Developing a new transmitter site can be major project. Toss in mountainous terrain and zoning board hassles; just getting it done …

Although an engineer is not really supposed to be a landscaper, largely due to the isolation of many transmitter sites he …

It seems rather contradictory: broadcasters install expensive, state-of-the-art equipment, then attach it to a tower reaching hundreds of feet in the …

Every broadcast station must post information signs of one sort or another, ranging from the Antenna Structure Registration Number to RF …

In the past few years, broadcasters have benefited from FCC’s Rule changes to simplify design and construction of directional antennas via …

In the old days, if something went wrong at the station, someone would dial your pager pretty quickly to get your …

Most of the time, after a tower site is constructed, it is assumed it will “just be there” for as long …

CPR – Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation – is something you hear about all the time. But in an emergency at your transmitter site, …

Perhaps the most pressure-packed part of a broadcast engineer’s life is dealing with off-air situations. Besides the pressure of figuring out …

Site security includes a good fence. But that can be a budget buster, especially for the more remote sites or those …