Latest articles by DON MARKLEY
The unchanging face of RF
NAB2003 offered a continuing steady improvement in the technologies that have been emerging over the last several years.
Keeping intruders off the site
From steel doors to security systems — find out the best way to protect your transmission site and keep trespassers out.
RF exposure guidelines
If you have to defend your existing or proposed RF facilities in a public forum, make sure you’re well informed.
Advances in transmitter technology
Since last year, TV transmitters have change in subtle but significant ways.
LPTV and translator worries
The FCC’s main requirement is that translators must not interfere with primary facilities
Peanut whistle DTV
Broadcasters may scoff at the abilities of low-power “peanut whistles,” but they are proving themselves by providing good quality of service at a lower cost than the high-power operations.
New adventures in remote control
Remote control systems have evolved to an incredibly level of complexity and functionality
Measurements for DTV
At the risk of the howls of indignation from the naysayers who have been around all through the DTV conversion, it appears that well-designed and installed DTV systems are operating extremely well.
The snows (and ice) cometh
Winter is approaching rapidly, and stations in many states must deal with its perils. That includes wind, snow, ice, freezing rain and cold that makes
Basics of transmission line selection
Don Markley offers suggestions for the selection of transmission line, as well as information on different options available, and some of the benefits and drawbacks of each.
Towers + lead paint = trouble
Take a look at the paint on your tower. If it's lead-based, even under layers of acceptable lead-free paint, you could face the financial and legal challenges associated with safe removal
Transmission & Distribution: What's Happening Up There?
Traditionally, we monitor the television signal at every stage of the process from the initial generation point in the cameras until it leaves the transmitter itself.
Transmitter technology review
Other than a possible new tower, the single biggest item at the transmitting plant is probably the transmitter.
Transmission & Distribution: Monitoring RF systems
Transmitters keep getting more and more reliable. At least, that is what the manufacturers would all have us believe.
I'm from the government and I'm here to help you
Those words have often struck terror into the hearts of station management.
The STL debate goes on
Actual elevations can vary considerably from those spewed out by the computer, especially in very irregular terrain. In STL systems, the issue of which
