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Micro Harmonics, a small business specializing in ferrite-based millimeter wave components, announced the availability of its initial circulator product, the YC148, covering 58 to 64 GHz. The company is also extending its line of Faraday rotation isolators from WR12 (60 to 90 GHz) to WR3.4 (220 to 325 GHz). Prototypes of WR5.1, WR4.3 and WR3.4 designs are being evaluated and will be released by summer.

Anokiwave is redefining traditional single function gain blocks with its new family of multi-function microwave and mmWave silicon ICs, offering complete transmit/receive functionality with active gain and phase control.

Eutelsat Communications has ordered the next-generation KONNECT VHTS satellite system to support the development of its European fixed broadband and in-flight connectivity businesses.

The FCC has approved an application by SpaceX to provide broadband services using a low earth orbit satellite constellation of 4,425 satellites.

Is it possible that a broadband noise source could be used to calibrate an array of receivers?  Noise has many features that lends it to a calibration waveform.   Noise can excite many frequencies simultaneously and is already used in known methods for adaptive filter algorithms. Find out the answer in this expert advice article.

The FCC is soliciting comments on additional uses for the 50 MHz, 4.9 GHz band, allocated for public safety in 2002. The commission hopes other users can share the band without causing interference.