TWiRT 295 - iDAS and oDAS with Chris Tobin

Could antennas be lurking all around you? Chris Tobin says it’s happening more than you might imagine.  From office buildings to hospitals, and stadiums to convention centers, Distributed Antenna Systems are popping up in walls, ceilings, and on light poles everywhere.  Engineering these systems requires precision planning and field testing.

Show links:

What are iDAS and oDAS?
DAS example projects from BSGI
Indiana University Campus Cellular Project

Hosts:

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

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TWiRT 295 - iDAS and oDAS with Chris Tobin

TWiRT 294 - GatesAir with Rich Redmond

GatesAir traces its origins to 1922 when the Gates Radio Company was founded by Parker Gates. Rich Redmond, Chief Products Officer at GatesAir, joins Chris Tobin and me for updates on IP-Audio, HD Radio transmitter upgrades, and efficient liquid-cooled FM transmitter technology.

Show links:
White Paper: The Role of Network Packet Loss Modeling
Flexiva FLX liquid-cooled FM transmitter technolgy
User Report on Liquid Cooled FM Transmitter

Guest:

Rich Redmond, Chief Products Officer - GatesAir

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

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TWiRT 293 - LED Tower Lighting with Rodney Zeigler

LED light bulbs are finally getting useful and popular for home and business lighting.  But LED lighting has been available for broadcast and cellular towers for over 15 years.  Early models didn’t last long.  Rodney Zeigler with Nebraska Rural Radio Association joins us with his LED lighting experience spanning a decade, with good news on this efficient technology.

Show links:
Dialight LED FAA Obstruction Lighting
TWR LED Lighting Systems
Tower Beacon Replacement with LED
UNIMAR LED Communications Lighting
Drake LED Lighting
Hughey & Phillips Lighting

Guest:
Rodney Zeigler, Director of Engineering - Nebraska Rural Radio Association

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

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TWiRT 292 - IP STLs: Troubleshooting Interference

Just down from a New York skyscraper rooftop, Chris Tobin talks us through troubleshooting RF interference to to some legacy 5.8 GHz radios. And Kirk Harnack shows off a new airFiber IP radio, fresh from configuration and ready for the tower.

Show links:
Ubiquiti airFiber5
Axia xNode
Ubiquiti BulletM
Harris Aurora 5800

Hosts:

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

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TWiRT 291 - AoIP Planning Tips with Stephen Poole

We compare two different brands of Audio over IP mixing and routing systems and find - they’re pretty similar in terms of network planning and wiring.  Stephen Poole of Crawford Broadcasting joins Chris Tobin and Kirk Harnack, looking at Wheatnet and Livewire+. Plus we’re discussing options for secure remote access.

Show links:
Crawford Broadcasting’s “Local Oscillator” engineering newslette

Guest:

Stephen Poole - Market Chief Engineer, Crawford Broadcasting, Birmingham, AL

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

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