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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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Lowering the Bar for Community Radio
The thing about pirates is that they love radio. They literally will pay to...
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Gain the World, Lose Your Soul?
When this broadcast thing started, there was a social contract
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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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Serendipity and the Spring Show
My GM can’t figure out why I’d go to the NAB Show and burn...
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This Kind of Nesting Makes Your Life Easier
It all has to do with how you see the transmitter site
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Of Hyperbands and Hams
We don’t talk often of the Hyperband or the role amateur radio plays in...
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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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Advanced Advertising for Radio
Internet struggles with buffering and access times, and it breaks under the stress of...
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The RF Engineering Employment Act of 2015
When someone is willing to pay the price, the people and material appear
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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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The Myth of Channel 6
Former VHF TV channels have no intrinsic value for “mobile” communications
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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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Social Media Is Impermanent, But Broadcast Spectrum Is Forever?
Traditional broadcasters have social media envy
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The Analytics of Things Means Taking a Calculated Risk
Routine maintenance schedules are a pretty dull tool
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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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Back to Basics: Spectrum 101
A look at history of spectrum usage, how spectrum is valued, and impact of...
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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
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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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Safety in the Workplace
Safety in the Workplace Feb 1, 2013 2:00 AM, By Kevin McNamara The nature...
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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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Translator Rules Revisited
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Directional Antenna Basics
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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
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Calculating STL Fade Margin
Calculating STL Fade Margin Nov 1, 2010 8:53 AM, By Jeremy Ruck, PE Broadcast...
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Smith Chart Basics
Upon initial look, the Smith chart appears to be quite complicated. Although the basis...
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Maximizing Tower Assets
Maximizing Tower Assets Apr 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Kevin McNamara As advertising revenues...
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Living with the FCC – a History
Living with the FCC – a History Jul 22, 2009 1:08 PM, By John...
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Thoughts about NEC 4-1
Thoughts about NEC 4-1 Jul 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By John Battison, P.E., technical...
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Live remote video surveillance
Live remote video surveillance Apr 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Bryce Witcher Remote cameras...
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Forgotten modulation methods
Forgotten modulation methods Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By John Battison, P.E., technical editor,...