TWiRT 503 - Protecting that Feedline with Paul Shulins

Paul Shulins is President of Shulins’ Solutions, a radio and tv broadcast consulting firm based in Andover Massachusetts, specializing in remote control solutions, studio design and construction, antenna protection systems and ratings metrics. We're discussing highly accurate VSWR protection for combined FM stations and master antenna systems. Plus, looking at advances in thermography from stable and repeatable drone positioning platforms.

Show Notes:
IEEE BTS Looks at Future of Monitoring - Paul Shulins, presenter
DAC System’s RF Hawkeye components
DJI Matice 300 UAS
RTK - Real-time Kinematic - technology to improve position accuracy
Infrared Thermography Certification

Guest:
Paul Shulins - President at Shulins’ Solutions

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 502 - I'm K-Lovin' It with Bill Jackson

What’s a former DJ and Promotions Director doing building radio studios?  Well, he’s lovin’ it! Bill Jackson is now the Principal Studio Engineer for Educational Media Foundation K-LOVE & Air1 Media Networks. He’s expanding the number of studios and replacing the consoles at EMF’s Franklin, Tenn, studio complex. We’re talking about how AoIP has made possible a revolution in studio interoperability and nationwide connectivity.

Show Notes:
Educational Media Foundation (EMF Broadcasting) - Info on Wikipedia
Positive and Encouraging - K-LOVE
Air1 - Worship Now
Axia Livewire+AES67 AoIP networking from Telos Alliance
Axia Quasar AoIP Livewire+AES67 audio console

Guest:
Bill Jackson - Principal Broadcast Studio Engineer at EMF K-LOVE & Air1 Media Networks

Host:
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 501 - No Fail Remotes with Tim Berry

Imagine the pressure of making sure every game-day broadcast for the Tennessee Vols gets on-the-air and sounds great. That’s what Tim Berry does in his “spare” time! Tim is the Chief Engineer at WUOT-FM at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He also maintains numerous Amateur Radio repeaters in East Tennessee. Tim joins us to talk about close calls and “audio feed negotiation” as well as connection reciprocity.

Show Notes:
What is the Vol Network?
Tim Berry - WN4GBI and East Tennessee Amateur Repeaters
Lindsey Nelson - First play-by-play announcer for the Vol Network
John Ward - the Voice of the Vols

Guest:
Tim Berry - Chief Engineer at WUOT-FM and Chief Engineer at the Vol Network

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 500 - Looking Back and Looking Forward with Tom Ray

Thank you for helping us get to 500 TWiRT episodes! Chris Tobin says he’s up for 500 more! This week, Tom Ray joins us to review some past topics and see how they’ve changed in the past 10 years. Chris Tobin checks in from high above Manhattan. Plus, we predict the future for some of today’s technologies.

Guest:
Tom Ray - TWiRT contributor and President at Tom Ray Consulting

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 499 - Best Practices for Home Broadcasting with Bryan Jones

Many of us got our morning and afternoon hosts operating from their homes pretty quickly back in March. We had just a few days - or even just a weekend - to get our on-air talent connected from their kitchen tables or bedrooms, along with news and traffic reporters. Bryan Jones, Engineering Support Specialist at the Telos Alliance, helped dozens of broadcasters get operational from their homes. Now, we’re discussing longer-term home and remote broadcast operations. What are the best practices and key concerns from an IT perspective? What pitfalls should we avoid while improving these remote operations for long-term service?  Plus, Chris Tobin describes his station’s unique remote operations setup.

Show Notes:
Best remote desktop software of 2020: Paid and free choices for businesses
Kirk’s favorite remote access service: DWService.net
4 VPN Types and When to Use Them
Chris’s favorite: DJB Radio playout software

Guest:
Bryan Jones - Engineering Support at The Telos Alliance

Host:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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