May 2010 edition  v 1.0

SEP 8, 2000     Passaic, NJ

A well known entertainment company’s digital TV system in a large southern city was having problems with
fuzzy TV reception in an area approximately 5 blocks wide by 2 miles long in the downtown area.  The problem
 was traced to out of phase reflections coming from a penthouse directly behind the transmitting antenna,
located atop a 26 story office building.  A test was devised to absorb these reflections using MWT’s standard microwave absorber blankets MWT P/N MAC 6200, which provided > -20 dB absorption in the frequency range
of 2 GHz to 6 GHz.

The TV signal in the affected area was restored to its original clarity.  MWT worked with the antenna
manufacturer and the TV distributor to accomplish a cost effective, permanent fix by installing MAC 6200
blankets directly behind the antenna to “shadow” the penthouse behind the antenna.