What Broadcast Engineering Was
I have been at this game pushing 60 years and today while making up Type N jumper cables with RG214 for an STL …
Written by Ron Schacht on . Posted in Op Ed and Letters.
I have been at this game pushing 60 years and today while making up Type N jumper cables with RG214 for an STL …
Written by Barry Mishkind on . Posted in Richard Haskey's: The Worst I've Ever Seen!.
[October 2019] Broadcasters depend upon generators to come on line and pick up the slack when the local utility power goes out. Careful …
Written by Barry Mishkind on . Posted in Management, Management & Operations.
[October 2019] As more stations co-locate and LPFM and translator facilities are built, some good questions arise: Does dangerous radiation emit from your …
Written by Barry Mishkind on . Posted in Broadcast Station Histories.
[September 2019] WWV, the Nation’s Timer-keeper, celebrates its 100th Anniversary of receiving its call letters on October 1st 2019.
It is still out …
Written by Barry Mishkind on . Posted in IT Administration.
[September 2019] Periodically, the BDR takes note of some of the publicized hacking episodes, especially at radio stations, to alert everyone of the …
Written by Barry Mishkind on . Posted in IT Administration, Studio Issues.
[September 2019] In 2013, a self-styled security consultant told the national media a story about vulnerable EAS receivers – and that we are …
Written by Alan Alsobrook on . Posted in Solutions & Tech Tips.
[August 2019] A lot of broadcast studios is not unusual to find consumer or “pro-sumer” audio gear, which is usually unbalanced. There are …
Written by Richard Rudman on . Posted in EAS Articles.
[August 2019] A number of emergencies in the past year or two have highlighted the state of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and …
Written by Richard Rudman on . Posted in EAS Articles.
[August 2019] A number of emergencies in the past year or two have highlighted the state of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and …
Written by Jay White on . Posted in Site Operations.
[August 2019] In an article from 2008, Jay White described a tactic to reduce copper theft by using a transparent, bio-degradable product he …