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Greetings from your broadcast friends out on the Desert…
This is BDR Newsletter 779, Volume 15, #52 for July 25, 2024

Here are some things you might want to know about:

UPDATE HELL
The mess over the iast weekend (and still ongoing in some places) update from Crowdstrike is a good reminder that we need to carefully monitor updates from any software that can affect our mission critical systems. Some go so far as to avoid any updates (“if it works, don’t mess with it”) but some updates are good protection against bad guys. A local policy on how and when to do updates is worth attention.

FCC MOBILE SPEED APP
Ever suspect you are not getting the data speed the cellular company claims? The FCC has released a new app designed to allow users to check the accuracy of coverage data.

WHICH ANTENNA?
Buying a new or replacement antenna on FM is not just “send me an antenna on xxx.xx MHz.”

There are a lot of factors involved in order to get what is needed to match your transmitter and your audience. That is the plan for this week’s BDR Lunch Gathering. We’ve asked Alex Perchevich from Jampro to show us how paying attention can bring us from a potential disaster to a system that rocks.

You might wonder: when is this? You shouldn’t. It is 2 PM Eastern/11 AM Pacific on Thursday. Let’s get together and learn things.
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