Covid’s restrictions have finally eased and so we were able to attend several conferences and exhibitions in the first half of this year and after a two-year gap we were finally able to meet our customers face to face.

In March, we were in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the UTCAL Summit 2022. UTCAL brings together leaders from energy companies with representatives from regulators, research institutes, industry, suppliers and key domestic and international experts.

This year, in addition to our booth at UTCAL, we delivered two presentations: ‘Reliable Communication in SCADA Networks with Next Generation IP Radio Modems’ and ‘High Performance Radio Networks’. Both were well attended and met with excellent response.

In May we had a booth at Distributech in Dallas, USA. Although the event was postponed from its original January date to May, this did not affect attendance. Our booth was busy all the time with both existing and new customers and our experts were occupied from morning to night. Traditionally, customers from Latin America also travel to Distributech, so we took the opportunity to meet our major distributors from Mexico and Brazil.

In June we attended two events – Futuretec in the Czech Republic and ‘RACOM in Morocco’.

Futuretec is a traditional conference for Czech ISPs. We have traditionally attended this conference, and in addition to our booth, we also have presentations. This year we talked about the status of development of our new link for the 80 GHz band, for which the Czech market is eagerly waiting, so it is no wonder that the hall was filled to the last seat. The second, purely technical, presentation ‘How to run >50 PtP Gigabit FDD links in freebands’ attracted a large number of listeners too.

RACOM’s Radio modems and Cellular routers are also successful in the North African market, so in June we organised a two-day event together with our partner in Morocco, inviting local customers. In addition to representatives of our traditional customer, RADEEF, the electricity distributor, representatives of other energy companies and other businesses also came to Casablanca, and we are confident that the number of our products installed in Morocco and surrounding countries will continue to grow.

The Webinar ‚Next generation Radio modems‘ we delivered on 9th June 2022 was really successful. We finally had more than 300 participants from 56 countries.

As the attendees were really from all over the world, the idea of having four sessions for different time zones and one session in Spanish in addition to English worked very well.

If you couldn’t participate in live session or if you want to return to it, the full recording is accessible on RACOM YouTube channel, both in English and Spanish.

You can learn there about the latest trends in VHF/UHF Radio modems, especially:

Data speed and Network throughput
Static and Dynamic routing on Radio channel
Necessity of different protocols on Radio channel
Other state-of-the features like Security, QoS etc.

We thank all attendees for their participation, the questions they had, and we look forward to seeing you at our next Webinars.

Webinar recording in English

Webinar recording in Spanish

You are welcome to join us at our Webinar on 9th June 2022 to learn about the latest trends in VHF/UHF Radio modems.

Next generation Radio modems are full-powered IP Routers with plenty of interfaces where VHF/UHF, Cellular, Fiber, Ethernet and Serial are integrated into just one box and can back up and complement each other.

Among others things, you will learn about:

Data speed and Network throughput
Static and Dynamic routing on Radio chanel
Necessity of different protocols on Radio channel
Other state-of-the features like Security, QoS etc.

We will discuss how these new advanced capabilities improve the reliability and security of modern Smart Grid and SCADA networks for mission-critical applications.

Our experts will be ready to reply your questions at the end of this 45 min. webinar.

To make your participation as convenient as possible, the webinar will be organized in four sessions for different time zones.

Date: June 9, 2022

04:00 GMT – Australia, New Zealand, East Asia

Examples of local times:

Auckland 16:00
Sydney 14:00
Perth 12:00
Malaysia 12:00
Jakarta 11:00

Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN…

08:30 GMT – Europe, Middle East, Africa

Examples of local times:

Central Europe 10:30
United Kingdom, Portugal 09:30
Morocco 09:30
Egypt, South Africa 10:30
UAE 12:30

Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_G…

14:30 GMT – LATAM (in Spanish)

Examples of local times:

Mexico, Peru, Panama 09:30
Sao Paulo 11:30
Lisbon 15:30
Madrid 16:30

Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5…

16:30 GMT – North and Central Americas, Caribbean

Examples of local times:

Los Angeles 11:30
Dallas 12:30
Chicago 13:30
New York 14:30

Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-n…

Looking forward to meeting you soon!

RACOM is a traditional sponsor of UTCAL Summit Conference and Exhibition from 2016. After two years of Covid gap, we look forward to meeting our customers and partners again this year in Rio De Janeiro, Windsor Barra Hotel, from March 29 to April 1, 2022.

UTCAL Summit 2022 supports meetings of Utility representatives with regulators, government, research centers, businesses, industry, suppliers and key national and international experts.

RACOM will have two presentations during the conference:

Reliable Communication in SCADA Networks with Next Generation IP Radio Modems

Next generation Radio modems are full-powered IP Routers with plenty of interfaces, Dynamic routing, Backup routes, QoS, Firewall, Encryption and other state-of-the-art features. VHF/UHF, Cellular, Fiber and Ethernet are integrated into just one box and can back up and complement each other. In this talk, we will discuss how these new advanced capabilities improve the reliability and security of modern Smart Grid networks for your mission-critical applications.

March 31st at 2.00 pm, Segovia IV

High Performance Radio networks

Radio networks on private VHF/UHF frequencies have long been considered to have low speed and throughput. Modern technology can achieve previously unheard-of performance over long distances. The key is not just in Gross data rate, Sensitivity or RF power, there are more efficient ways. In this talk, we will show how Radio protocol, advanced digital signal processing techniques and other state-of-the-art features can have profound effect on private radio network performance and its overall throughput.

March 31st at 4.30 pm, Oriente

Our experts will also be ready to discuss all questions regarding wireless data transfer at our booth at the exhibition area.

After two years, the reduced coronavirus measures have allowed us to meet in person with at least part of our sales team deployed in different parts of the world. In the first week of February, we met at our corporate headquarters, the rest of the team joined online, and together we evaluated the results of 2021 and discussed expectations for 2022.

2021 was the best year in RACOM’s history in terms of revenue, we grew almost 20% compared to 2020. We achieved record sales of Radio modems, Cellular routers and Microwave links despite the challenges associated with the Covid pandemic. Compliance with government regulations such as mandatory home offices, mandatory testing, etc. did not pose a major problem for us.

The biggest issue for us was (and still is) the shortage of components and materials of all kinds, their rising prices, extended lead times and the overall shaky economy. We managed to overcome these problems and delivered our products within the standard lead times. We were able to do this thanks to the extreme efforts of our procurement and production staff, for which we are very grateful. We prioritized delivery times over the prices of our inputs, even though we paid many times the usual price for some components compared to before the pandemic.

Also, because we have demonstrated stability in turbulent times, we already have orders for a number of larger and smaller projects for 2022.

We are confident that despite the ongoing challenges in component supply, we will be able to meet all requirements for all of our customers to their satisfaction again this year.

DISTRIBUTECH International 2022 Delayed

MAY 23-25, 2022 | DALLAS, TX

We were ready to go, but Distributech has been rescheduled and will now take place May 23-25, 2022.

We hope to finally meet you a few months later when the COVID-19 cases drop and it’s easier for you to travel.

https://www.distributech.com/

Please be advised that the newly discovered vulnerability in the Apache Log4j logging framework with identifier CVE-2021-44228 does not affect any of the RACOM products, as we do not use Apache but Lighttpd http server in our products.

DISTRIBUTECH International 2022

JANUARY 26-28, 2022 | DALLAS, TX

RACOM is pleased to announce the release of a new model addition to the RAy3 microwave link platform. After successful sale and installations of thousands of links for 24 and 17 GHz we are now introducing 18 GHz, the first licensed band.

RAy3-18 is suitable for long distances even in the harshest conditions. Featuring a robust 4096 QAM implementation with optimal FEC, channel widths up to 110 MHz, +23 dBm power and exceptional gain and interference immunity. It can build 1 Gb/s high availability links up to 20 km using 60 cm antennas. In addition, the operation of the link is guaranteed by a license from the local spectrum regulator.

Low power consumption (33W at full power) and DC power option allows RAy3-18 to operate with solar panels.

In the picture you can see the performance of the link during a heavy thunderstorm. The test link is installed close to our HQ while the distance is 17.3 km, RF power is +23 dBm, antennas are 60 cm and RSS is -45 dBm. The link was stable and has not broken down even when RSS dropped by 33 dB during the storm.

Full details can be found on the website.