Grounding standards for broadcast
While there are similarities between various grounding methodologies, asking 10 engineers for their opinions will probably return a minimum of eight different and valid recommendations.
Images from "Pirate Radio"
Can you identify any of the equipment in these images from the movie "Pirate Radio"?
Contributor Pro-File: Ron Bartlebaugh
This month: Ron Bartlebaugh; The WKSU Stations; Kent, OH
Nice PAD
Porting a data stream to an RBDS encoder or HD Radio importer often requires some kind of conversion step. There are commercial products and services to do this, but it can be done in house.
KZUN circa 1970
A look back at photos from KZUN in Opportunity, WA, courtesy of Bill Harms.
Safety in the workplace
The upcoming generation of radio engineers will encounter a new ease of measurement as a fact of the Commission's new directional antenna proof rules.
How U.S. Adults Use Audio
According to a study by the Council for Research Excellence and The Nielsen Company, broadcast radio accounts for more than half of all audio media exposure each day.
Field Report: Trilithic Easy Cast
While important, EAS can be tricky. The EASyCAST encoder/decoder from Trilithic has taken away most if not all of the potential EAS headaches.
New Products - Dec 2009
New products from American Audio, APW Mayville, Belden, NTI Audio, Sonifex, Studio Technologies, Tascam and more.
NPR asks FCC to end TV-6 protection rules
The NPR proposal is unrelated to the proposals of the Minority Media and Communications Council and the Broadcast Maximization Committee, which want the FCC to look into the allocation of current TV-5 and TV-6 spectrum for use by radio broadcasters.
A deserved punishment for KWVE?
The reality is that EAS does not really work as well as it was intended. Editor Chriss Scherer does not believe any broadcast station should ever, as part of a standard plan, originate an alert.
Iphone tools
Gary Kline suggested one of his favorite Iphone apps for radio engineers, Islipstick.
Contributor Pro-File: Harry Martin
This month: Harry Martin; Fletcher, Heald and Hildreth; Washington, DC
Number of articles by John Battison
Total number of articles Battison has penned: 215. How much the broadcast community has learned from him: countless.
Zoom H4n
Chris Wygal thinks the Zoom H4n is a perfect solution when top-level audio must be captured quickly.
New Products - Nov 2009
New products from Aphex Systems, Bext, BW Broadcast, Harris, Middle Atlantic Products, Netia Digital Audio, Sonifex and Tieline Technology.
Engineers propose abandonment of ratchet rule
The ratchet rule was adopted in the early 1990s as part of an effort to reduce interference in the AM band.
Changing of the guard
Another RF expert takes over the RF Engineering column reins from John Battison: Jeremy Ruck. John is stepping back from his routine involvement with Radio magazine.
The Phasor
The upcoming generation of radio engineers will encounter a new ease of measurement as a fact of the Commission's new directional antenna proof rules.
EAS Checkup
One piece of equipment that can be left untouched and unnoticed for some time is the station's EAS encoder/decoder. Don't let it become a quiet problem.
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