Latest articles by DON MARKLEY
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.
Selecting a transmission site
Learn how to conduct a site study to select the best transmission site for your station.
Identifying hot spots
The development of new sensing devices has made temperature-testing tools extremely useful for broadcasters. The devices permit testing under power a
Keeping the power on
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
Pattern directions
Two directional TV antenna patterns exist: What the FCC wants and what's realistic.
DTV antennas
Careful planning, design and installation can lead to an effective radiation pattern.
Low-power transmitters
Up to this point, most of the reporting on DTV transmitters and antenna systems has focused on equipment for the large, full-power DTV systems. That includes
Antenna installation and tower construction
There are steps that station personnel should take when antenna or transmission line work is done or when towers are being constructed or modified
Recovering from a catastrophe
The author describes the best ways to repair the equipment that has been damaged from a hurricane or tornado
Emergency preparedness
This year's hurricane season is expected to bring more named storms than average. Prognosticators also predict that this higher-than-average occurrence
Transmitters: The new ones are bigger
When you wandered through the halls of NAB2006, the transmitter offerings seemed to be the same old things. There were small solid-state ones, ones with
