DON MARKLEY

There is an old joke that has been floating around the industry for years. It claims that a station chief tested the standby power plant every week for

The author describes the best ways to repair the equipment that has been damaged from a hurricane or tornado

This year's hurricane season is expected to bring more named storms than average. Prognosticators also predict that this higher-than-average occurrence

Traditionally, most broadcasters had their own tower. It was widely accepted that the top spot on a tower was by far the best location, reaching far more

The standby power plant is expected to stay in its own little room, be ignored and still spring to life to save the day. Sounds like the chief engineer,

Tower lighting We all are aware of the regulations concerning the care and feeding of tower lights. A recent article described both the actions that must

By now, every transmitter technician and chief engineer who passes the basic broadcasters' physical exam (can hear thunder and eat mush) has gazed at

Elbows are like people. They don't mind working together, just not too close. Don't even think of applying power to a new system without having it carefully

Actual elevations can vary considerably from those spewed out by the computer, especially in very irregular terrain. In STL systems, the issue of which

From video to RF? A fact well known to music enthusiasts is that the most critical parts of a recording/reproduction system are those where a transition

Old towers have a tendency to be fully loaded based on their original design criteria. No realistic engineer can argue that panel antennas don't work

Learn how to conduct a site study to select the best transmission site for your station.

Transmitters keep getting more and more reliable. At least, that is what the manufacturers would all have us believe.