Columns and Views

Danger comes in many forms in our profession. Some situations might seem harmless.

Let's have a "can you spot what's wrong" photo.

Bob Gonsett's CGC Communicator newsletter had an interesting item recently, about an electric mattress...

Given the catastrophic calamities experienced by some engineers over the past couple of years,...

This series of photos is a good example of why an engineering due-diligence inspection...

Given the catastrophic calamities experienced by engineers over the past couple of years, reliable...

Every engineer has recurring needs for small electronic parts from time to time, as...

A number of years ago, I picked up what has become an engineering classic,...

To say the weather throughout the country has been bizarre recently is an understatement....

Most satellite receivers are located inside dark equipment racks. I've had numerous suggestions from...

Maintaining order in your station's computer systems can be as difficult as keeping the...

Multiple sites or cluster stations usually mean multiple satellite feeds and their associated multiple...

I recently spoke with an engineer who told me of nests of black snakes...

Larry Schropp of Schropp Electronic Services was called in to work with Winston Hawkins,...

The new engineer made his first trip to the transmitter site, camera in hand....

What a season of storms! Severe damage to both sites and equipment.

Aaron Read at Broadcast Signal Lab in Massachusetts has discovered a free, nifty Web...

We've all visited transmitter sites where the grass, vegetation, weeds, vines and trees seem...

The dog days of summer upon us and so are all the cooling deficiencies...

Jeff Loughridge is the market engineer for Infinity in Washington. He and his staff...

From the "why didn't I think of that" department: Have you spotted the new...

We highlighted a station in Thomas Jefferson's hometown of Charlottesville, Va., a while back....

Scott Dennis runs InfoTech Alaska in Anchorage. He tells about a studio technician who...

This story is true. Names are omitted to protect the innocent. A medium-market chief...

College students scrounge for furniture. Usually they end up with hand-me-downs from home or...

Here are two Web sites you'll find useful.

For too many years, engineers have included the title of plumber, electrician, even exterminator...

ISDN is a mainstay for many stations - so much so that most stations...

Fred Greaves, Jr., is director of engineering for Susquehanna Radio Corp., and got a...