), and Scorpio Spectrum Monitoring software applications. TCI strategically locates FSEs around the globe at remote offices and customer sites to ensure rapid, regional support capabilities for its Spectrum Monitoring and Communications Intelligence (COMINT) solutions. Currently, TCI has FSEs deployed in 11 countries, including Algeria, Bangladesh, Botswana, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Qatar, Rwanda, Swaziland, Tunisia and the United States.

Fremont, CA – May 18, 2017 – TCI International, Inc. hosted 25 spectrum management and monitoring professionals from 19 countries for a hands-on spectrum management training course, offered by the United States Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI) at TCI headquarters in Fremont, California (USTTI Course 17-113: Practical Applications of Spectrum Management and Spectrum Monitoring).

The 5-day course covered integrated and automated management and monitoring systems, with special attention to automatic violation detection. The course combined classroom presentations and hands-on activities to focus on the practical application of ITU-compliant spectrum management and monitoring techniques, including:

• Frequency assignment;
• Propagation analysis tools;
• Radio direction finding using Angle of Arrival (AOA) methods;
• Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) geolocation;
• Hybrid AOA/TDOA geolocation, and signal measurements for fixed, mobile and transportable applications;
• Signal monitoring, identification, and correlation to the frequency management database;
• Spectrum Occupancy Analysis.

The hands-on spectrum management training course demonstrated real-time application of the principles taught in the classroom and included mission planning, operational set-up, running missions, and data analysis. The delegates included spectrum regulators from Argentina, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Swaziland, Venezuela, and Vietnam.

About TCI
TCI International, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of SPX Corporation. TCI provides spectrum monitoring, direction finding, geolocation and signal collection solutions to civilian, government, military and intelligence agencies, as well as antennas for communications and high-power radio broadcasting. TCI is headquartered in Fremont, California, USA. For more information, visit www.tcibr.com.

The Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) in Maseru, Kingdom of Lesotho, has awarded TCI a contract to supply, install and commission a state-of-the-art spectrum management, monitoring and licensing system to replace older systems. The LCA joins more than 20 other spectrum regulators across Africa that have selected TCI’s solutions over the past 15 years.

The solution utilizes TCI’s newest Model 739 Compact Spectrum Monitoring System (CSMS) to provide full compliance with ITU-R Recommendations. The spectrum monitoring systems are coupled with TCI’s enterprise, integrated Model 710 Automated Spectrum Management System (ASMS) to provide fully integrated Spectrum Monitoring and Management capabilities. The contract includes fixed, mobile and transportable configurations to provide flexible deployments and operations across the country.

JB Ballard, President of TCI, stated: “We are excited the LCA selected TCI’s CSMS and ASMS solutions to fulfill their spectrum management and monitoring needs. The Model 739’s dual 10/80 MHz instantaneous bandwidths, and ability to monitor and geolocate signals from 20 MHz through 8.5 GHz will ensure the LCA is equipped to monitor all signals – on all frequencies – today, and well into the future.”

With the award of this contract, TCI further develops its presence, commitment and regional maintenance support in the Southern African region, adding LCA to its existing customer base of telecommunications regulators in Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zambia.

About TCI
TCI International, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of SPX Corporation. TCI provides spectrum monitoring, direction finding, geolocation and signal collection solutions to civilian, government, military and intelligence agencies, as well as antennas for communications and high-power radio broadcasting. TCI is headquartered in Fremont, California, USA. For more information, visit www.tcibr.com.

About LCA
Lesotho Communications Authority is the national regulatory agency for the communications sector in the Kingdom of Lesotho. It regulates the communications sector made-up of telecommunications, broadcasting and postal services. For more information, visit www.lca.org.ls.

TCI is once again pleased to host industry and government professionals from around the world at a tuition-free training course, offered by the United States Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI). We invite you to join us at TCI corporate headquarters in Fremont, California for:

USTTI Course 17-113
Practical Applications of
Spectrum Management and Spectrum Monitoring
May 8 – May 12, 2017
Fremont, California (Northern Silicon Valley)

Emphasizing the benefits that derive from integrated and automated management and monitoring systems, the course will give special attention to automatic violation detection. You will understand how measurements from the monitoring system are combined with the management license database information to automatically detect licensing violations. In addition, the wide-ranging curriculum will combine classroom presentations and hands-on activities to focus on the practical application of ITU-compliant spectrum management and monitoring techniques, including:

• License application processing
• Frequency assignment
• Propagation analysis tools
• Radio direction finding using Angle of Arrival (AOA) methods, Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) geolocation, hybrid AOA/TDOA geolocation, and signal measurements for fixed, mobile and transportable applications.
• Signal monitoring, identification, and correlation to the frequency management database
• Spectrum occupancy observations and analysis as part of the frequency management function
• Transmitter measurements as required to ensure compliance to the radio regulations.

The hands-on portion of the course will demonstrate real-time application of the principles taught in the classroom and include mission planning, operational set-up, running missions, and data analysis.

We recommend that in addition to applying for Practical Applications of Spectrum Management and Spectrum Monitoring, you also consider applying for USTTI Course 17-112, Introduction to Radio Spectrum Monitoring and Measuring. Scheduled for May 1 – 5, 2017 in Columbia, Maryland (Washington, DC area), Introduction to Radio Spectrum Monitoring and Measuring forms a natural precursor to our tuition-free, five-day course.

TCI’s longstanding commitment to spectrum monitoring includes advancing the state of technology, as well as enhancing the expertise of users. This year’s seminar offers you an unusual opportunity to acquire practical knowledge and technical insights from an exceptionally accomplished team of spectrum professionals. We hope you’ll join us.

For more details, or to apply for this course (17-113) today, please click here.

About TCI
TCI International, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of SPX Corporation. TCI provides spectrum monitoring, direction finding, and signals intelligence solutions to civilian, government and military agencies, as well as antennas for communications and high-power radio broadcasting. TCI is headquartered in Fremont, California. For more information, visit www.tcibr.com.

Fremont, CA — The radio-frequency spectrum is a national resource essential to the broadcasting and wireless communications on which modern societies depend. Monitoring this spectrum for sources of interference and unauthorized signals, and managing the operations of authorized users, has become an important mission for countries at all stages of development.

In 2006, Jamaica’s Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) invested in technology from TCI International, Inc. to establish the country’s first national spectrum monitoring network. The Silicon Valley–based supplier of proprietary hardware and software provided SMA with a suite of automated systems, including both stationary and mobile units, designed to look for and identify signals of interest, and locate their geographical sources. This capability improves SMA’s ability to detect and eliminate sources of interference that degrade radio, television and communications signals, including vital frequencies used for aviation, maritime operations and emergency services.

Jamaica supplemented these systems in 2012 and again in 2015 with additional monitoring stations from TCI, as well as upgrades that introduced enhanced methods of pinpointing the spots from which unauthorized signals originate.

Supported by a TCI service contract for preventative and corrective maintenance, SMA believes its relationship with the company over the past decade has proven to be a durable one. According to Henry Batson, Director of SMA’s Spectrum Engineering Division, “Our partnership with TCI over the last 10 years has allowed the SMA to significantly improve its spectrum management capabilities.  This is a major factor in positioning Jamaica’s telecommunication infrastructure to deliver world-class services to its citizens and investors.”

Through their ongoing relationship with TCI, Jamaica’s spectrum management specialists have taken advantage of in-depth training and support opportunities offered by the company. An annual seminar at TCI headquarters in the San Francisco Bay area provides practical knowledge and technical insights on topics ranging from analyzing and tracking down spurious radio signals, to complying with radio regulations and licensing authorized broadcasters and wireless operators. Technical Training Seminars at the TCI factory also provide in-depth discussions, hands-on experience with the company’s technology and best practices for using its products.

Jamaica selected TCI based on the company’s worldwide reputation for leading-edge technology, maintenance and technical support, as well as its service to customers in more than 100 countries. For the past decade, those capabilities have been helping to manage and develop Jamaica’s growing communications infrastructure—fulfilling a commitment to make state-of-the-art communications a reality throughout the nation.

About TCI
TCI International, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of SPX Corporation. TCI provides spectrum monitoring, direction finding, and signals intelligence solutions to civilian, government and military agencies, as well as antennas for communications and high-power radio broadcasting. TCI is headquartered in Fremont, California. For more information, visit www.tcibr.com.