The FCC’s C-Band satellite spectrum transition is now upon us. This "repack" will radically reshape frequencies used for satellite signal delivery. In contrast to the prior 2 GHz and DTV repack efforts, some of these changes are coming on an aggressive schedule known as the "fast-track." Our April meeting provided Read more…
Chris Imlay, an SBE Fellow and SBE's General Counsel, was our guest speaker on Wednesday, May 12th. Chris' annual presentation has become a tradition at Chapter 37. This was his seventh consecutive visit since 2015 so we're contacting Guinness to see if this qualfies as a World Record. Those who Read more…
Since FM stereo broadcasting has existed for virtually all of our adult lives, some may take it for granted. However, that would never happen to Richard W. Burden, one of the pioneering engineers instrumental in bringing stereophonic FM to the public. Richard Burden was our June 1st guest speaker. According Read more…
The pandemic brought on a wave of new ways broadcasters needed to work remotely. Rob Lewis, Calrec Audio Ltd.'s US Technical Sales Manager, walked us through several example workflows of how to achieve this with his presentation titled, "Remote Production, Working Remote, Cloud based Production... How Remote do you Need Read more…
Mike Pappas of Orban Labs, Inc. will discuss some best practices for audio processing for online and over-the-air broadcasting, with specific focus on the OPTIMOD XPN-Enterprise ecosystem. OPTIMOD XPN-Enterprise is an easy-to-use, customizable Linux-based processing platform for multiple broadcast stations or streaming services, with centralized control. It provides Orban’s proprietary Read more…
The regulations and state-of-the-art for tower lighting are regularly changing as evidenced by the FAA's recent circular. Our April meeting, featuring Mike Thompson and Bear Poth from LumenServe℠, Inc., will review key aspects of the regulations that you need to know. LEDs have been around for many years, however in Read more…
The SBE is an advocate for its members on regulatory and legislative issues at the FCC, NTIA, Capitol Hill, and beyond that affect broadcast engineers. The Society's focus on these issues is driven by the SBE Board, Government Relations Committee, General Counsel, as well as interested members like you. In Read more…
Our June meeting focused on the Alternative Broadcast Inspection Program - what is it, why it's a good idea, what stations typically miss, and what we look for. Our guest speaker, Tom Ray of Tom Ray Broadcast Consulting, LLC has been conducting ABIP's for 9 years now, starting with the Read more…
ATSC 3.0 is a subject much in the news today. Our July meeting highlighted an important anticipated milestone in the format’s implementation with plans to initiate ATSC 3.0 broadcasting in U.S. market number ONE: New York City. (More here.) Guest speaker Skip Pizzi, Senior Consultant to Public Media Venture Group, Read more…
With electrical storms commonplace this time of year, our August 9th meeting topic couldn't have been more timely. Sam Chreitech, principal and founder of Critical Systems Consulting Group (CSCG), gave a presentation (here) and shared his insight on the following topics: Bonding for Equipotential - Single Point Grounding TechniqueGrounding Electrode Read more…
Getting back to tradition, SBE Chapter 37 held our annual picnic at the WFED (formerly WTOP) historical art deco transmitter site in picturesque Wheaton, MD. We began September 24th at noon. The picnic is an opportunity to meet with broadcast engineering friends along with their families, spouses, and significant Read more…
During this hour-long discussion, Jacob Daniluck of Tieline discussed live streaming compression and uncompressed streams of audio and video that need to be ingested into your production environment. The first part of the discussion reviewed compression algorithms, and uncompressed algorithm requirements, followed by a discussion pertaining to streaming this data Read more…