Keeping Stuff Out of Your Transmitters
[November 2016] A clean transmitter room brings lots of benefits, including longer times between problems. However, there are two dangers to a clean …
Written by Gary Peterson on . Posted in Site Operations.
[November 2016] A clean transmitter room brings lots of benefits, including longer times between problems. However, there are two dangers to a clean …
Written by Jack Roland on . Posted in Site Operations.
[November 2016] Updating systems at a transmitter site requires more than just trucking in a new transmitter and “plugging it in.” Attention needs …
Written by Alan Alsobrook on . Posted in Monitoring, Test Gear & Tools.
[November 2016] The most basic, simple to use diagnostic tool for AM stations is the Modulation Monitor. Inovonics Model 525N displays the most …
Written by Clay Freinwald on . Posted in Observing the Broadcast Industry.
[November 2016] It is time for Clay again – this time remembering the Good Ole Days before evolution changed the way station engineers …
Written by Barry Mishkind on . Posted in Monitoring, Studio Issues.
[November 2016] It is quite common for several stations to share one engineer, perhaps only on a contract basis. Even in some larger …
Written by Barry Mishkind on . Posted in FCC Rules & Regulations.
[November 2016] Whether you call it AM Revitalization or AM Improvement, many folks feel the emphasis should be on AM. Although the FCC …
Written by Mike Bafaro on . Posted in Solutions & Tech Tips.
[October 2016] Users of the venerable NemsClarke 120B field intensity meters have had a problem for a while.
The unit is long out …
Written by Tom Epperson on . Posted in In the Trenches.
[October 2016] When we left Tom Epperson, he was facing a CP that was running out and a neighbor who was committed to …
Written by Randy Wells on . Posted in Maintenance Shift.
[October 2016] Keeping clean filters on the air intake of transmitters is critical for good operations.
However, some of the reusable filters, especially …
Written by Tom Epperson on . Posted in In the Trenches.
[September 2016] This First Person account takes us back about 65 years to the installation of a three-tower array in Tucson, AZ. A …