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		<title>Repairing FETs On An Elenos ETG 3500 FM</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[February 2021] Transmitter maintenance has changed in recent years as the transmitters themselves become more and more compact, including the use of FET power amplifiers.  Of course, when trouble happens, it may take a bit more work than replacing a tube! Not too long ago, I was caring for an ETG 3500,  a 3.5 kW [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Measuring AM Modulation</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[September 2020] The modulation depth of an AM station is more than a measurement of loudness. As has been known for many years, overmodulation in the negative direction results in “splatter” up and down the dial. And excessive asymmetry introduces audio distortion. Hence it is important to know what your station is doing. Alan Alsobrook [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[[August 2019] A lot of broadcast studios is not unusual to find consumer or “pro-sumer” audio gear, which is usually unbalanced. There are several solutions to convert to a balanced audio. Alan Alsobrook shares one of his solutions. In the current Internet of Things (IoT), it is now common to have USB everything, and could [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[It seems it is Radio Show time again. This year it is going on in Orlando, Florida, right outside the Mouse House. Actually while it is not in Disney proper it is just inside the gate on 536 at the Hilton Bonnet Creek Hotel. Yes, we were inside the Disney gate this time, but not [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>RF Engineers’ FM Guardian</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[September 2018] There many reasons stations need to have dedicated receivers to handle various applications, including station monitoring, EAS, translator input, and other such things. Alan Alsobrook reports on a new option. In the old days, many stations used car radios in the rack for monitoring purposes. Later, radios from Dayton Industries were favored. Neither [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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