New Standards for Rigid Coax?

By Doug Lung
published

Could the transmission line you ordered for your new DTV transmitting antenna be obsolete in a few years? That's a possibility if an industry effort to standardize EIA rigid line sizes succeeds.

While it may orphan some products, the long term benefit of not needing to worry about inner conductor dimensions and flange construction when connecting line from different manufacturers is obvious. Read more about this in TV Technology's sister publication, Radio World, in an article by Randy Stine: Rigid Coax to Get Size Makeover—Manufacturers Hope to Address 'Fit-up'.

Doug Lung
Doug Lung

Doug Lung is one of America's foremost authorities on broadcast RF technology. As vice president of Broadcast Technology for NBCUniversal Local, H. Douglas Lung leads NBC and Telemundo-owned stations’ RF and transmission affairs, including microwave, radars, satellite uplinks, and FCC technical filings. Beginning his career in 1976 at KSCI in Los Angeles, Lung has nearly 50 years of experience in broadcast television engineering. Beginning in 1985, he led the engineering department for what was to become the Telemundo network and station group, assisting in the design, construction and installation of the company’s broadcast and cable facilities. Other projects include work on the launch of Hawaii’s first UHF TV station, the rollout and testing of the ATSC mobile-handheld standard, and software development related to the incentive auction TV spectrum repack.
A longtime columnist for TV Technology, Doug is also a regular contributor to IEEE Broadcast Technology. He is the recipient of the 2023 NAB Television Engineering Award. He also received a Tech Leadership Award from TV Tech publisher Future plc in 2021 and is a member of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and the Society of Broadcast Engineers.