R&S Stories

Arctic cold. Challenge accepted.

The Rohde & Schwarz environmental laboratory tests product functionality under extreme conditions

For a ship to navigate the Northwest Passage, it first has to follow the lonely west coast of Greenland for several hundred nautical miles. Even in this environment, Rohde & Schwarz ensures reliable radio contact. To ensure that all of its products work under extreme conditions, such as those present around the North Atlantic Ocean, the technology company has invested in its own, highly professional environmental laboratory. Cold, heat, humidity, water, vibration – in addition to all these standard environmental factors, the laboratory also leverages the company's extensive expertise in electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). The lab is capable of a broad spectrum of possible tests, and the range of benefits is equally broad.