James O'Neal

Until fairly recently, repositories for cast-off broadcast gear—aside from landfills and scrap metal dealers—didn’t really exist.

When I was in my “formative years” (whatever they are), my parents, relatives, teachers, neighbors and others passed on many gems of wisdom.

What really defines “broadcast quality” and has such a thing ever really existed?

If you were at the Hollywood SMPTE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition last October, you might have sat in on a paper authored by the CMO and co-founder of Archmedia Technology, Josef Marc.

Television broadcasting is nothing new here; actually it dates back to the time of the big post-World War II U.S. TV launch.

I recently wrote about the value (and necessity) of keeping up-to-date, especially in a broadcast engineering career.

The U.S. incentive auctioning of television broadcast spectrum has been shrouded in uncertainty ever since it got underway, with broadcasters and others expressing a growing list of concerns.

The FCC’s “green flag” has been dropped and the great repack race officially underway.

Through the years, hams have always been quick to try out new technologies including microwave, satellite, digital communications, and most recently, high-definition television.

Carl T. Jones, a Washington, D.C. area-based consulting engineer, died Jan. 10, 2016 at a medical facility near his home in Solomons, Md.

Radio amateurs, or “hams,” have been involved in one way or another with television practically ever since commercial entities began developmental work in the medium during the 1920s.

Just as with periodic tower inspections, regular preventative maintenance can keep you on the air without interruptions.