The RF Report -- May 31, 2016

 

Radio RF Report Editor: Emily Reigart Radio Technical Editor: Doug Irwin We Want to Showcase Your Cool Facility! We are constantly on the lookout for interesting radio industry builds. Great leads have come from manufacturers, marketers, consultants, and others involved in radio technology who told us about broadcast facilities of all kinds. Send your ideas to radio@radiomagonline.com. Tech, Regulation & More A Cautionary Note About Experimental Licenses AM booster application is denied in Puerto Rico; Commissioner Pai presses others to consider experimentation. Licensee Wifredo G. Blanco-Pi asked the commission to review a Media Bureau decision denying his application for an experimental station in Guayama. More» Commission Sets Clearing Target for TV Spectrum Incentive Auction Will seek 126 MHz of spectrum in the first round. More» Follow the Progress of the Spectrum Auction Dashboard will include the total auction proceeds by round and the progress of the auction toward meeting its 126 MHz clearing target. Bidders frozen and provisional winners don't have to monitor the initial stage auction, but could have to rebid if the FCC can't clear 126 MHz and has to move to stage 2. More» Commission Fines C.T.S. Technology for Jammers Devices are RF transmitters that intentionally interfere with wireless communications. In 2014, C.T.S. Technology marketed 285 jammers to U.S. consumers through its own websites and third party platforms. More» Products & Business Nautel Adds to GV Transmitter Line GV60 and GV80 are IBOC-capable. More» Quintech Releases Nexus Wi-5G Attenuator Test Matrix Supports 2G, 3G, 4G, LTE, LTE-A, 802.11, Wi-Fi and LTE-U frequency bands.  More» Beasley Media Group Buys Two FM Translators for $125K Each Two universities also sell, buy FM translators in the Midwest.  More» time tRFS Debuts New ShareLite Combiner Models Adds support for broader frequency ranges and compatibility with 4.3-10 standard. More» MP&A Releases Redesigned Harris SX-Series AM Transmitters New design features LCD display. More» From the current issue of Radio magazine Read Our First E-Book — It's About Translators We present three articles to help educate you on the FM translator service. First, we will go over the basics, using the FCC rules as a basis. Then, Chris Wygal discusses FM translators within the context of the AM revitalization effort. The third discusses the actual nuts-and-bolts implementation of a facility. More» Be the Master of Your (Network's) Destiny One of the workhorses of any broadcast facility is the link between the studio and another location. For those where the studio and transmitter address are one and the same, this link can be as simple as a few wires or a couple of coax runs, but in cases where the facilities are separate, a different approach is typically required. More» Read the May Issue Online Page through the digital edition of the magazine here. More»

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