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Some things you might want to know about:

Feeding Clean Air to Your Transmitter - Jeff Welton

The TV Repack (and some FMs) may be in danger of long delays

2018 FCC Regulartory Fees Proposed

A first reminder from the FCC about license renewals

FCC to remove posting rules

FCC to increase options vs pirates

FCC to simplify Interference against translators

A quick primer on the C-Band situation

How to navigate the Form 312 for Satellite Dishes

Did You Know? New Rules for Short Towers - Chuck Hastings

FCC imposes FSS freeze - warning to broadcasters

NAL Watch: Cell phone jammer: $22k

Tower worker lost on Arkansas tower collapse

FCC Commissioner resigns

FCC Issues R&O on Part 11 and Hawaiian Alert Failure

WTOP Again Tops Industry Billing in 2017

BDR Spotlight: Davicom Cortex360

NAL Watch: Florida station in unauthorized place and well overpower

NAL Watch: Enforcement action in Boston nets two confiscations

City of Atlanta slammed for a week by ransomware

Eric Small is killed by driver in Florida

GatesAir temporarily stops AM transmitter production

Augmenting Your Digital Tool Box - Stu Casteel

Digital Tools You Should Find Useful - Wheatstone Tech Guys

Yet another point of view: What EAS Is and What It Is Not - Rod Zeigler

Is EAS a Joke? - A difference of opinion

After Hawaii - What You Need to Know About Public Warnings

We Need A Unified Warning Strategy Now - Richard Rudman

FCC considering NPRM to Creat C4 Class on FM

Tech Fix Lets Henry Matchbox II talk to Wheatstone Net Audio

Long Term System Survival from EMP - Glen Clark

IK Multimedia Changeling Microphones “Shapeshift” - Mark Shander

Gotta Get A Ground

Build a Good Maintenance Checklist

Detailed Logs Will Save The Day - Gary Peterson

Checking it Out: CCrane's CC Buds Pro

A Real World Justification for Regular Testing - Burt Weiner

NAL Watch: LPFM stations running 600% and 240% TPO

A Modern Version of the "Light Bank" - Hank Landsberg

Process,Protocol, Procedure - Jerry Brown

Building your own Firewall - Bill Putney

Keep The Bad Guys Out - Jeff Welton

News, current events, comments, etc can be found here.

Mentoring As A Collaborative Effort - Dave Dunsmoor
Why Good Broadcasters Leave the Industry - Michael Dudding
The Difference and Why It is Important - Tom Osenkowsky

Modulation Monitors Aid Diversity Delay - Mark Grant

Watts to Save - Rolin Lintag

What you need to know about Retirement - Gil Gillivan

Choosing between STL and IP Radio Links - Fred Francis

Building a New Station - A Checklist - Phil Owens

News Items:	Transmitter Site Operations:
LPFM and Translators Hit New High Totals CBS Radio to merge into Entercom Entercom to turn in license for KDND Is AM Improvement Really Possible? Chairman Ajit Pai Is the FCC Killing off AM Synchronous Operations? FCC Announces Deadline for 2016 Fees SDRBA merges into SCBA .. see all of the news items	Real World Justification for Regular Testing - Burt Weiner Cell Co's and LTE interference issues Keeping Stuff Out of Transmitters - Gary Peterson Cell Companies and LTE interference . 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:
Clever Way to Reset audio Chain - Dave Mandelbaum High School LPFM Station Trains Radio's Next Gen Save money with 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 ... and more station operations articles	CCrane' Senta Ally The Orban Optimod-PCn 1600 - Wes Keene Lawo R3LAY - Dana Puopolo the Inovonics 531N FM monitor Inovonics 525N - Alan Alsobrook Solving the SX Metering Problem - Mike Patton JUSTIN 808 Fixes HD Blending - Jim Wood The DME IFB Controller - Burt Weiner Inovonics' DAVID IV Audio Processor - Dana Puopolo The GatesAir Flexiva FAX20 ... More User Reports and Reviews

FCC Rules and EAS Issues:

Enforcement Watch

FCC confirms Field Offices to Close January 2017

FCC Releases New EAS Handbook

Social Media Policy for Broadcasters - Cary Tepper

Surviving a "Random EEO Audit" - Michael Dudding

A quick guide to FCC fines for broadcasters

.... See all FCC issues

"D" station warned it is a pirate/translator way off

"DKCKY" - a string of license cancellations

Misuse of EAS tones = $55k + compliance pgm

Florida LPFM Gets License, Pays $2k

Off-air gets $5k fine, short renewal, and scolding

Ham gets $1k fine for failing to ID

Block Access to Public File: $15k and short renewal

... The Complete Enforcement Watch Page

The Maintenance Shift:

IT issues:

Real World Reason for Regular Testing - Burt Weiner

Alternatives to Wired Ethernet - Dana Puopolo

Keeping Stuff Out of Transmitter - Gary Peterson

Replacing Dangerous Air Filters - Randy Wells

Solving the “B” Battery Problem - Mike Bafaro

Contract Engineering 101 Clay Freinwald

Finding an Elusive Power Supply - Gary Glaenzer

Solving the SX Metering Problem - Mike Patton

A Quick Test for Power FETs - Burt Weiner

A great video instruction on Contactor Maintenance

Feeding Clean Air to the Transmitter - Jeff Welton

VSWR Calibration Techniques - Stephen Rutherford

... more Maintenance Shift articles

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

Original iPhone now a museum piece

Alternative Wired Ethernet Networks - Dana Puopolo

Combating Malware in the Studio - Kevin Trueblood

Dealing with Ransomware and other Disasters

... and more IT articles

Pure Tech:	War Stories and The Funny Side:
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 Can the Rigol do NRSC Measurements? - Burt Weiner Negative Towers are Just Numbers - Mike Patton The Folded Unipole - Ron Nott ,,, more Pure Tech	Putting a Cord to Good Use A Trip to Another Continent - on a PC Board! A Transmitter Site Access Issue - Tom Epperson Chicago Radio Station Knocked Off Air ... by Bed Bugs Talking Like an Old Hand - Clay Freinwald Doing the EBS Dance - Dave Hultsman When RFR Protection Runs Amok Locating the Church of the FCC ... more War Stories and The Funny Side

People and History:	Trade Show Reports:
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 ... More Obits and other history	NAB 2017 reports Walking the Floor: CES 2017 FCC Commissioners promise changes for broadcast Fall Product releases NAB 2016 - Multiple reports ... More Trade Show Reports

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