Important Correction

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In last week's RF Report, I said that due to the leap-second being added to Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), the GPS_UTC_Offset field in the ATSC System Time Table would change to 13 seconds from 14 seconds.

Obviously, this was going the wrong direction. The correct setting for the "GPS_UTC_Offset" field is 15 seconds. The Web version of the newsletter was corrected soon after the RF Report went out by e-mail and readers alerted me to the error—Thank you! If you modified your ATSC STT based on last week's uncorrected RF Report article, please accept my apology and change it now to 15 seconds.

Your comments and story leads are always appreciated! Drop me a note at dlung@transmitter.com

Doug Lung
Doug Lung
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Doug Lung is one of America's foremost authorities on broadcast RF technology. As vice president of Broadcast Technology for NBCUniversal Local, H. Douglas Lung leads NBC and Telemundo-owned stations’ RF and transmission affairs, including microwave, radars, satellite uplinks, and FCC technical filings. Beginning his career in 1976 at KSCI in Los Angeles, Lung has nearly 50 years of experience in broadcast television engineering. Beginning in 1985, he led the engineering department for what was to become the Telemundo network and station group, assisting in the design, construction and installation of the company’s broadcast and cable facilities. Other projects include work on the launch of Hawaii’s first UHF TV station, the rollout and testing of the ATSC mobile-handheld standard, and software development related to the incentive auction TV spectrum repack. A longtime columnist for TV Technology, Doug is also a regular contributor to IEEE Broadcast Technology. He is the recipient of the 2023 NAB Television Engineering Award. He also received a Tech Leadership Award from TV Tech publisher Future plc in 2021 and is a member of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and the Society of Broadcast Engineers.