From Arthur Willets, SBE16 Secretary – The chapter luncheon meeting was held at KIRO 7 television studio in downtown Seattle. From Tektronix, Inc. (Beaverton, Oregon) Steve Holmes, Quent Hanna, and Tony Copley gave an informative presentation about digital audio regarding loudness monitoring. The CALM (Commercial Advertising Loundness Mitigation) Act, which will become effective in January, is the reason that Tektronix…
UPDATE:Marty Hadfield Recovery Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Thanks to the miracles of modern medicine, Marty left the hospital this afternoon. He will be spending the rest of the week resting at home and plans to return to work next week. Like many of us who have had to deal with heart problems, Marty says this…
Jim Dalke, Editor After pressure from the broadcast industry including the NAB and WSAB, the FCC has again extended the deadline for TV and Radio Stations to have EAS equipment compliant with the new Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) rules. The second extension moves the deadline from September 30, 2011 to June 30, 2012. The FCC…
The SBE Chapter Luncheon was held at the Boeing Museum of Flight. Van Browne of Brownestone Pacific Northwest Manufacturers Representatives gave an in-depth presentation of the role that frequencies for wireless devices will have in the future. His power-point presentation showed charts of available frequencies, AKA – “white spaces” that can be used for such…
September 2011 - Jim Dalke CPBE AMD 8VSB CBNT: Trip to Washington DC I just returned to Seattle after visiting the Washington, DC, area. On Saturday, September 3, I had the privilege of walking my Granddaughter Kate down the aisle as she married a fine young man, Brian Zickle. The ceremony took place in the garden…
Our last meeting, held at the Black Bear in Federal Way, featured a very interesting presentation by our Stephan Lockwood regarding the KRKO/KKXA transmitter facility in Everett. Coming up this month, in fact, this week, we will be back at our usual location at the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field. Van Browne will…
