The Next Meeting of the SBE Chapter 67 will be on August 26^th

A Special SBE Presentation by Arnie Toshner, GMA, LLC, Junger-Audio

6P for Dinner and 7P for the Presentation at Crystal's Pizza & Spaghetti‎  930 West Airport Freeway, Irving, TX‎ - (972) 579-0441‎

This month’s program hosted by Junger Audio includes a discussion on pending FCC legislation on loudness and a discussion on CALM solutions. 

With all the difficulty brought about with transition to digital television, who would have believed that audio volume control would have become a national issue.  Now we face the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (the CALM Act. H.R. 1084). 

Junger Audio “Level Magic” combines an AGC, Limiter, Brick Wall and more, and it is completely scalable and leaves no artifacts, latency or distortion.  Junger uses a "multiloop single band processor" design.  Level Magic™ maintains the spectral balance of the audio, not breaking the signal up into frequency bands as some processors do. "Multiband" processors divide the audio into 4 or even 5 bands (e.g. Bass, Lo-mid, Mid, Hi, etc) which inherently changes the spectral balance of the audio.  Variable low, mid, and high EQ are constantly adjusted based on the signal level in each band. When you sum the multiple bands back to produce the final output audio, phase cancellation as well as 2nd and 3rd Harmonic Distortion is inevitable.

The Level Magic rack mount systems allow Junger to offer a large range of Input and Output modules (Analog, AES, SD, HD, etc.). It also makes future upgrades from a 4-channel Level Magic card to 8 channels with a simple upgrade. Junger enjoys a reputation and worldwide presence that few companies have achieved. 

This Full-Day of Education at the UTA Distance Learning Facility includes Breakfast and Lunch, Radio and TV Technology tracks with presentations by experts from all over the country. Chapter 67 is pioneering a new Student Track with Education in the Fundamentals and IT basics with Special STUDENT Pricing. Registration is now open at http://www.sbe.org/ennes_workshops.php#Dallas

The Chapter 67 Meeting on July 29^th 

Featured Bill Robertson from Digital Alert Systems with “The Road to Compliance” - Important Information For Radio, Television, Emergency Operations Centers, Production and Master Control Operators. Bill Explained the new CAP program part of the EAS system upgrade in a lively meeting

Alerting is a big deal right now, given all the activity on the regulatory front and our nation's ongoing need for reliable emergency information.

You had a taste of it at the Taste of Nab last month and many of you asked for more.  Now drill down as we offer a presentation showcasing several elements you may have seen while expanding on the key elements in the upcoming adoption of CAP and what it means to broadcasters.

The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is a nationwide emergency alerting program that broadcasters, cable and wireless cable television systems, and other service providers identified by the Commission (as EAS Participants) must provide communications capability in national emergencies. EAS also is available at the state and local level to enable EAS Participants, on a voluntary basis, to transmit local or state emergency information, such as severe weather warnings and child abduction alerts (“Amber Alerts”). The Federal Communications Commission, in conjunction with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National Weather Service (NWS), implement EAS at the federal level.

AND don’t forget: The NFL is looking for 70-80 people to help with RF coordination for the Super Bowl here.  There will be a free dinner in October to explain things further.  In case you missed it, the sign-up website is: http://www.nflgdc.com.  Signing up or going to the October dinner does NOT commit someone to anything.

The June Chapter 67 Meeting was held Monday June 21^st at  MPS Studios 

Larry Bloomfield presented Taste of NAB 2010 Roadshow  Co-Sponsored with SMPTE and food was provided by Dan Sessler at RF Specialties of Texas and Warren Bottorff from Dielectric. As usual, the Show featured drawings and prizes and is presented every year for Engineers who missed the NAB (or even those who attended) an opportunity to see first-hand what’s new. Check out Larry's Tech-Notes.TV web site. It's a wealth of Information about DTV, the industry, Digital Cinema, Trivia, History and more. You'll also find info about this years tour, previous tours, sponsors and door prizes.

Kelly Moore also announced that the NFL is looking for 70-80 people to help with RF coordination for the Super Bowl here.  There will be a free dinner in October to explain things further.  The sign-up website is: http://www.nflgdc.com.  Signing up or going to the October dinner does NOT commit someone to anything.

AND:  REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN - to join us September 25th for the DFW Ennes Workshop.  This Full-Day of Education at the UTA Distance Learning Facility includes Breakfast and Lunch, Radio and TV Technology tracks with presentations by experts from all over the country. Chapter 67 is pioneering a new Student Track with Education in the Fundamentals and IT basics with Special STUDENT Pricing. Registration is now open at http://www.sbe.org/ennes_workshops.php#Dallas

The May Chapter 67 Meeting was held on Thursday, May 27^th

Thanks to Daniel Loeffler, North American Business Development at MAYAH Communications for an informative presentation audio IP/RTP broadcast basics along with SIP servers and other protocols.

Special Notice

Services for former SBE Chapter 67 Chairman and SBE National Board Member Sandy Sandberg were held at Restland Memorial Chapel on Wednesday, April 28^th

At the April 29^th Meeting.

The topic was Audio over IP (AoIP) presented by Mike Uhl from Telos Systems and Co-Sponsored by Gary Tibbot of Broadcaster’s General Store.  Mike demonstrated the new IP Codecs from Telos, Audio Processing technology for Transmission and Streaming and an AoIP Based Console system. Telos developed the first DSP-based Broadcast Telephone systems and the Zephyr ISDN Codecs. Mike is well known in the area from his time at PR&E in the 70’s. Gary Tibbot joined BGS in 2002 and many of us know him from the early 90’s at Allied.

At the March Chapter 67 meeting Thursday, March 25^th

Engineering Director, Leslie Kveton gave us a tour of Citadel Media Network Operations Center. Thanks to Leslie for an interesting, inside Technical look at this major Network Hub. The meeting was well attended and included a side trip with Kent Kramer to Reach Media’s facility next door for many who stayed late.

The February Meeting was on the 25^th

Thanks to Mark Helms and Stephanie Glockzin of ProAudio.com for an interesting history of Crouse-Kimsey and a demo the NewTek TriCaster  -  a complete TV/Radio field production system that is affordable, portable and small enough to fit into a backpack. It provides all the tools required to simultaneously record, stream, and project programs on the fly. An Ennes Workshop was announced for September 25^th at UTA.

The January 25^th Meeting was a tutorial on Loudness

Presented by Linear Acoustics, we travelled from the first attempts at measuring and controlling Loudness on the radio to the present technology in use in Digital Radio and TV.

The November/December meeting Featured Kevin King from Nevion USA

Our thanks to Kevin King, Regional Sales Manager for Nevion USA, who presented Nevion’s ASI Multiplexing, Network Monitoring/Surveillance for ASI/SDI and HD and the VikinX Routing system. 

The October meeting was held on Thursday, October 29^TH

Thanks to Craig Vaughn from infraredteam LLC for an infrared boot camp intended to educate and increase our interest in thermal imaging.

The September Chapter 67 Meeting was held on Thursday, September 24^TH

Thanks to Doug Thompson, representing Linear Industries, Inc. for hosting an educational presentation on cost effective TV transmission solutions and 8VSB measurements.

The August Chapter 67 meeting was held on August 27^TH

Our thanks to Ann Arnold, President of TAB - Texas State EAS Chair and head of the State Executive Steering Committee for EAS for the latest on new EAS Systems, Procedures and Compliance. She provided some good insight into the efforts by TAB and others to move EAS forward Nationally and in Texas.

The SBE Chapter 67 July Meeting was held on  Thursday, July 30, 2009

Thanks to Ellis Terry from Nautel - for a lively discussion of advances in AM and FM Solid State Digital Transmitters designed to help meet the Engineering challenges ahead in HD Radio.