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3 Tips for Winning an Industry Innovators Award From Future
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Need to Know: Blockchain
First in a series called "Need to Know," about technologies changing the world of...
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Learn This Miking Technique
There are a wide array of techniques for miking a sound source in stereo...
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Best Practices: UPS
Without the proper attention, uninterruptible power supplies can create more problems than they solve
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Best Practices: STL System Diversity
Every radio station should have, at minimum, two ways to get program audio to...
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Best Practices: Value Engineering
Doug Irwin has yet to work on a project for a radio station in...
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Uncover Your Station’s SPOF and, Maybe, Save the Day
“SPOF” refers to a single point of failure and can be applied to almost...
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Solving the Porsche Conundrum
More advanced receivers will sometimes change stations at “random” while the vehicle is in...
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You Can Never Have Enough Control (or Monitoring)
Do you have enough control for your emergency power system?
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How to Speed Through Your Next Sunday Crisis
What do engineers do for quick parts replacement in the post-Radio Shack era?
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KQED Is Attacked By and Responds to ‘Comrade Virus’
It’s been more than two months since the ransomware attack on KQED in San...
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Modernize Your Filing System and Don’t Trust Your Meter
The first tip isn’t technical at all, but it’s still important for efficiency
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Avoid Catastrophic UPS Failures With This Checklist
The nature of micro-processor equipped broadcast equipment has also made the presence of uninterruptible...
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Dual Booting Tips for Running Linux and Windows
Ubuntu and other Linux distributions make dual booting easy, once certain configuration issues are...
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Building Audio Failsafes, Not Potential Failures
When it comes to studio-to-transmitter audio links, bigger markets typically have a microwave option,...
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Geo-Fencing, Geo-Blocking
If your station is a flagship for a professional sports team, you’ll likely learn...
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Broadcast All Your Audio on Live Social Media
Learn how listeners can hear the broadcast quality-audio on a Facebook live session
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Avoid Analysis Paralysis — But Don’t Shotgun the Problem
Let’s look at some advanced troubleshooting concepts
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Occam’s Razor: A Handy Guide to Troubleshooting
Beginners usually lack troubleshooting skills because it takes quite a bit of time to...
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The Best After-Hours Fix Is the One That Takes the Least Time
This month, I want to elaborate on the RF spares that you should maintain...
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Measure These Voltages
Upon occasion, we want to measure voltages at a remote site that pose a...
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SNMP Is Good for More Than Just New Gear
How to apply newer remote control features to older gear
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Making a Wireless Extension Cord
Normally a transmitter site or studio facility is a little island in which all...
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The Default Is No Longer Acceptable
Recent cyber attacks targeting the radio industry have directed my attention to security
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Time to Check Your Work
We’ve reached the last step in our transmitter rehabilitation project
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On to the Amplifier’s Output Deck
The first thing to do is to make sure the output side of the...
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Broadcast Engineering Conference Radio Technology Forum Sessions
The forum features technical papers addressing the latest opportunities and challenges facing broadcast engineering...
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Resurrect the Input Circuit Of a Tube Transmitter
You should be reasonably certain the power supplies are functioning correctly, and that the...
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TIC Automates Modem Reboots With DM Engineering’s Silence Sense Jr.
Frank Stas was having a problem with a TIC Internet modem locking up and...
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Tear It Down, Scrub It Up, Rebuild It and Then Test It
We’re going to work our way from the bottom up in this series of...
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How to Evaluate an Old Transmitter
We all know simply buying a new one is not always possible
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Don’t Let Your Budget Hold You Back
Our corporate engineer was oft quoted as saying “all you need is a 3-pound...
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Justify It: Tips for Getting Your Cap Ex Approved
It’s that time of the year, when you need to prepare for the money...
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This Is a Drill
You don’t have a working disaster recovery plan until you originate programming from your...
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Where Should Voltair Be Located in a Station’s Air Chain?
Cornelius Gould discussed this in a Q&A with Radio
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Use Technology to Discover Problems Without a Site Visit
You need your own way of knowing that your stations are on the air...