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Just a Little Big Apple Plumbing Project
Nicholas Paulin on designing a 19-channel RF system with mixed analog and digital operation
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AM Revitalization Efforts, Part Three
We now find ourselves a couple months downstream from the release of the Third...
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Handle the Nuisance of Intermodulation Distortion
Systems that start talking together are kind of like the neighbors on either side...
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What To Do About Bad Monitor Points
In a more golden age of AM broadcasting, problematic monitor points struck fear into...
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Synchronous AM Boosters Could Help Revive Senior Band
The concept of synchronous operation was initially suggested in 1924 by Frank Conrad of...
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Translators Are Still Top of Mind in 2017
Over the past couple of years, we have circled back around to the topic...
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Introducing FM Class C4
There has been much discussion lately about a proposed new class of FM stations
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How to Use AM Towers for Other Stuff
It has always seemed a little odd to Jeremy Ruck that residents and governmental...
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Listen to the Stories Your Meters Tell
One of the major lamentations of the small- to mid-size market engineer is the...
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Be the Master of Your (Network’s) Destiny
One of the workhorses of any broadcast facility is the link between the studio...
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The High Points of the AM Revitalization Order
Perhaps no proceeding issued by the Federal Communications Commission this year has garnered as...
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Resolving FM Interference to LTE Broadcast Requires Cooperation
An interesting spectrum phenomenon has reared its ugly head over the past few years.
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AM Antenna Systems
Just like a person or pet, each antenna system has its own personality, behaviors...
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Longley-Rice Considers The Entire Environment
The original method of determining propagation of these new signals required some refinement
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What Is the Status of All-Digital AM?
The intervening year and 2015 NAB Engineering Conference have only served to galvanize opinions
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Non-Directional Antennas Are Like Unicorns
Like that noble creature of lore, the non-directional antenna does not exist
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Lunch Ain’t Free at FM Plants, Either
In the 1800s, taverns offered free lunch to entice drinking customers
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RF Engineering: Licensing AM Stations Using Method of Moments
RF Engineering: Licensing AM Stations Using Method of Moments Jan 1, 2015 9:00 AM,...
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Modern Modulation Techniques
Modern Modulation Techniques Jul 1, 2014 9:00 AM, Jeremy Ruck, PE Modern society is...
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AM NRSC Measurements
For a little over 20 years now, each AM station has been charged with...
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We Ponder an All-Digital AM Future
We Ponder an All-Digital AM Future May 5, 2014 7:00 AM, By Jeremy Ruck,...
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Demystifying Impedance Language
Demystifying Impedance Language Jan 1, 2014 7:00 AM, By Jeremy Ruck, PE One of...
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FCC Looks to Update RF Exposure Rules
FCC Looks to Update RF Exposure Rules Nov 1, 2013 6:05 PM, By Jeremy...
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The Vertical Radiator: How it Works
The Vertical Radiator: How it Works Sep 1, 2013 8:00 AM, By Jeremy Ruck,...
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Standards of FM Allocation and Interference
Standards of FM Allocation and Interference May 1, 2013 2:59 PM, By Jeremy Ruck,...
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Testing Antennas with a Network Analyzer
Testing Antennas with a Network Analyzer Jan 6, 2013 9:00 AM, By Jeremy Ruck,...
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Tower Maintenance
Tower Maintenance May 1, 2011 1:00 AM, By Jeremy Ruck, PE As engineering budgets...
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Selecting an FM Antenna
Selecting an FM Antenna Nov 1, 2012 3:20 PM, By Jeremy Ruck, PE Selecting...
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AM Tuning Networks
AM Tuning Networks Sep 1, 2012 1:35 AM, By Jeremy Ruck, PE In January...
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Prior Coordination for STLs
Prior Coordination for STLs May 1, 2012 1:00 AM, By Jeremy Ruck, PE Let’s...
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Translator Rules Revisited
Translator Rules Revisited Mar 1, 2012 2:30 AM, by Jeremy Ruck, PE A little...
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Understanding Tee Networks
Understanding Tee Networks Jan 1, 2012 1:30 AM, By Jeremy Ruck, PE This month...
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Directional Antenna Basics
Directional Antenna Basics Nov 1, 2011 2:00 AM, by Jeremy Ruck, PE There is...
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Disaster Recovery
Disaster Recovery Sep 1, 2011 1:30 AM, By Jeremy Ruck, PE For United States...
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Translators Today
Translators Today Jan 1, 2011 1:00 AM, By Jeremy Ruck, PE Lately it seems...