Consumer Receiver Behavior Puzzle; Off-Air Reception Challenge

 

Nominate Your Great New Product at the NAB Show Manufacturers: Do you have a new product to tell the industry about? Don't forget to nominate it for the 2015 NewBay Media Best of Show Awards. All nominees also will be covered in the post-show Program Guide. (See last year's winners here.) Radio Engineering - 03.04.15 BEC Preview: "The Curious Behavior of Consumer FM Receivers During Overmodulation" Wheatstone's Jeff Keith outlines a Broadcast Engineering Conference paper he'll be presenting. He looked at the behavior of many inexpensive consumer FM receivers and found their performance sometimes lacking. Flash Flood Hammers CRC Media Facility Brian DuBose, vice president of operations for CRC Broadcasting, has the story of the repairs needed at his facility near Palm Springs, Calif., after it was hit with a historic flash flood. Off-Air Reception Can Be a Challenge in Studio Facilities Cris Alexander wanted to monitor several stations in different formats — AM and FM — but figured he had room for only one antenna on the roof. What could be the solution? King, Conover to Receive NAB Engineering Awards The president of Kintronic Labs will receive the 2015 NAB Radio Engineering Excellence Award in Las Vegas at the NAB Show. A Most Unusual Transmitter Plant Very early antenna design was rather simplistic: "Get as much wire up as high in the air as possible and tune for maximum spark or current." James O'Neal has the story an early experimentation to change that mode of thought. AES Conference to Target Immersive Audio The professional audio society is going to Hollywood and will focus on entertainment technologies. AES conference organizers said that, "as the next wave of immersive audio technologies arrive, it is incumbent on the industry to rally around an organized and focused set of standards." Products of Interest JBL Shows 7 Series Monitors Media Assist Offers Cross-Platform Capacity Belar Upgrades Mod Monitor Software New On-Air Processor From Omnia FROM THE ASSOCIATIONS ABA Engineering Academy Class Next Week The academy is offering a free advanced radio engineering class, March 9–10. It's a follow-on to their basic radio engineering course but also ideal for those who have not attended that basic course. 2015 APRE Engineering Achievement Award The Association of Public Radio Engineers is soliciting nominations for its 2015 APRE Engineering Achievement Award. "The honor is to be awarded to a single individual for "outstanding contributions" to the art and/or science of radio engineering that has made a 'significant impact on, or improvement in,' the state of the public radio industry." Nominations are open until March 15. The nomination form can be downloaded here. Other Cool Stories FCC Scenarios for the 600 MHz Band Plan (TV Technology) ARRL Seeks Input on Draft HF Band Plan Proposals (ARRL) Safety System Failure Injures Worker (Wireless Estimator) Eben Upton: The Raspberry Pi Pioneer (IEEE) Micrograph Shows Light as Particle and Wave (The Verge) Supercar Showdown Brewing in Switzerland (CNET) Calendar of Events Alabama Broadcasters Engineering Academy Radio Broadcast Engineering Class March 9–11 ABA Training Center Hoover, Ala. ETA International's Education Forum Co-located with International Wireless Communications Expo March 16–20 Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas SBE Certification Exam Application Deadline For exams at the NAB Show, April 14 March 20 Public Radio Engineers Conference April 9–10 Tuscany Suites, Las Vegas SBE Certification Exam Application Deadline For local chapters exams June 5–15 April 10 NAB Show April 11–16 Las Vegas For a full list of upcoming events visit the Radio World calendar page.

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