The uplinks, used by most major television stations, consist of the truck, the transmitting antenna, and the shelter equipped with all necessary electronics. Secure shelters are customized to meet customer objectives and shipping dates and are often configured with environmental controls, appropriate electrical filtering, electronic racks, power distribution, back-up power system and antennas. AFC engineers, along with customer personnel, team to evaluate shelter electronics subsystems where classification permits. Fixed station uplinks are also available for video, audio, voice and data. Low Loss Transmission Lines Custom waveguide components include multi-band feeds, rotary joints, filters, diplexers, OMTs, rectangular to circular converters, special bends and twists, and other custom hardware.
Applications serve ground based, airborne and spacecraft environments.
The Tallguide product line consists of a series of oversized waveguides, mode suppressors and transitions which provide exceptionally low transmission losses in comparison to standard waveguide. The attenuation per 100 feet is typically one-tenth of conventional waveguides. This increased efficiency can result in a significant reduction in system costs. The product line includes all necessary hardware for operation in the 5 to 100 GHz frequency range. AFC manufactures, markets and sells worldwide satellite dish antennas, conical horn antennas, radomes, antenna feeds, microwave and waveguide components, ultra low loss waveguide transmission line TallGuide , and shelters.