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Workbench What’s Lurking Behind Electrical Panels? 5.18.2012 Fig. 1: Open your electrical boxes periodically to see what’s inside … More Color-Code UPS to Simplify Troubleshooting 5.17.2012 Paul Shulins, Greater Media Boston’s director of technical operations, uses two uninterruptible power supplies in each of his More Brighten Your Remotes With Duck Tape 5.8.2012 Fig. 1: Use colorful Duck Tape to protect wiring at live events 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 The Downsizing Dilemma: Who’ll Be Left Standing? 2.15.2012 Guy Wire is the pseudonym of a veteran broadcast engineer. Radio has faced enormous changes over the entire past decade as More 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 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 Nostalgia Convention Features Radio Re-Creations 5.15.2012 The Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention gets more ambitious each year. Scheduled for Aug. 9–11 at the Marriott Hotel in Hunt More Murrow Shortwave Site Rededicated 5.9.2012 Edward R. Murrow, the iconic former CBS News correspondent and longtime champion of the free press, again has his name More Shortwave Station 9XF in Chicago 5.7.2012 There’s no place like Chicago. Situated on the western edge of Lake Michigan, it is one of the largest cities in the More view all text items in this section...
Day in the Life MDCL Operation Is a Winner for High-Power AM 4.18.2012 When my company began purchasing solid-state AM transmitters back in the late 1980s, we immediately began to see a More 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 view all text items in this section...
Wired for Sound Dear Internet: Please Talk to Me 3.27.2012 I’m just a story teller; usually my stories center on wire and cable. Today’s story, boys and girls, is only slightly More 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 view all text items in this section...
RF Safety RF Safety Surveys at Broadcast Sites: A Basic Guide 2.28.2012 Calculations and tables often are used to determine whether a broadcast site is compliant with the RF radiation exposure More Two FMs Must Videotape RFR Workshop for FCC 2.8.2012 In a case involving RFR levels at two FM stations in Hawaii, the FCC has decided to use short-term license renewals as an More 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 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’s the Frequency, Rollo? 2.29.2012 Function Like Bessel More 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 view all text items in this section...
The Last Word Audio-Video Business Models in Transition 2.23.2012 When industry pundits focus on problems facing terrestrial radio broadcasting, they tend to emphasize a single issue without More 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 view all text items in this section...

- What’s Lurking Behind Electrical Panels?
  5.18.2012
  Fig. 1: Open your electrical boxes periodically to see what’s inside … More
- Color-Code UPS to Simplify Troubleshooting
  5.17.2012
  Paul Shulins, Greater Media Boston’s director of technical operations, uses two uninterruptible power supplies in each of his More
- Brighten Your Remotes With Duck Tape
  5.8.2012
  Fig. 1: Use colorful Duck Tape to protect wiring at live events 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...

- The Downsizing Dilemma: Who’ll Be Left Standing?
  2.15.2012
  Guy Wire is the pseudonym of a veteran broadcast engineer. Radio has faced enormous changes over the entire past decade as More
- 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

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...

- Nostalgia Convention Features Radio Re-Creations
  5.15.2012
  The Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention gets more ambitious each year. Scheduled for Aug. 9–11 at the Marriott Hotel in Hunt More
- Murrow Shortwave Site Rededicated
  5.9.2012
  Edward R. Murrow, the iconic former CBS News correspondent and longtime champion of the free press, again has his name More
- Shortwave Station 9XF in Chicago
  5.7.2012
  There’s no place like Chicago. Situated on the western edge of Lake Michigan, it is one of the largest cities in the More

view all text items in this section...

- MDCL Operation Is a Winner for High-Power AM
  4.18.2012
  When my company began purchasing solid-state AM transmitters back in the late 1980s, we immediately began to see a More
- 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

view all text items in this section...

- Dear Internet: Please Talk to Me
  3.27.2012
  I’m just a story teller; usually my stories center on wire and cable. Today’s story, boys and girls, is only slightly More
- 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

view all text items in this section...

- RF Safety Surveys at Broadcast Sites: A Basic Guide
  2.28.2012
  Calculations and tables often are used to determine whether a broadcast site is compliant with the RF radiation exposure More
- Two FMs Must Videotape RFR Workshop for FCC
  2.8.2012
  In a case involving RFR levels at two FM stations in Hawaii, the FCC has decided to use short-term license renewals as an More
- 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

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’s the Frequency, Rollo?
  2.29.2012
  Function Like Bessel More
- 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

view all text items in this section...

- Audio-Video Business Models in Transition
  2.23.2012
  When industry pundits focus on problems facing terrestrial radio broadcasting, they tend to emphasize a single issue without More
- 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

view all text items in this section...

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