TWiRT 478 - Best Practices for AM Directional Systems with Mark Persons

Are you responsible for an AM Directional Antenna? Want to know about adjustment and troubleshooting? Award-winning broadcast engineer, Mark Persons, has built AM Directional systems from scratch and has seen a thing or two. Mark shares some thoughts on effective desk design and what those Minnesotans do for sporting fun when it gets really cold!

Guest:
Mark Persons, Mentor to Radio Broadcast Engineers

Show Notes:
How to clean variable inductors used in AM RF networks
Delta Electronics Toroidal Current Transformers
Thermocouple RF Ammeters

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

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TWiRT 477 - Artists in the Application of Science with Ed Bukont

Ed Bukont knows a few things because he’s seen a few things. Designing and building broadcast studios never grows old for Ed, because no two studios are ever exactly the same. Ed asks, “What are you trying to do here?” - a question that’s far more important than “What do you want?”  Ed shares some of the successful strategies he’s learned in dealing with individuals and with large bureaucracies while integrating useful technology into audio studios.

Guest:
Ed Bukont - Owner of E2 Technical Services

Show Notes:
E2 Technical Services, LLC
Inovonics - Live Equipment Demos on the Web
Audio Engineering Society X192 working group - AES67 Standard 

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

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TWiRT 476 - HD Radio Spacing & Alexa with Aaron Read

Opinions, opinions! And Aaron Read has some good ones! Aaron is the IT & Engineering Director at Rhode Island Public Radio, and joins us for a lively discussion of HD Radio transmission power and asymmetry and getting your station on smart speakers when a worldwide audience creates ambiguity.

Guest:
Aaron Read - IT / Engineering Director at Rhode Island Public Radio

Show Notes:
Aaron’s favorite watch - the AMAZFIT BIP
NAB and NPR Press FCC to Allow Asymmetric Sidebands
HD Radio Asymmetric Sideband Laboratory Test Report from Ibiquity Digital
PAPR and Asymmetrical Sidebands Field Results: HD Radio™ Coverage Technologies 

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

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TWiRT 475 - Intercom over IP with Martin Dyster

Seems there’s almost nothing we can’t accomplish over Internet Protocol (IP) these days - at least in terms of information, control, and media. Broadcasters and event producers are benefitting by moving their Intercom systems to IP - a technology we’re calling “IoIP” for “Intercom over IP”.  Martin Dyster has over 30 years working with “comms” systems in television, radio, theatre, and sporting events. He’s here to educate us about legacy intercom technology, and explain how “matrix-free” IoIP works.

Guest:
Martin Dyster - Vice President Business Development - Telos Alliance

Show Notes:
Overview of intercom systems from Wikipedia
IP Intercom integration at WGN Radio, Chicago (video)
Overview of IP Intercom from TVV Sound
IP Intercom Rocks Lollapalooza Brazil

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

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TWiRT 474 - Broadcasting's All-Digital Future with Sam Matheny

Theodore Hook said, “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” If it seems that technology and innovation are impacting our lives at an ever increasing pace, you’re right. Broadcasters, perhaps more than any other industry, must move with technological changes - even if that means defining them.  Our guest has been and certainly is now at the forefront of broadcasting technology. Sam Matheny is CTO and Executive Vice President at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). Sam shares his insights for broadcasters as we move into all-digital broadcasting, ATSC 3.0, and artificial intelligence.

Guest:
Sam Matheny - CTO & Executive Vice President at the National Association of Broadcasters

Show Notes:
Adobe Voco - explained at Wikipedia
Lyrebird AI - Using artificial intelligence to enable creative expression.
Wavenet synthetic voices
ATSC 3.0 Key Features explained in short videos
3M ScotchCode Wire Markers
NAB Pilot Blog
NAB Show - Sunday is the new Monday

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

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