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		<title>My Tower Can Hear!</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[November 2024] Solving intermittent problems can be the most perplexing of engineering tasks. Every engineer who has worked for a while learns some of the tricks that help identify and solve those problems. Gary Minker has seen a few in his time. Here is his story about one such intermittent. In a land far, far [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>My Transmission Line Can Hear!</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[October 2024 ] When a lightning storm hits, it is a time when engineers and station owners hold their breath, hoping that nothing bad happens at the transmitter site. But, sometimes, things do happen. Here is Gary Minker’s version. I got a call the other day from an old bibb overalls-wearing customer of mine with [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Don’t Do That: Slugs Should Be Left In The Garden</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[July 2022] Gary Minker likes to point out that a good broadcast engineer is someone who knows what he does not know. By knowing when to pull his hands out and call for help, problems can be solved before things really go south. If you are in the Broadcast Engineering business as an employee or [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[[April 2020] One mark of a good engineer is to know when to pull out your hands and call for help. Whom you call can be very important in solving problems. A customer of mine is a well-read veteran of not only The Nam but 30 years of high power AM broadcasting. I am proud [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Solid-State Rectifier Testing, Part 2</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[August 2014] Previously, Gary Minker discussed how technicians could better understand rectifiers and how to troubleshoot them in circuits. By putting that knowledge to work with the right test gear, it is possible to save time, money and lost airtime. Now, Gary puts it all together. Unless your technical abilities are limited to swapping modules, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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