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Designers of satellite communications systems can free up a significant amount of 19in. rack space by using a new range of compact block converters from Link Microtek. Manufactured by US company MITEQ, the patented 1/3-rack products are each housed in a 1/3-width, 1U-high package, allowing three times as much functionality to be integrated into the rack space of a conventional 19in. unit. These full-function upconverters and downconverters are designed to provide frequency translation between L-band and the transponder frequency. They are available in a wide range of frequency options covering commercial and military satcom applications in the C, X, Ku and Ka bands. The block converters can be easily configured to create redundancy systems in a 1U space, thereby ensuring continuous operation of satellite communications terminals and preventing any disruption to services. Featuring a gain of 30dB for upconverters and 35dB for downconverters, the units incorporate a gain control facility…