Test and Measurement
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Test and Measurement
Taming a wild monitor point
When monitor points suddenly exhibit surprisingly high field strength, one's first inclination is to look at the previous logs and ask the technical staff about the monitoring point's history
Day Sequerra M2.2R
Day Sequerra has updated its M2.0 HD modulation monitor, adding some nice and very useful features. I first reviewed the original M2.0 in Radio magazine in May 2006, and the new M2.2R model is an attractive piece of test equipment that will likely go in your facility where it can be seen by you and others.
Digital Audio
With analog, engineers know how to measure levels, frequency response and distortion to gauge the audio performance. Unfortunately, digital audio changes all this.
Whirlwind AES Qbox
When a station changes to AES3 or S/PDIF digital audio, the availability of easy-to-use, rugged and portable test equipment declines greatly.
Audemat-Aztec Goldeneagle FM/HD
With HD Radio, stations at minimum need to monitor the main channel audio. But there's also multicasting, PAD and funny initials like DAAI and QI that tell volumes about the signal. The big question is how to acquire all of that data.
Sign Off
The computer hard drive is 50 years old this month. Take a look at the IBM RAMAC, which held 5MB of data and was the size of a refrigerator.
Trends in Test Equipment
If you had the opportunity to equip yourself anew for the year, which pieces of equipment would make your core list?
Beyond These Walls
When the work takes you outside the studio.
Prism Sound Dscope III
Doug Irwin put the Dscope test set through several tests of his own.
Proving Performance: Test and measurement
While the basic skills of evaluating system performance are still in place, the tools and the methods used today are changing significantly. Digital signals require analog tools, but you can't neglect the analog elements either.
2004 Product Source - Beyond these walls
Radio magazine's annual Product Source, Beyond these walls.
Test and measurement in the digital age
A few engineers believe it is easier to maintain a digital audio chain because they no longer need to deal with the audible effects of ground loops, noise, crosstalk and mismatches typical in some analog signal paths. Wrong!
Mooretronix Stereo Tracer
This interface facilitates making analog audio measurements with an oscilloscope.
NTI Digilyzer DL1
Most digital equipment is woefuly lacking in its ability to display why it is unhappy. Luckily, the Digilyzer displays things such as lack of data compliance, bad cables or poor signal quality.
DK-Audio MSD100
Early solid-state audio spectrum instruments provided limited resolution, but the MSD100 offers a bright, easily read display of stereo separation and frequency dispersion.
