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Workbench Does Your Outpost Have the Basics? 1.31.2012 Contract Engineer Ihor Slabicky has been gathering supplies for his “outpost,” better known as the remote transmitter site. He More Check Towers After Ice and Snow 1.11.2012 Fig. 1: The insulator on the northeast leg sustained the most serious damage. More This Backup Gear Is Useless 12.30.2011 Hammett & Edison’s Dane Ericksen, P.E., sends a note about the battery corrosion we discussed in the Oct. 19 Workbench (see Fig. More view all text items in this section...
The Big Picture Hit the Moving Technology Target 12.11.2009 By now most of us are painfully aware of some unusual business phenomena that the digital age has wrought. They include the More Radio, at Your Service 11.24.2009 In the Nov. 4 issue we considered how the convergence of radio and Internet might work, given the expected growth in devices that More Enhancing Our Way to Popularity 11.6.2009 The term "enhancement" has been used a lot lately in broadcast circles. No, I'm not talking about those TV commercials promising More view all text items in this section...
Guy Wire It’s Showtime for the New EAS 10.17.2011 The overdue revamped EAS system unofficially kicks off a new era in coming months. Your masked rebel of radio renewal has More HD Radio: Is It Worth the Effort? 6.8.2011 It’s been several years since your masked rebel of radio reflection discussed the painfully slow HD Radio rollout and adoption as More Where’s My Change? 2.28.2011 The onset of a new year and the approach of a new spring compel us to think about where we’ve been the past year, where we are More view all text items in this section...
Milestones Clack-Clack-Clack-Clack-Clack 12.22.2011 For several years in the 1970s I commuted from near Camden, N.J., to Baltimore, usually in the middle of the night. As I drove More The Sta-Level: Effective Audio Control 2.11.2009 This is one in a series of occasional articles about radio broadcast industry technical milestones. Read past Milestones under More GEP for That Bird Without a Wire 11.25.2008 Many years ago, more than I'd want to admit, I taught economics as part of an "engineering economy" section.Economics, unlike More view all text items in this section...
Roots of Radio Hartford Radio in Pictures 2.2.2012 Arcadia Publishing has released “Hartford Radio,” the newest volume from their Images of America series. The book, written More Robert Williams’ Odyssey in Cuba 2.2.2012 “The abundance of the USA belongs to the people, all the people, and no one faction has the right to deny the other liberty, More NBC Helps MBC 1.27.2012 The Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, which officially opens to the public this year, is getting a financial boost. More view all text items in this section...
Day in the Life We Like Our Precast Transmitter Shelter 12.7.2011 Back in the 1960s and 1970s, we heard a lot about “space age” products. A lot of this was advertising hype, but some was the More Two Out of Four Must Go! 8.25.2011 For the most part, tower insulators are pretty rugged. I’ve been in this business for more than 35 years and have never seen a More Alabama Tornados Put Engineering to Test 6.16.2011 For many years to come, people throughout the U.S., the South in particular, will remember the last week of April 2011. It is More view all text items in this section...
Wired for Sound Steve Lampen Sings a Hymn to Junk 12.29.2011 Dear readers, it is confession time: I am hooked on junk. Not just any junk, mind you, but technological junk. I am a More Death of the Last Broadcast Engineer 9.22.2011 SEPT. 1, 2087 — We sadly report the death of Byron Greenie. He was the last of his kind: the last broadcast engineer. More How Low Is Your Smoke? 9.24.2010 Europeans are different than Americans. And it’s not just in the languages we speak or the food we eat. We have some basic More view all text items in this section...
RF Safety Satellite Update - June 24, 2010 6.24.2010 From FCC Report SAT-00699: * SkyTerra Subsidiary LLC amended its application requesting modification of its authorization for the More The Power in Your Wrists 4.16.2010 Richard Strickland’s article in the Jan. 13 edition, concerning de-energized towers that are part of an AM array that is More May I Climb This De-Energized Tower? 1.22.2010 Question: In a previous column you discussed the RF safety hazards associated with climbing a “hot” AM tower. I have a More view all text items in this section...
Road Warrior Smartphones, Mics and Small Recorders 2.3.2012 The smartphone has found a place in my arsenal of radio news tools. I navigate and communicate with my Sprint EVO Shift. And More Netbook+Cheap Software+Handheld Recorder 8.23.2011 Can a netbook computer be used as a serious radio news tool? Can an open-source (read: free) audio editing program be used to More Smartphones, Problem Solvers and Solutions 8.23.2010 Here are some tools that might make our collective job as road warriors simpler and more productive — helping us add value to our More view all text items in this section...
Green Radio Online Tool Helps Estimate Tx Energy Costs 4.13.2011 Broadcasters can use a new online tool to estimate their transmitter system energy costs. The developers hope it will assist More Alaska Test Produces Lower AM Power Costs 4.5.2011 When Chuck Lakaytis, director of engineering for Alaska Public Broadcasting Inc., saw energy bills for his half-dozen 10 kW AM More Engineers Propose an ‘Energy Star’-Style Program for Broadcast Transmitters 1.25.2011 You’ve heard about the “Energy Star” rating. How about a “Transmitter Energy Efficiency Award” that would help you make More view all text items in this section...
Certification Corner What Determines How Far Your Signal Goes? 12.5.2011 Strong in Your Field More A Difference in Protection 10.21.2011 Class Distinction More The Match Game 4.21.2011 It’s Not the Flux Capacitor, Marti Question posed in the Feb. 16 issue(Exam level: CBRE) Your remote crew tells you More view all text items in this section...
The Last Word Why You Should Practice the Art of Writing 10.21.2011 Throughout much of my life, I hated to write. Not only was it painful, but I lacked the skills to formulate a coherent More Memories Are Imaginary Stories 8.22.2011 When I recently discussed a meeting that had been held two weeks earlier with the attendees, I was not surprised that there was More What Airplane Crashes Can Teach Us 4.20.2011 The paradox of the information age is that there is an unbelievable amount of useful information readily available, but these More view all text items in this section...

- Does Your Outpost Have the Basics?
  1.31.2012
  Contract Engineer Ihor Slabicky has been gathering supplies for his “outpost,” better known as the remote transmitter site. He More
- Check Towers After Ice and Snow
  1.11.2012
  Fig. 1: The insulator on the northeast leg sustained the most serious damage. More
- This Backup Gear Is Useless
  12.30.2011
  Hammett & Edison’s Dane Ericksen, P.E., sends a note about the battery corrosion we discussed in the Oct. 19 Workbench (see Fig. More

view all text items in this section...

- Hit the Moving Technology Target
  12.11.2009
  By now most of us are painfully aware of some unusual business phenomena that the digital age has wrought. They include the More
- Radio, at Your Service
  11.24.2009
  In the Nov. 4 issue we considered how the convergence of radio and Internet might work, given the expected growth in devices that More
- Enhancing Our Way to Popularity
  11.6.2009
  The term "enhancement" has been used a lot lately in broadcast circles. No, I'm not talking about those TV commercials promising More

view all text items in this section...

- It’s Showtime for the New EAS
  10.17.2011
  The overdue revamped EAS system unofficially kicks off a new era in coming months. Your masked rebel of radio renewal has More
- HD Radio: Is It Worth the Effort?
  6.8.2011
  It’s been several years since your masked rebel of radio reflection discussed the painfully slow HD Radio rollout and adoption as More
- Where’s My Change?
  2.28.2011
  The onset of a new year and the approach of a new spring compel us to think about where we’ve been the past year, where we are More

view all text items in this section...

- Clack-Clack-Clack-Clack-Clack
  12.22.2011
  For several years in the 1970s I commuted from near Camden, N.J., to Baltimore, usually in the middle of the night. As I drove More
- The Sta-Level: Effective Audio Control
  2.11.2009
  This is one in a series of occasional articles about radio broadcast industry technical milestones. Read past Milestones under More
- GEP for That Bird Without a Wire
  11.25.2008
  Many years ago, more than I'd want to admit, I taught economics as part of an "engineering economy" section.Economics, unlike More

view all text items in this section...

- Hartford Radio in Pictures
  2.2.2012
  Arcadia Publishing has released “Hartford Radio,” the newest volume from their Images of America series. The book, written More
- Robert Williams’ Odyssey in Cuba
  2.2.2012
  “The abundance of the USA belongs to the people, all the people, and no one faction has the right to deny the other liberty, More
- NBC Helps MBC
  1.27.2012
  The Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, which officially opens to the public this year, is getting a financial boost. More

view all text items in this section...

- We Like Our Precast Transmitter Shelter
  12.7.2011
  Back in the 1960s and 1970s, we heard a lot about “space age” products. A lot of this was advertising hype, but some was the More
- Two Out of Four Must Go!
  8.25.2011
  For the most part, tower insulators are pretty rugged. I’ve been in this business for more than 35 years and have never seen a More
- Alabama Tornados Put Engineering to Test
  6.16.2011
  For many years to come, people throughout the U.S., the South in particular, will remember the last week of April 2011. It is More

view all text items in this section...

- Steve Lampen Sings a Hymn to Junk
  12.29.2011
  Dear readers, it is confession time: I am hooked on junk. Not just any junk, mind you, but technological junk. I am a More
- Death of the Last Broadcast Engineer
  9.22.2011
  SEPT. 1, 2087 — We sadly report the death of Byron Greenie. He was the last of his kind: the last broadcast engineer. More
- How Low Is Your Smoke?
  9.24.2010
  Europeans are different than Americans. And it’s not just in the languages we speak or the food we eat. We have some basic More

view all text items in this section...

- Satellite Update - June 24, 2010
  6.24.2010
  From FCC Report SAT-00699: * SkyTerra Subsidiary LLC amended its application requesting modification of its authorization for the More
- The Power in Your Wrists
  4.16.2010
  Richard Strickland’s article in the Jan. 13 edition, concerning de-energized towers that are part of an AM array that is More
- May I Climb This De-Energized Tower?
  1.22.2010
  Question: In a previous column you discussed the RF safety hazards associated with climbing a “hot” AM tower. I have a More

view all text items in this section...

- Smartphones, Mics and Small Recorders
  2.3.2012
  The smartphone has found a place in my arsenal of radio news tools. I navigate and communicate with my Sprint EVO Shift. And More
- Netbook+Cheap Software+Handheld Recorder
  8.23.2011
  Can a netbook computer be used as a serious radio news tool? Can an open-source (read: free) audio editing program be used to More
- Smartphones, Problem Solvers and Solutions
  8.23.2010
  Here are some tools that might make our collective job as road warriors simpler and more productive — helping us add value to our More

view all text items in this section...

- Online Tool Helps Estimate Tx Energy Costs
  4.13.2011
  Broadcasters can use a new online tool to estimate their transmitter system energy costs. The developers hope it will assist More
- Alaska Test Produces Lower AM Power Costs
  4.5.2011
  When Chuck Lakaytis, director of engineering for Alaska Public Broadcasting Inc., saw energy bills for his half-dozen 10 kW AM More
- Engineers Propose an ‘Energy Star’-Style Program for Broadcast Transmitters
  1.25.2011
  You’ve heard about the “Energy Star” rating. How about a “Transmitter Energy Efficiency Award” that would help you make More

view all text items in this section...

- What Determines How Far Your Signal Goes?
  12.5.2011
  Strong in Your Field More
- A Difference in Protection
  10.21.2011
  Class Distinction More
- The Match Game
  4.21.2011
  It’s Not the Flux Capacitor, Marti Question posed in the Feb. 16 issue(Exam level: CBRE) Your remote crew tells you More

view all text items in this section...

- Why You Should Practice the Art of Writing
  10.21.2011
  Throughout much of my life, I hated to write. Not only was it painful, but I lacked the skills to formulate a coherent More
- Memories Are Imaginary Stories
  8.22.2011
  When I recently discussed a meeting that had been held two weeks earlier with the attendees, I was not surprised that there was More
- What Airplane Crashes Can Teach Us
  4.20.2011
  The paradox of the information age is that there is an unbelievable amount of useful information readily available, but these More

view all text items in this section...

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