News Items:

Transmitter Site Operations:

• Dealing with the Flu Season, and other fun
• Spring Showcase: What You Would Have Seen in Las Vegas
• 2020 Law: Broadcast Engineering Compensation
• FCC NPRM to Allow All-Digital AM
• NAB 2020 - New Schedule
• CA Fire Sparks Key Discussions - Richard Rudman
• FCC Chair makes to top of 131-foot stick
• Is AM Improvement Really Possible?
• .. see all of the news items

• Building It Right The First Time - Dave Dunsmoor
• Protecting Ground Systems is Snot Hard - Jay White
• Forecasting Transmitter Site Weather - Ted Buehner
• Unexpected Changes - Now What? - Clay Freinwald
• Real World Justification for Regular Testing - Burt Weiner
• Cell Co's and LTE interference issues
• Keeping Stuff Out of Transmitters - Gary Peterson
• When a Disaster hits, how will you.
• Weeding Out Tower Site Problems - Dave Dybas
• Site Security FLAP: P is for Presence - Kevin Kidd
• Analog FM Measurements in an HD Radio Universe - Mark Grant
•  ... more transmitter site articles

Studio Operations:

Checking it Out:

• When Listeners Call - Steven Lapinskas
• A History of Audio Processing - Jim Somich
• Keeping Control of Your EAS Logs - Mark Voris
• High School LPFM Station Trains Radio's Next Gen
• Save money with a phone audit - Stephen Rutherford
• Free Cable - Steve Lampen
• Choosing between STL and IP Radio Links - Fred Francis
• Keep the Flu out, keep the Staff in
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• ... and more station operations articles

• SOUNDOT AF1 Radio for iPhones
• RFEngineers' FM Guardian - Alan Alsobrook
• Trilithic EASyCAP - Dana Puopolo
• Adobe Audition CC - Bob Burnham
• The Brother J-995DW INKvestment Tank printer
• CCrane' Senta Ally
• Lawo R3LAY - Dana Puopolo
• the Inovonics 531N FM monitor
• Inovonics 525N - Alan Alsobrook
• JUSTIN 808 Fixes HD Blending - Jim Wood
• Inovonics' DAVID IV Audio Processor - Dana Puopolo
• The GatesAir Flexiva FAX20
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• ... More User Reports and Reviews

FCC Rules and EAS Issues:

Enforcement Watch:

• Mexican regulators have a seriously different Pirate Policy
• Station does not pay, gets gets the "D"!
• LPRM gets NOV for unauthorized move
• "DKCKY" - a string of license cancellations
• Ham gets $1k fine for failing to ID
• ... The Complete Enforcement Watch Page

The Maintenance Shift:

IT issues:

• Why You Should Load Your Generator - Richard Rudman
• Some Diesel Engine Tips To Keep You On Air - Richard Rudman
• Balanced Audio on USB ports - Alan Alsobrook
• Keep Temperature Down, Power Up! - Glen Martin
• Fixing a 3CX3000A7 Socket Problem - Timothy Cutforth
• Solving FIM21/41 Calibration Problems - Burt Weiner
• FM Antenna Systems Maintenance - Tom Silliman
• VOMs and DMMs That Are Standards - Bill Weeks
• Real World Reason for Regular Testing - Burt Weiner
• Build a Good Maintenance Checklist
• Feeding Clean Air to Your Transmitter - Jeff Welton
• Keeping Stuff Out of Transmitter - Gary Peterson
• Replacing Dangerous Air Filters - Randy Wells
• Contract Engineering 101 Clay Freinwald
• A Quick Test for Power FETs - Burt Weiner
• A great video instruction on Contactor Maintenance
• VSWR Calibration Techniques - Stephen Rutherford
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• ... more Maintenance Shift articles         

• The Heimdal Anti-Ransomware Suite - Ron Castro
• Keeping Malware at Bay - Barry Mishkind
• Ransomeware hits Entercom
• "Secure All Around" - keep digital doors secure
• Improving 2 Experiences at Once Thru HD Diversity Delay - Kevin Haider
• IT Tech Tips - Don't Die With Your Password - Barry Mishkind
• Augmenting Your Digital Tool Box - Stu Casteel
• Digital Tools You Should Find Useful - Wheatstone Tech Guys
• Keep The Bad Guys Out - Jeff Welton
• Building your own Firewall - Bill Putney
• Understanding Internet Firewalls - Bill Putney
• Alternative Wired Ethernet Networks - Dana Puopolo
• Dealing with Ransomware and other Disasters
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• ... and more IT articles
  
   

Pure Tech:

War Stories and The Funny Side:

• Cat 5 and Audio - Steve Lampen
• The Story Behind: - 50 Ohms - Barry Mishkind
• When Eimac & Continental Shared a Fiasco - Reid Brandon
• A Closer Inspection of Audio over IP Links - Keyur Parikh
• Long Term System Survival from EMP - Glen Clark
• Ron Nott discusses lightning dissipation arrays
• The Difference & Its Importantance Tom Osenkowsky
• Playing with the Nielsen PPM - Dana Puopolo
• A Very Short AM B'cast Antenna - Grant Bingeman
• Negative Towers are Just Numbers  - Mike Patton
• The Folded Unipole - Ron Nott
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• ,,, more Pure Tech       

• Be Sure To Look Up!
• Do Not Enter! And ... another picture here
• When The County Says: "Move That Tower!" - Ted Thayer
• The Retro Encabulator - everyone should have one!
• A Tenuous Program Link
• Putting a Cord to Good Use
• A Trip to Another Continent - on a PC Board!
• A Transmitter Site Access Issue - Tom Epperson
• Talking Like an Old Hand - Clay Freinwald
• Doing the EBS Dance - Dave Hultsman 
• When RFR Protection Runs Amok
• Locating the Church of the FCC
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•  ... more War Stories and The Funny Side

 People and History:

Trade Show Reports:

• Omaha Radio History - Carl Mann
• A History of Audio Processing - Jim Somich
• The Audio Prism Story - Glen Clark
• Eimac and Continental's Major Fiasco - Reid Brandon
• A Radio Showcase Built, then Unbuilt - Margaret Bryant
• Dielectric Communications at 75
• When Broadcasting Really Began - Donna Halper
• What you need to know about Retirement - Gil Gillivan
• 50 Year Flashback - FM Stereo - Bob Carpenter
• HPH Part 4: - M/SP Telefarm - Steve Brown
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• ... More Obits and other history

• CES 2020 - Things that Caught My Eye - Barry Mishkind
• General Notes and pictures
• Walk with Richard Rudman
• Commentary from Rollye James
• New Product releases
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• ... More Trade Show Reports