The SBE Chapter 16 June Luncheon will be held on Thursday, June 14 at noon. NEW LOCATON: Federal Way Round Table Pizza at 34410 16th Ave South The luncheon will be hosted by the Buck Waters of the Broadcasters General Store Pizza and beer will be provided. Our June presenter will be Chris Crump of Comrex Corporation, leader...
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Arthur Willetts Chapter 16 Secretary Nautel’s Regional Sales Manager for the West Coast, Ellis Terry, was the featured program guest speaker at this month’s Chapter 16 Lunch Meeting.  A major player in the solid state transmitter market, Nautel is a favorite of engineers in the NW because of their easy installation, ease of use and low...
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Jim Dalke, CPBE AMD 8VSB CBNT As it seems to be every year, the NAB Show in Las Vegas was the big story for April.  The attendance for this year’s show was pegged at 92,112, just a few hundred more than last year.  Traffic on the show floor seemed relatively light, but I did not...
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Well the FCC came out with their latest rules for EAS, including a prohibition on what we have been doing here in Washington State since October of 2010….That is using a technique called Text to Speech, often called TTS. Needless to say this did not sit well with many that have been...
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by: Michael Scott, Certification Chairman Something NEW! “Certified Broadcast Networking Engineer (CBNE)” NOW AVAILABLE! The candidate for Certified Broadcast Networking Engineer (CBNE) must have five (5) years of suitable experience in broadcast engineering or related technology and must achieve a passing grade on the proficiency examination. Substitution of broadcast engineering, or education in related technologies, for experience may...
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Our monthly chapter luncheon will be held on Thursday May 10 at noon at the Museum of Flight on Boeing Field Our May Luncheon speaker will be Ellis Terry, Nautel Regional Sales Manager. Nautel has emerged as one of the world’s largest manufacturers of radio broadcast transmitters with more than 11,000 deployments in 177 countries. The new...
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Jim Dalke, CPBE AMD 8VSB CBNT April 2012 State Legislature and broadcasters Our state legislature has been spending a lot of time this session attempting to balance the state budget.  Of particular interest to the broadcast community, the legislature has also proposed a bill to reduce metal theft.  Because the broadcast industry has been one of the...
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Arthur Willetts CTO Secretary For the April Chapter 16 lunch meeting, Bill Robertson of Monroe Electronics stopped by to give attendees another reminder to have the EAS gear ready for the June 30th deadline.  Starting off, Bill gave a brief history of the Emergency Alert System starting with the CONELRAD system in 1951 and ending with...
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