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First of all, I have received a few off line questions about my well being due to the absence of posts recently. I assure you, I am fine. I am really busy with a variety of projects, most of which cannot be blogged about due to restrictions from station owners. Secondly, I hope that all Continue reading Happy Independence Day, Patriot!
A story about skirted AM towers and Cellular carriers. We take care of a few sites that have skirted AM towers with Cellular equipment installed. For the first few years, all was well. The cell carriers put up their equipment under supervision and we made sure that the AM station s antenna still was working when Continue reading COEXIST?
This has nothing to do with broadcasting. It does, however, have a good deal of geeky goodness. I have started a new project, getting on the air on the 630 meter Amateur band. For those who do not know, 630 meters is from 472–479 kHz which is below the AM (or Standard) broadcast band. It Continue reading Designing filters for 630 meters
NOAA All Hazards Radio has been around since 1960. I have a Midland Weather Radio receiver in my house because we live in a rural area. We certainly do have weather events; Severe Thunderstorms being the most common. We have also had Tornados, Floods, Hurricanes, Winter Storms and Blizzards. It is useful to have, especially Continue reading Do you use Weather Radio?
I am seeing more and more people getting into (or back into) vinyl recordings. This is somewhat heartening. My personal feeling is that good analog recordings offer a great way to enjoy music, particularly older music. The other nice thing; when I am holding a physical disk, it is mine. I bought it, I own Continue reading Vinyl Revival