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TCI COVID-19 Update #1 / USTTI Course 20-113 Postponement

To TCI’s Customers, Students, Partners and Suppliers:

TCI has been determined as an “essential business” as a supplier of critical equipment for global telecom and government infrastructure applications. Therefore, TCI has reopened its manufacturing and customer support facility effective Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Many staff will continue to work from remote sites in support of the ongoing precautionary measures being taken by local and state governments to ensure the safety of our employees and the citizens of California in the face of the evolving threat from the COVID-19 virus.

In support of protecting the health of our USTTI students, USTTI Course 20-113 scheduled for May 11 – May 15, 2020, in Fremont, California will be rescheduled to a later date. TCI and USTTI will provide new dates once the timeline for resolution of the COVID-19 pandemic is clearer.

Please be assured that our team will remain fully engaged to ensure continuous program execution, customer support, accounting, and marketing activities. During this period, you should continue to engage with our team directly and via the customer web portal as you normally do. TCI’s Customer Support phone lines (+1.510.687.6123 or +1.510.687.6218) and E-Mail (tcisupport@spx.com) accounts remain operational.

JB Ballard,

President

 

About TCI
TCI International, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of SPX Corporation. TCI provides turn-key solutions for spectrum management and monitoring, direction finding, geolocation and communications intelligence 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.

TCI Takes Precautionary Measures for COVID-19

To TCI’s Customers, Students, Partners and Suppliers:

TCI will be closing, temporarily, its main facility in Fremont, California on March 16, 2020 at midnight. This temporary closure is in support of the precautionary measures being taken by local and state governments to ensure the safety of our employees and the citizens of California in the face of the evolving threat from the COVID-19 virus.

Please be assured that our team will remain engaged from remote locations to ensure continuous program execution, customer support, accounting and marketing activities during this period – you should engage with our team directly and via the web portal as you normally do. TCI’s Customer Support phone line and E-Mail accounts remain operational: +1.510.687.6218 (Brian Beck) tcisupport@spx.com

Preliminary indications are these precautionary efforts will remain in effect through April 7, 2020, and TCI will keep you updated via this web site and E-Mail as new information is available.

TCI looks forward to reopening our Fremont facility as soon as possible and serving you through the temporary closing.

JB Ballard,

President

 

About TCI
TCI International, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of SPX Corporation. TCI provides turn-key solutions for spectrum management and monitoring, direction finding, geolocation and communications intelligence 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 Market for More Manpack

Manpack signals intelligence systems are gaining in popularity as capability increases are matched by reductions in size, weight and power. In this article by Tom Withington of Armada International, TCI’s Kevin Davis talks about these trends and their operational implications. He notes that greater connectivity of SIGINT in manpack and other form factors has the potential to enhance its role in the electronic warfare kill chain.

Deployed soldiers uses a manpack signals intelligence (SIGINT) system

About TCI
TCI International, Inc., is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SPX Corporation. TCI provides turn-key solutions for spectrum management and monitoring, direction finding, geolocation and communications intelligence 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.

TCI Talks Blackbird Updates and Drone Detection at AOC Show

TCI used the occasion of the 56th Annual AOC International Symposium and Convention in Washington, D.C. last fall to discuss two of the company’s most important offerings. The Blackbird COMINT system now features faster scanning, plus lower size, weight and power to make the system more capable. TCI is also promoting is counter-UAS detection and classification system for military and commercial applications. Richard Thomas of Shephard Media has the story here.

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About TCI
TCI International, Inc., is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SPX Corporation. TCI provides turn-key solutions for spectrum management and monitoring, direction finding, geolocation and communications intelligence 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.

5G: The Promise and the Perils

The introduction of fifth-generation (5G) wireless technology will bring a marked increase in capabilities that will benefit users in developing and developed countries alike. But this latest solution to the world’s seemingly insatiable demand for bandwidth also poses challenges for communications intelligence professionals. Kevin Davis of TCI spoke with Armada International’s Tom Withington about the operational implications of 5G on COMINT.

A soldier uses a communications intelligence (COMINT) radio system

 

About TCI
TCI International, Inc., is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SPX Corporation. TCI provides turn-key solutions for spectrum management and monitoring, direction finding, geolocation and communications intelligence 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.

TCI Announces 2020 Spectrum Monitoring & Management Course

Enhance your knowledge of spectrum management and monitoring at our tuition-free, five-day program.

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TCI International, Inc. (an SPX Company) 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 20-113
Practical Applications of Spectrum Management and Spectrum Monitoring
May 11 – May 15, 2020
Fremont, California (Northern Silicon Valley)

Course description
The course focuses on the practical application of ITU-compliant spectrum management and monitoring techniques and the modern-day challenges associated with both, including licensing tools, propagation analysis tools, radio direction finding and signal measurements for fixed, mobile and transportable applications. The course employs classroom and hands-on activities to provide students with a practical overview of spectrum management and monitoring techniques and their interaction. Classroom time is used to instruct in system planning and coverage analysis, the principles of propagation analysis, operational principles of a monitoring station, principles of signal measurements, radio direction finding, signal identification and recording and RF drone detection techniques. 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.

Learning Objectives
To learn practical implementation of spectrum management, spectrum monitoring, radio direction finding and signal measurement techniques as they relate to the international standards of the ITU and today’s signal environment. This includes:

  1. management tools;
  2. monitoring coverage and planning tools;
  3. propagation analysis tools;
  4. radio direction finding;
  5. signal monitoring, identification and correlation to the frequency management database;
  6. spectrum occupancy observations and analysis as part of the frequency management function;
  7. transmitter measurements as required to ensure compliance to the radio regulations; and
  8. spectrum management and monitoring in a 5G world: new solutions for 5G and beyond.

Focus
Managerial and high level technical, with emphasis on hands-on demonstrations.

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 (20-113) today, please click here.

About TCI
TCI International, Inc., is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SPX Corporation. TCI provides turn-key solutions for spectrum management and monitoring, direction finding, geolocation and communications intelligence 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.