I’d love to take all the credit for this project, but who would believe me?!?! This required the experience and assistance of not only our station’s engineering department, but also the combined efforts of contracted electricians, transmitter installers, HVAC installers, a local construction company and tower riggers.
Prior to installing the coming DTV transmitters there had to be a manner in which to get the HD signal to the transmitter. Since we would ultimately have two high-power DTV transmitter sites and they are a considerable distance from the studios, the only practical solution would be to encode the HD signal at the…
In order to accommodate the additional transmitter equipment for this station’s HDTV transmitter the building had to be expanded considerably. I was able to include in the budget enough area for a sound-resistant office where maintenance records, spare parts and test equipment could be kept and calls could be made without having to shout over…