Final-year UWL Electronic and Electrical Engineering students visit Ofcom’s Baldock lab
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Ofcom’s Baldock radio station is a specialised test facility for monitoring and measuring radio waves across a wide range of frequencies, using various devices. Located near Stevenage, the station’s test work underpins policy decisions by Ofcom’s Spectrum group, in support of the regulatory body’s statutory duties. Current test and monitoring activities cover a range of services including aeronautical, radio, mobile and satellite.
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A group of final year BEng (Hons) Electronic and Electrical Engineering students were lucky enough to visit the facility last month, exploring the operation room and the labs, where they were introduced to the equipment being used. Ofcom team members spoke about projects including the Radio Noise project — an in-house measurement and analysis capability for monitoring of radio noise and unwanted emissions.
This visit complemented our students’ study for the Communication Systems module, enriching their subject knowledge and employability skills,”
says Dr Nagham Saeed, Associate Professor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
The students were very interested to find out more and Ofcom Director of Engineering Armelle Boisset told me she was impressed with how they interacted and with their engaging questions.”
I really learned a lot about operations in the radio frequency (RF) sector,”
says final year student Samuel Muchoki Mugo.
It was great to understand how the RF spectrum is regulated and intensely policed as a valuable government asset. I was also very encouraged to witness how routine equipment present in our laboratory like bandpass filters are instrumental in real engineering applications in the field."
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