Gary Minker – The Broadcasters' Desktop Reference https://www.thebdr.net Edited by Barry Mishkind - the Eclectic Engineer Wed, 07 May 2025 03:23:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.thebdr.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/bdr-favicon-blue.png Gary Minker – The Broadcasters' Desktop Reference https://www.thebdr.net 32 32 218473857 My Tower Can Hear! https://www.thebdr.net/my-tower-can-hear/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:51:17 +0000 https://www.thebdr.net/?p=14319 Gary Minker author

[November 2024] Solving intermittent problems can be the most perplexing of engineering tasks. Every engineer who has worked for a while learns some …

]]> 14319 My Transmission Line Can Hear! https://www.thebdr.net/my-transmission-line-can-hear/ Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:28:49 +0000 https://www.thebdr.net/?p=14131 Gary Minker author

[October 2024 ] When a lightning storm hits, it is a time when engineers and station owners hold their breath, hoping that nothing …

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[July 2022] Gary Minker likes to point out that a good broadcast engineer is someone who knows what he does not know. By …

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[April 2020] One mark of a good engineer is to know when to pull out your hands and call for help. Whom you …

]]> 3081 Solid-State Rectifier Testing, Part 2 https://www.thebdr.net/solid-state-rectifier-testing-part-2/ Sat, 23 Aug 2014 23:37:05 +0000 https://www.thebdr.net/?p=3367

[August 2014] Previously, Gary Minker discussed how technicians could better understand rectifiers and how to troubleshoot them in circuits. By putting that knowledge …

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