Transmitter Location Systems

Transmitter Location Systems

Transmitter Location Systems, LLC (TLS) is a satellite radio interference geolocation company based in Chantilly, Virginia, U.S.A.

TLS's only business is geolocating the source of satellite radio interference, including one incident when a base in Cuba was jamming U.S. satellite broadcasts to Iran. [cite news |first=J. Michael |last=Waller |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Iran and Cuba Zap U.S. Satellites; Acting on behalf of the mullahs in Tehran, Fidel Castro has been jamming U.S. satellite broadcasts into Iran from an electronic-espionage base outside of Havana |url=http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33957 |work= Insight on the News via World Net Daily|publisher= |date= August 19, 2003 |accessdate=2008-08-02 |Quote=When Telestar-12's owner, Loral Skynet, learned of the jamming it hired Chantilly, Va.-based Transmitter Location Systems LLC, or TLS, to use its orbiting geolocation system to vector in on the source of the interference with the satellite's transponders. ] [ [http://www.nbc6.net/news/2334674/detail.html U.S.: Cuba Jamming TV Signals To Iran] WTVJ, Miami, 2003. Retrieved 2008-08-02] TLS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Inteferometrics, Inc., a science and engineering company.

The company's technology was created from early research in radio astronomy. TLS owns several U.S. patents on geolocation technology. It sells and operates a commercial system called TLS NexGen, and provides a 24/7 geolocation service for satellite operators world-wide.

The company also provides various services supporting communications analysis.

References

*cite news |first=Doug |last=Lung |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Tracking Rogue Uplinks |url=http://www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/show_issue.cgi?year=2003&month=7&week=30 |work=TVTechnology.com |publisher= |date=July 2003 |accessdate=2008-08-02

*cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=SUIRG Developing Protocol To Identify Interference Sources |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-7739113_ITM |work=Satellite News |publisher= |date=20 DEC 2004 |accessdate=2008-08-02

*cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Vacationers caught glimpse of paradise before losing lives in copter crash |url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-07-26-kauai_x.htm |work=USA Today |publisher= |date=July 26, 2003 |accessdate=2008-08-02

*cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Test & measurement equipment on eBay? Of course! |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-20957842_ITM |work=Test & Measurement World |publisher= |date=1 June 2003 |accessdate=2008-08-02 |quote= Greg Culkowski, Chief Technology Officer of Transmitter Location Systems (a provider of geolocation technology for satellite operators) has found big...

External links

* [http://www.tls2000.com/ Transmitter Location Systems, LLC]
* [http://www.interf.com/ Inteferometrics, Inc.]


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