DON MARKLEY

Learn the ups and downs of getting your digital signal from the studio to the transmitter

Let us all humbly face the center part of the East Coast of these United States and quietly acknowledge the home of our exalted leader, the Federal Communications

Dual lighting systems avoid the necessity of painting the tower but are much better neighbors at night. Tower lights are a lot like air conditioners in

The first advantage of a community tower is usually in the site itself. The construction of a tower acts as a magnet, drawing unanticipated users with

Those words have often struck terror into the hearts of station management.

Other than a possible new tower, the single biggest item at the transmitting plant is probably the transmitter.

Many broadcasters go through their entire careers without having the joy of building a new tower. For many others, this particular activity only occurs

Traditionally, we monitor the television signal at every stage of the process from the initial generation point in the cameras until it leaves the transmitter itself.

The tuning of combiner or diplexer assemblies is a job for the factory representatives. As is well-known and often discussed in laborious detail, most

Be very reluctant to purchase a unit that is specifically designed for a narrow set of input parameters with no expansion capability. The encoder that

Take a look at the paint on your tower. If it's lead-based, even under layers of acceptable lead-free paint, you could face the financial and legal challenges associated with safe removal