REVIEW OF
The March meeting of the Society of Broadcast Engineers was
held at the conference suite of Greater Media Philadelphia, 231 Saint Asaph's Road, Bala Cynwyd PA with 24 members and guests in attendance. Thanks
go out to Larry Paulausky, John Arndt and Angela
Lofton for their assistance and to John Bisset
(Northeast Regional RF Sales Manager) and Ted Lantz (Manager for HD Products)
of Broadcast Electronics for sponsoring the pizza and drinks (provided by
Allegro Pizza).
Mark Humphrey, Chapter 18 Chair, started the business
meeting and brought up a few SBE related elements.
*The SBE @ the NAB Convention was brought up, the
schedule of which can be found on the SBE National website: http://www.sbe.org and clicking on "Short
Circuits". A lifetime achievement award and giveaways will highlight the
annual membership meeting at NAB. SBE members can take advantage of the
partnership rate if they take advantage of full registration. For further
information on registration, please see the NAB Show website at www.nabshow.com and click on "partner
rate".
*New at the NAB Show will be the new AM Directional Array
certification exam.
*The membership drive ends May 31st with many prizes being
offered including a trip to the National SBE Meeting.
*Membership continues to grow. The SBE now has 5572 members,
a gain of 47 over last year.
*Awards nominations are still in progress.
*A leadership skills seminar is being offered at a cost of
$545.00. The seminar contains management and people skills for broadcast
engineers.
Bill Gellhaus mentioned that Ron
Simpson, former chapter chair, retired from WCHR and is currently living in
Walt Bundy mentioned the next SMPTE programs and Bill Gellhaus mentioned the next programs for AES.
John Bisset mentioned the death of
Morris Blum, owner of WANN in
THE
PRESENTATION
Ted Lantz, Manager of HD products for Broadcast
Electronics, gave the presentation with the following topics discussed:
*Current Status
*HD Radio Review
*Audio Routing
*Next Generation Technologies
*RF Installation
*Spectral Measurements
*Data Delivery
*STL Requirements
Some factoids brought out of the presentation:
*The FCC is currently working on details concerning night
time operation.
*The secondary audio service has just been approved for
secondary operation.
*578 licencees/237 on air--grows
every month.
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Receivers available are:
*Kenwood KTC-HR-100
*JVC KD-SHX-900
*Panasonic CQ-CB9000U
*
*Visator,
For details on the technical aspects of the presenation, please contact John Bisset
at Broadcast Electronics (jbisset at bdcst.com)
or Ted Lantz at Broadcast Electronics (tlantz at
bdcst.com) and they will provide you with a CD of the presentation. There are
numerous whitepapers on the subject available from Ibiquity
and Broadcast Electonics available.