The March 2011 Chapter 16 luncheon was doubly informative this month with two presentations. The first presentation was given by Chapter 16′s own Waveguide Editor, Jim Dalke. His presentation, concerning FCC inspections, is the same one that he will provide for the NAB crowd this year. Jim described what an FCC inspector will be looking…
As I sit here in front of my trusty ‘puter….I just received an email from Terry Spring reporting that he was getting reflected power alarms on his antenna at West Tiger. Ahhhh, is it not supposed to be spring? The summit of this popular broadcast site has been snow-cat only (if you don’t count snowshoes)…
The annual Awards Program recognizes those who have contributed to SBE, the industry or their chapters in a number of categories. Winners are presented their awards at the annual Awards Dinner at the annual SBE National Meeting. Nominations are now open for the 2010-11 SBE National Awards Some SBE members go above and beyond the…
by: Michael Scott, Certification Chairman Preparing for any level of “SBE Certification” can be challenging without the proper preparation. SBE has developed a preparation system, “CertPreview” that helps guide the applicant to a better understanding of the task that they have set for themselves. CertPreview The new SBE CertPreview will be a download from the…
Jim Dalke CPBE AMD 8VSB It would be interesting to take a poll and see how many of our members have participated in a Webinar recently. SBE National lists four live Webinars in the next couple of months, and numerous other live Webinars of interest to broadcast engineers are available. Other Webinars are available anytime…
Our next Chapter Meeting, at the Museum of Flight, will be a – double header - First off will be our own Jim Dalke talking about FCC inspections of broadcast stations. What you may not know is that Jim has, for some time, been working with the WSAB doing what’s known as ABIP inspections. Not…
A lot going on in the news these days. At this writing we are having snow and cold (very unusual for this time of years) Gas prices are heading skyward due to all the changes in the Middle East etc. Makes the news that I have to report rather tame by comparison. The good news…
