DON MARKLEY

New stations need to know the criteria for these antennas

In the past few months, this column has discussed many issues involved with propagation. But it might be helpful to look at a broad overview of television

Since last year, TV transmitters have change in subtle but significant ways.

The terrible truth is that you can build a beautiful transmitting plant using the latest state-of-the-art transmitters and antennas and still find areas

At the last few NAB shows, the most interesting RF products exhibited were all closely grouped around digital broadcasting. Well, they were this year

Broadcasters may scoff at the abilities of low-power “peanut whistles,” but they are proving themselves by providing good quality of service at a lower cost than the high-power operations.

NAB2003 offered a continuing steady improvement in the technologies that have been emerging over the last several years.

Find out the best way to combine your analog and DTV signals and transmit them from one antenna.

There is an old joke that has been floating around the industry for years. It claims that a station chief tested the standby power plant every week for

The author describes the best ways to repair the equipment that has been damaged from a hurricane or tornado

This year's hurricane season is expected to bring more named storms than average. Prognosticators also predict that this higher-than-average occurrence

Traditionally, most broadcasters had their own tower. It was widely accepted that the top spot on a tower was by far the best location, reaching far more

The standby power plant is expected to stay in its own little room, be ignored and still spring to life to save the day. Sounds like the chief engineer,

Tower lighting We all are aware of the regulations concerning the care and feeding of tower lights. A recent article described both the actions that must

By now, every transmitter technician and chief engineer who passes the basic broadcasters' physical exam (can hear thunder and eat mush) has gazed at

Elbows are like people. They don't mind working together, just not too close. Don't even think of applying power to a new system without having it carefully

Actual elevations can vary considerably from those spewed out by the computer, especially in very irregular terrain. In STL systems, the issue of which