Monthly Archives: August 2010

Man Dies of Possible Electrocution

Story A contract engineer working at WDMS radio station in Greenville is believed to have been electrocuted Thursday while repairing the station’s transmitter. Jerold Campbell, 73, of Oxford was pronounced dead about 12:25 p.m. after being taken to Delta Regional Medical Center. Steve Shelton, general manager of the station, says the transmitter failed about 5…

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CERTIFICATION NEWS

by: Michael Scott, Certification Chairman Summer is really here…. The warn weather is quite a change from this past “Spring”…. Last issue we answered the question: Why be certified? The next logical step is the preparation for the exam. Several methods are usually used by applicants to study for the test – one of the…

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SBE Chapter 16 Election

The following members have been nominated for election for 2010-2011 A ballot will be emailed in August to all members. The new board will be installed at the September 10 Chapter meeting. Chairman – Clay Freinwald Vice Chairman – Gary Engard Secretary – Arthur Willetts Treasurer – Pat Persons Board member – Mike Gilbert Board…

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SBE Chapter 16 Vashon Picnic

SBE Chapter 16 Vashon Picnic

Our Annual Chapter Picnic lived up to tradition this year with the event held on the KOMO-AM transmitter site on Vashon Island July 24. The weather was as good as it gets for a Northwest summer day, sunny but not too hot. There were almost fifty members and friends attending. The KOMO picnic site was…

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From the Chair

Jim Dalke, CPBE AMD 8-VSB July’s Chapter Meeting was included as part of our Annual Picnic on Vashon Island. We had almost 50 people of all ages attending this traditional gathering at the KOMO-AM 1000 transmitter facilities. The weather was perfect with the traditional hot dogs and hamburgers and all of the trimmings as food…

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CLAYS CORNER FOR AUGUST 2010

The annual SBE Chapter 16 Picnic, just like last year, it was held in the back-yard of KOMO…a wonderful location for this event. Jim Hatfield showed a number of historic pictures of the early days on the island. Later it was tour time to take a look at some of the high powered AM’s on…

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