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TWiRT Ep. 515 - The Next Best Thing 2020

The “Next Best Thing Media Tour” is rolling onward, having visited two dozen markets to date, and with a long list to go before concluding around Thanksgiving. It’s a traveling outdoor equipment expo intended to help engineers and others see equipment or talk to vendors in person, in this year without an NAB Show. Cities just visited include Nashville, Dayton, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis, with Dallas, Houston, Miami and Atlanta coming up. The organizers include Greg Dahl of Second Opinion Communication, Dave Kerstin of Broadcasters General Store and Jeff Williams of Yellowtec. Show notes: * https://wrangle.org/ecotype/north-american-california-chaparralhttps://isupportradio.com/events/roadshow/ * https://wrangle.org/ecotype/north-american-california-chaparralhttps://www.facebook.com/Second-Opinion-Communications-Inc-113655283729334/ Guests https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-everhart-1a878548/https://isupportradio.com/ https://www.summittechgroup.com/ https://www.yellowtec.com/ https://www.enco.com/ https://www.e2techserv.com/ https://www.bgs.cc/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/radiancorporation/about/ https://www.comrex.com/ Hosts Chris Tobin, https://www.linkedin.com/in/ctobinnyc/ http://about.me/kirkharnack, http://www.telosalliance.com/, http://www.deltaradio.net/, & http://www.southseasbroadcasting.com/ Follow Kirk on Twitter - http://twitter.com/kharnackFollow TWiRT on Twitter - http://twitter.com/twirtshow and https://www.facebook.com/pages/TWiRT-This-Week-in-Radio-Tech/154534786156 Sponsored by http://bgs.cc/, with outstanding service, saving, and support. Online at http://bgs.cc/.https://angryaudio.com/ - your source for StudioHub cables and adapters, plus audio Gadgets and Gizmos. Audio problems disappear when you get Angry at https://angryaudio.com/.Nautel - keeping you connected with your community,

TWiRT Ep. 514 - Wildfire! with Mike Everhart

Being Director of Engineering for a large radio broadcaster is challenging enough these days. Doing that while fighting forest fires is downright heroic! Mike Everhart is Director of Engineering at Alpha Media AND he fights wildfires. We’ll see the incredible damage done to a steel-walled transmitter building and its contents, plus the clever replacement shelter to get back on-air just 3 days later. Finally, David Bialik joins us with highlights of the on-demand sessions available in the Broadcast track of this year’s AES Show. Show notes: * https://wrangle.org/ecotype/north-american-california-chaparral* https://www.kuic.com/* https://goo.gl/maps/64iBFeyHfuG6cHkC6* https://molallafire.org/* https://www.alphamediausa.com/* https://www.eventscribe.com/2020/AESNY/searchbybucket.asp?pfp=primary&f=custompresfield1 Guests https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-everhart-1a878548/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-bialik/ Hosts Chris Tobin, https://www.linkedin.com/in/ctobinnyc/ http://about.me/kirkharnack, http://www.telosalliance.com/, http://www.deltaradio.net/, & http://www.southseasbroadcasting.com/ Follow Kirk on Twitter - http://twitter.com/kharnackFollow TWiRT on Twitter - http://twitter.com/twirtshow and https://www.facebook.com/pages/TWiRT-This-Week-in-Radio-Tech/154534786156 Sponsored by http://bgs.cc/, with outstanding service, saving, and support. Online at http://bgs.cc/.http://bionic.radio/ - making radio smarter with Bionic Studio, visual radio, a social media tools at http://bionic.radio/.https://angryaudio.com/ - your source for StudioHub cables and adapters, plus audio Gadgets and Gizmos. Audio problems disappear when you get Angry at https://angryaudio.com/.

TWiRT Ep. 513 - Lifetime Achievement with Mark Persons

In fifty-six years the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) has awarded only ten John H. Battison Awards for Lifetime Achievement. This tenth and most recent one was just bestowed upon Mark Persons, CPBE, CBNT, AMD. Since Mark got started in radio and had an engineering curiosity from an early age, we wanted to know about his early experiences that have informed his career as a broadcast engineer. Mark takes us through his early years and military duty, and describes how he “never had a Plan B”. Also, AES Past President, John Krivit, tells us about the 7 Audio Wonders of the World Tech Tour. Show notes: * https://audiobuildersworkshop.com/ https://blogs.telosalliance.com/omnia9ptn-kmfm https://youtu.be/6RPVrcGOLBI https://www.eriinc.com/installation-and-planning-tools/planning-tools/ https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/#stream/0http://sbe.org/society-of-broadcast-engineers-presents-john-h-battison-award-for-lifetime-achievement-to-mark-persons/ * https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/#stream/0http://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/from-the-editor/mark-persons-receives-sbe-lifetime-achievement-award * https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/#stream/0http://www.mwpersons.com/tech-tips/index.htm * https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/#stream/0http://www.mwpersons.com/articles/index.html * https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/#stream/0https://www.amazon.com/Seesii-NanoVNA-F-10kHz-1-5GHz-Measuring-S-Parameter/dp/B0874WWLJM * https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/#stream/0https://support.telosalliance.com/article/9h3qigx9jy-generating-sdp-files Guest http://www.mwpersons.com/about.html Hosts Chris Tobin, https://www.linkedin.com/in/ctobinnyc/ http://about.me/kirkharnack, http://www.telosalliance.com/, http://www.deltaradio.net/, & http://www.southseasbroadcasting.com/ Follow Kirk on Twitter - http://twitter.com/kharnackFollow TWiRT on Twitter...

TWiRT Ep. 512 - Brace Yourselves, Winter is Coming with Paul Montoya

Preparing for winter is a time-honored ritual in most temperate climates. Most of the USA - indeed most of the world’s population - falls in temperate zones, and that means winter weather is likely or possible. The “business end” of broadcast equipment is often exposed to winter weather. Paul Montoya, Director of Engineering at Wyoming Public Media, oversees operations and maintenance at transmitter sites that are difficult to access and exposed to harsh conditions while being considered “critical infrastructure”. Paul joins us to discuss preparing for winter’s harshness to stay on-the-air - and to stay safe. Show notes: * https://audiobuildersworkshop.com/ https://blogs.telosalliance.com/omnia9ptn-kmfm https://youtu.be/6RPVrcGOLBI https://www.eriinc.com/installation-and-planning-tools/planning-tools/https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/#stream/0 * https://www.eriinc.com/installation-and-planning-tools/planning-tools/https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/coverage-map * https://www.eriinc.com/installation-and-planning-tools/planning-tools/https://youtu.be/MRipzKkeQik * https://www.eriinc.com/installation-and-planning-tools/planning-tools/https://vistadelaluna.com/ Guest https://www.linkedin.com/in/billharlandateri/https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulmontoya/ Hosts Chris Tobin, https://www.linkedin.com/in/ctobinnyc/ http://about.me/kirkharnack, http://www.telosalliance.com/, http://www.deltaradio.net/, & http://www.southseasbroadcasting.com/ Follow Kirk on Twitter - http://twitter.com/kharnackFollow TWiRT on Twitter - http://twitter.com/twirtshow and https://www.facebook.com/pages/TWiRT-This-Week-in-Radio-Tech/154534786156 Sponsored by http://bgs.cc/, with outstanding service, saving, and support. Online at http://bgs.cc/.https://angryaudio.com/ - your source for StudioHub cables and adapters, plus audio Gadgets and Gizmos. Audio problems disappear when you get Angry at https://angryaudio.com/.

TWiRT Ep. 511 - FM Antennas from Theory to Practice with Bill Harland

To most radio broadcast engineers, FM transmitting antennas are both slightly mysterious and rather fascinating. There are several fundamental designs plus differences in materials, testing, placement, and operational maintenance. Bill Harland from Electronics Research, Inc. (ERI) provides a wealth of information and photos to point out key concepts with FM antennas. This episode is packed with information that every radio engineer should know! Show notes: * https://audiobuildersworkshop.com/ https://blogs.telosalliance.com/omnia9ptn-kmfm https://youtu.be/6RPVrcGOLBIhttps://www.eriinc.com/installation-and-planning-tools/planning-tools/ * https://youtu.be/6RPVrcGOLBIhttps://www.eriinc.com/installation-and-planning-tools/whitepapers-2/ * https://youtu.be/6RPVrcGOLBIhttps://youtu.be/n5OtJmOjKIU * https://youtu.be/6RPVrcGOLBIhttps://youtu.be/TrEMfzEcBek * https://youtu.be/6RPVrcGOLBIhttps://youtu.be/Bnnlzsd_BE0 Guest https://www.linkedin.com/in/billharlandateri/ Hosts Chris Tobin, https://www.linkedin.com/in/ctobinnyc/ http://about.me/kirkharnack, http://www.telosalliance.com/, http://www.deltaradio.net/, & http://www.southseasbroadcasting.com/ Follow Kirk on Twitter - http://twitter.com/kharnackFollow TWiRT on Twitter - http://twitter.com/twirtshow and https://www.facebook.com/pages/TWiRT-This-Week-in-Radio-Tech/154534786156 Sponsored by http://bgs.cc/, with outstanding service, saving, and support. Online at http://bgs.cc/.https://angryaudio.com/ - your source for StudioHub cables and adapters, plus audio Gadgets and Gizmos. Audio problems disappear when you get Angry at https://angryaudio.com/.Nautel - keeping you connected with your community, and offering informative webinars at https://www.nautel.com/resources/webinars/am-transmitters/transmission-talk-tuesday/.