New technologies must be utilized in today's competitive market. A.D.L.'s decision not to build a scalar feed as our first product line, was based on the fact the the choke plate (scalar) feed design was old technology. In 1979 the TVRO industry was looking for an inexpensive antenna feed; what happened then, is what happens all to often: an old idea is dusted off, "renamed", and low and behold we have a new product, "the scalar feed"; or do we? The history books say our "new friend", the scalar feed, is nothing more than an "alias" for the choke plate feed design, that had been used in the 1950s  and 1960s with varying degrees of success. The design has been shown to be defenseless to terrestrial interference ("TI"), and cannot take advantage of controlled moding, thereby limiting its performance.

Extraordinary progress had been made in feed design since the 1960s by the aerospace industry. One design was of particular interest, a dual moding "SMART-FEED". The advantages were tremendous, "terrestrial interference rejection", carrier to noise ratios and "side lobe performance" were major improvements due to controlled "Dual Moding". The "SMART-FEED" design specifications were central to its performance. After a long and difficult "R&D" phase, the design was perfected. A.D.L. had "its" new feed. In 1983, the first "SMART-FEED" now named the RP1 Dual Hybrid had been tested.

In 1986 the TVRO Industry had to have a co-borsight feed. It was an awkward time for A.D.L. as the capital was not there to hire a Research and Development team to design the new feed; what was there, was the desire and determination. In February 1987, the Satellite Industry saw the first true non-compromised high performance CKU Centerline feed that was not only superior inn performance, but also reasonably priced.

The nnatural way to plot an intelligent growth of a Company is to include all products that relate to its industry. In 1993 and after 10 years, A.D.L. added the RP3 series Scalar feed to the product line, with resounding applause and acceptance.

CUSTOMER BASE

A.D.L. is a privately owned company that has self funded its own growth. It has built up a worldwide customer base across a comprehensive range of Satellite industries. Customers include many Multi-national companies who rely upon A.D.L.'s experience to manufacture high quality Antenna Feeds to meet the changing World Market.