TWiRT 24 - Amplitude Modulation

Foundation Series - The TWiRT engineers discuss and explain AM - generating, amplifying, transmitting

Kirk Harnack - Executive Director, Int'l Business Development, Telos-Omnia-Axia
Tom Ray - VP, Engineering, Buckley Broadcasting, WOR, New York, W2TRR
Chris Tobin - CBS Radio, New York
Chris Tarr - Entercom, Milwaukee, GeekJedi, and Broadcast Engineering Info 

Some resources that exemplify our discussion points:

Definition of Amplitude Modulation

AM demonstrated on an oscilloscope - not the way I would have shown it, but it's instructive.

Interactive AM demo - Adjust the on-screen controls to get an idea of AM parameters.

Watch the video at ODTV.me

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TWiRT 24 - Amplitude Modulation

TWiRT 23 - Vive l'Audio!

Vive l'Audio!

Kirk Harnack - Executive Director, Int'l Business Development, Telos-Omnia-Axia
Tom Ray - VP, Engineering, Buckley Broadcasting, WOR, New York, W2TRR
Chris Tobin - CBS Radio, New York
Chris Tarr - Entercom, Milwaukee, GeekJedi, and Broadcast Engineering Info 

French audio processing Guru, David PERREAU along with GOOM.com engineer, Fred BLONDET.

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TWiRT 23 - Vive l'Audio!

TWiRT 21 - StudioHub

StudioHub - Dan Braverman, inventor of the StudioHub wiring system

Kirk Harnack - Executive Director, Int'l Business Development, Telos-Omnia-Axia
Chris Tobin - CBS Radio, New York
Chris Tarr - Entercom, Milwaukee, GeekJedi, and Broadcast Engineering Info 

What gadgets does the well-prepared broadcast engineer have?  Chris Tobin fills us in.

And, Dan Braverman, President of Radio Systems, discusses community broadcasting in Africa, plus the StudioHub wiring system.

Watch TWiRT on your PC - Wednesdays at 8pm Eastern, 5pm Pacific at http://live.twit.tv

Follow TWiRT announcements on Twitter by following <kharnack>.

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TWiRT 21 - StudioHub

TWiRT 20 - War Stories

War Stories - Transmitter emergencies and one scoreboard faux pas.

Kirk Harnack - Executive Director, Int'l Business Development, Telos-Omnia-Axia
Tom Ray - VP, Engineering, Buckley Broadcasting, WOR, New York, W2TRR
Chris Tobin - CBS Radio, New York
Chris Tarr - Entercom, Milwaukee, GeekJedi, and Broadcast Engineering Info 

This is the first TWiRT eposide to be streamed live over the TWiT network!  Special thanks to Dane Golden, Colleen Kelly, and Leo Laporte for the encouragement.

Watch this sausage being made on Wednesdays at 8pm Eastern, 5pm Pacific at http://live.twit.tv

Follow TWiRT announcements on Twitter by following kharnack.

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TWiRT 20 - War Stories

TWiRT 19 - Total FUBAR

Total FUBAR 

Kirk Harnack - Executive Director, Int'l Business Development, Telos-Omnia-Axia
Tom Ray - VP, Engineering, Buckley Broadcasting, WOR, New York, W2TRR
Chris Tobin - CBS Radio, New York
Chris Tarr - Entercom, Milwaukee, GeekJedi, and Broadcast Engineering Info 

FM Stations Can Raise Their IBOC Power

Stanley FUBAR

TieLine Report-It Dock for iPhone

Guest - David Bialik, Systems Engineering Consultant

Chairman of Broadcast and Streaming Sessions for the 129th Audio Engineering Society Convention
Thursday November 4 – 7, 2010, at the Moscone Convention Center, San
Francisco, CA, USA
http://www.aes.org/events/129/
broadcast@aes.org

This episode was recorded under some "trying" conditions on the road.  Special thanks to Pete Salant for cleaning up some of the poor-quality audio recording on this episode.   He filtered out a lot of noise and made the episode easier to listen to.  Thanks, Pete!

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TWiRT 19 - Total FUBAR