Latest articles by James O'Neal
Carl Jones, Longtime Broadcast Engineering Consultant Dead at 92
Carl T. Jones, a Washington, D.C. area-based consulting engineer, died Jan. 10, 2016 at a medical facility near his home in Solomons, Md.
2017 IEEE Broadcast Symposium Gets Down To Business
The 2017 IEEE Broadcast Symposium returned to its Washington, D.C. area “roots” today after four years on the road.
Ham TV Operators Go High Definition
Through the years, hams have always been quick to try out new technologies including microwave, satellite, digital communications, and most recently, high-definition television.
Amateur Radio Operators Convert to Digital Television
Radio amateurs, or “hams,” have been involved in one way or another with television practically ever since commercial entities began developmental work in the medium during the 1920s.
What Is This 'Broadcast Quality' Thing Anyway? Part I
If you were at the Hollywood SMPTE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition last October, you might have sat in on a paper authored by the CMO and co-founder of Archmedia Technology, Josef Marc.
Ben Tongue, Television Engineering Pioneer, Dies July 4
Ben H. Tongue, co-founder of Blonder-Tongue Labs, died on July 4.
Harris Announces Breakthrough in Television Router Design
Harris Broadcast has announced a new routing product that the company says is first to be able to scale to very large signal source/destination environments without ancillary distribution and cabling
Panasonic, Sony Report Q2 Losses
Recent financial statements issued by electronics giants Panasonic and Sony are still showing lots of red ink.
2016 ‘Bits By The Bay’ Plays to Sell-Out Crowd
I recently wrote about the value (and necessity) of keeping up-to-date, especially in a broadcast engineering career.
