Traditional, over-the-air TV broadcasters are pretty screwed. Time and technology are rapidly shooting past and only now are they collectively[…]
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Visiting an SF Landmark. Sutro Tower.
Not many people get inside Sutro Tower, so I consider myself pretty fortunate. My current employer doesn’t have transmit facilities[…]
Read moreAh, the smell of something free…
It’s a new year and as of the first of the year every Sally-Shopper and Johnny-Bag-O-Donuts is eligible for their[…]
Read moreDTV Transition
For the old…. err.. “seasoned” television viewer that doesn’t understand what a “Tivo” is and still tunes in to re-runs[…]
Read moreHDTV and Me (and my soapbox)…
I am a fond proponent and avid ‘flag waver’ of local broadcasting and free HDTV and I would be happy[…]
Read moreKHOG RF Combiner
Since a new tower had been erected in 1997 with HDTV in mind, it already featured a broadband RFS panel[…]
Read moreHDTV Transmitter Installation
For this facility (KHOG) the gain of the antenna was considerable so that only about 10kW TPO would be needed[…]
Read moreHDTV Encoding Rack Design
Here is a project I am justifiably proud of. Our corporate engineering management had determined that we were to use[…]
Read moreDTV Antenna Installation
A few grainy images of the Andrew side-mounted antenna we ordered for the KHBS DTV transmitter in Poteau, Oklahoma (which[…]
Read moreDigital Tower Erection
Because there was simply no room on the existing tower to place a DTV antenna that would be even marginally[…]
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