Monday, October 31, 2022

The Millennium Edition HPOI Tuner Y2K Compliant!

Our 2000th HPOI Microwave Tuner was delivered!

In honor of the Y2K scare that was supposed to cause major world chaos on 12:00 AM, Jan 1, 2000, we have named this Tuner the "Millennium Edition", and have certified that it is Y2K complaint!
Posted by Bob Wood at 6:04 PM
Edited on: Friday, August 18, 2023 2:51 PM
Categories: 10 QuickNews, 15 Microwave Tuners, 20 Hardware Products-Current

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

SN 1969, the Woodstock Edition of our Microwave Tuner is ready to ship!

Serial Number 1969 of our microwave tuners has been readied for shipment. In honor of the iconic year of 1969, a great moment in our history where 400,000 people attended a 4 day music festival called Woodstock with 34 of the greatest artists of the time, we are naming SN1969 the Woodstock Edition Microwave Tuner!
Posted by Bob Wood at 12:40 AM
Edited on: Sunday, October 23, 2022 10:29 PM
Categories: 10 QuickNews, 15 Microwave Tuners

Friday, April 17, 2020

Microwave Tuner Serial # 1500 in process!

Hi Everyone!
We are marking the 1500th Microwave Tuner in production, showing Serial Number 1500 here. Congrats to our great team for working hard to get us to this amazing milestone!
We are still going strong manufacturing and shipping these now and for the forseeable future.
Posted by Bob Wood at 1:17 PM
Edited on: Sunday, October 23, 2022 10:43 PM
Categories: 10 QuickNews, 15 Microwave Tuners, 20 Hardware Products-Current

Friday, March 15, 2019

268 Microwave Tuners ordered for FY19!

R. A. Wood Associates received an order for 268 Microwave Tuners for FY19. This will bring our total orders to over 1500 Microwave Tuners, resulting in over 3000 digital/signal conditioning boards, and over 12,000 packaged microwave assemblies being assembled and tested at our facility, all with on-time delivery and keeping costs under control.

Posted by Bob Wood at 3:18 PM
Edited on: Monday, October 28, 2019 7:40 PM
Categories: 10 QuickNews, 15 Microwave Tuners, 20 Hardware Products-Current

Thursday, April 19, 2018

We've built our 1000th Microwave Tuner!

We are excited to anounce that our 1000th Microwave Tuner is in burn-in and getting ready to be shipped! What a great accomplishment for our amazing team!

We've shown our customers that we can deliver a quality product at production rates, and meet their delivery schedules. I'd like to personally thank them for giving us the opportunity to meet their expectations. Thank You! Bob Wood
Posted by Bob Wood at 6:58 PM
Edited on: Friday, July 27, 2018 6:56 PM
Categories: 10 QuickNews, 15 Microwave Tuners, 20 Hardware Products-Current

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

We received an order for 167 Microwave Tuners!

More exciting news that shows our continued comittment to our customers and the critical program these tuners are being used on.
Posted by Bob Wood at 12:40 AM
Edited on: Friday, July 27, 2018 7:35 PM
Categories: 10 QuickNews, 15 Microwave Tuners, 20 Hardware Products-Current

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

R. A. Wood Associates Receives an Order for 212 Microwave Tuners!

After a difficult negotiation to make significant cost reductions, we received an order for 212 microwave tuners. We will be delivering these at an increased rate of 24 per month. The 2 slot VME wide band microwave tuner is shown here being tested in our portable microwave test station.
Posted by Bob Wood at 11:47 PM
Edited on: Friday, July 27, 2018 7:29 PM
Categories: 10 QuickNews, 15 Microwave Tuners, 20 Hardware Products-Current, 60 Hardware Products-Archive

Friday, August 19, 2016

24 more Microwave Tuners ready to ship!

 

Posted by Bob Wood at 6:33 PM
Edited on: Friday, July 27, 2018 7:20 PM
Categories: 10 QuickNews, 15 Microwave Tuners, 20 Hardware Products-Current

Monday, August 24, 2015

R. A. Wood Associates receives a new production order for 168 wideband Microwave Tuners

We've received another production order for wideband Microwave Tuners. We will be delivering these at a rate of 17/month.

Posted by Bob Wood at 2:27 AM
Edited on: Saturday, September 19, 2015 2:46 AM
Categories: 10 QuickNews, 15 Microwave Tuners, 20 Hardware Products-Current

Saturday, November 01, 2014

R. A. Wood Associates receives production order for 144 wideband Microwave Tuners

Another endorsement of our quality, great design, and determination to maintain low cost for our customer.

Posted by Bob Wood at 2:15 AM
Categories: 10 QuickNews, 15 Microwave Tuners, 20 Hardware Products-Current

Friday, June 27, 2014

More Microwave Tuners rolling off the Production Line!

Another 13 of our state of the art high dynamic range Microwave Tuners (with integrated synthesizers) are getting ready to be shipped (on time) to one of our customers. The shipment includes our 100th production Tuner, a very exciting milestone!

For more information, download the RCT0017 product sheet

Posted by Bob Wood at 6:38 PM
Edited on: Thursday, September 11, 2014 8:04 PM
Categories: 10 QuickNews, 15 Microwave Tuners, 20 Hardware Products-Current

Sunday, October 06, 2013

Production Orders for High Dynamic Range Wideband Tuner/Quad Converters

We are currently under contract to build 109 high dynamic range Wideband Tuners/Quad Converters over the next year. These devices feature:
  • The highest dynamic range microwave tuners in the industry
  • Maximum use of surface mount RF/Microwave assemblies for frequencies up to 18 GHz
  • 4 output IF bands to provide 1.5 GHz instantaneous bandwidth
We are bringing all our computer automated test software and hardware design expertise into this program to maximize our productivity and provide the lowest cost product to our customer.

This is the improved RCT0017B Wideband Tuner/Quad Converter, which is the result of 18 months of development improvements from our original RCT0017 model.

Posted by Bob Wood at 12:24 AM
Edited on: Friday, July 27, 2018 7:30 PM
Categories: 10 QuickNews, 15 Microwave Tuners, 20 Hardware Products-Current

Friday, March 30, 2012

New Quad/WB Up Converter and WB/Quad Down Converter Designs Developed and Delivered

Our Wideband Down Converter and Up Converter pair offer:

  • Frequency Coverage: 6 - 18 GHz
  • For applications employing Digital RF Memories (DRFM's) for coherent electronic countermeasures
  • Coherent system synchronized to a 100 MHz reference
  • Independent synthesizers in Down and Up Converters
  • Can be configured as independent Down and Up Converters, or as a coherent set for countermeasures or similar applications
  • Control and Status: VME A24 D32

Down Converter Features:

  • Single Unit Form Factor: 6U 2 Slot Design
  • Input Dynamic Range: -60 to +2 dBm
  • Input 1 dB Compression Point: >+6 dB
  • Noise Figure: 21 dB
  • Gain: 10 dB average
  • Phase Noise: -146 dBc/Hz @ >20 MHz Offset
  • Second IF's: Four outputs at 750 MHz, 375 MHz wide, providing 1.5 GHz instantaneous bandwidth
  • Designed to drive 1 GHz Digitizers linearly up to +12 dB

Up Converter Features:

  • Four inputs at 750 MHz, 375 MHz wide, providing 1.5 GHz instantaneous bandwidth across 6 - 18 GHz
  • Form Factor: VME 6U 2 Slot Design
  • High Input Dynamic Range: -55 to 0 dBm
  • Phase Noise: -146 dBc/Hz @ >20 MHz offset
  • Tuning Speed: 1 uSec
  • Noise Figure: 31.5 dB max
  • Input 1 dB Compression Point: >+2 dBm
  • Gain: 1 dB average
 
Posted by Bob Wood at 6:02 PM
Categories: 10 QuickNews, 15 Microwave Tuners, 20 Hardware Products-Current

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

New Quad Converter Designed and Delivered

We designed and built for production a 4 channel Quad Converter. Our Quad Converter design features:
  • 2 Input IF's from 2.2-5.3 GHz, available simultaneously
  • Output IF's: 4 outputs at 750 MHz, 375 MHz wide, providing 1.5 GHz instantaneous bandwidth across the input IF's
  • Control and Status: VME Interface A24 D32 and UART Serial Interface
  • Designed to drive 4 1 GHz Digitizers linearly up to +12dBm
  • 5 custom surface mount RF assemblies mounted to an aluminum plate
  • Separate multilayer circuit board accommodates power conditioning, FPGA signals and VME interfacing
  • Form Factor: VME 6U 1 Slot Design
  • RF Connector Interface: SMA
This is a very complex design with very high density surface mount assemblies. Surface mount assemblies are built using pick and place machines at a contract manufacturer. Automated RF test rack, fixtures and software has been designed at R. A. Wood Associates.
Posted by Bob Wood at 7:37 PM
Edited on: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 2:04 AM
Categories: 10 QuickNews, 15 Microwave Tuners, 20 Hardware Products-Current, 40 Engineering Consulting Services-Current