Who: Gary Cavell
From: Cavell Mertz Spectrum Group
What: Interference Complaints and Dealing with the FAA
When: June 11, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Where: Capitol Airspace Group – Register Here
Address: 6350 Walker Lane, Suite 450
Alexandria, Virginia 22310 United States
Sponsor: Capitol Airspace Group

It happens to nearly every broadcast engineer eventually - someone routes a phone call or forwards you an email from someone complaining that your signal is causing interference, either to their signal or someone else's, but they are looking into it. Sometimes its another broadcaster. Sometimes its a member of the general public who insists its your fault and demands you immediately cease operations. But regardless of how it became your problem, there are people out there who are willing to help. The same can be said when dealing with any government entity, including the FAA. Whether moving to a different tower, constructing a new site, modifying an existing structure, adding frequencies to an existing installation, or even just correcting a height or coordinates, its good to have a friend who knows what they are doing, and how to speak their language. Cavell Mertz / Capitol Airspace Group is here to help.

Gary Cavell is the President of Cavell, Mertz & Associates, Inc. and has worked in management and technology positions in communications and broadcast systems for over 40 years. At Cavell Mertz, in addition to being the general RF and regulatory knowledge resource, his strength is in RF systems, with a particular love for AM antenna arrays. As such, he has designed, built and certified countless station RF systems over the years.

Gary was a cofounder of Cavell Mertz and its predecessor firms in 1989, after having worked with the engineering firm of Lohnes & Culver for nine years. Before coming to the Washington, DC area, he worked in New Orleans for several years in the radio and television industry in the areas of general and engineering management, facility design and construction, program production, and station systems development. He attended the University of New Orleans and has an EIT certification. Gary has also been a radio station manager in his home town of New Orleans, and has experience as a successful small market radio station owner/operator in central Pennsylvania.

Doors at Capitol Airspace Group will open at 6:00 pm for a light dinner (also courtesy Capitol Airspace Group), followed by chapter business at 6:30 pm and presentation at 7:00.