Our May meeting will be Tuesday, May 15 at the Out-O-Town Club at Noon. Our program will be “Antenna and RF System Design for the FCC Repack” by Eddy Vanderkerken of RFS World. This presentation will give insight into how antenna design influences radiation patterns, how the design and manufacturing of antennas and RF filters has evolved, and the software tools that can be used to select the optimum solutions for the TV broadcaster during the FCC repack and beyond.
The May newsletter is posted on the Newsletter page.
I’d like to take a moment to call your attention to this important notice from the National SBE Office. This impacts any broadcaster that uses a C Band satellite dish to receive programming for rebroadcast.
Please strongly consider licensing your satellite dish during this brief window. I will keep a file of vendors providing this service in an effort to find the least costly way for you to do this. Yes I understand it is an unplanned expense, but the costs of NOT doing so might be much more. Protect your broadcasts and license that earth station!
This affects ALL RADIO STATIONS with the large satellite receive dishes. Reach out to your smaller broadcaster friends and clients – be sure they understand this issue!
If you have questions about this issue, e-mail me at sbrown@wcinet.com and I will attempt to find answers for you.
Our April meeting will be Tuesday, April 17th at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna. Our program this month will be a review of the NAB show and TV audio processing and loudness control with Bob Orban.
The April newsletter is posted on the Newsletter page.
Our February meeting will be Tuesday, February 20 at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna. Presenting at the next meeting will be John Lynch, Director of Business Development for Broadcast Supply Worldwide (BSW) and Alex Bonello, President of Insoft LLC and makers of HDV-MIXER.
The February newsletter is posted on the Newsletter page.
Our January meeting will be on Tuesday, January 16 at Noon at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna. Our chapter elections will be held at this meeting. A ballot was sent to your email if you are not able to attend.
Our December meeting will be the chapter holiday party on Monday, December 18 at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna. Cocktail Hour is at 6 PM and dinner will be at 7 PM. We have the back room reserved.
The December newsletter is on the Newsletter page.
Our November meeting will be Tuesday, November 14 (one week earlier than usual) at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna. Our program will be “New Technologies Available in the Audio Processor” by Mike Erickson and Phil Owens of Wheatstone Audio.
The November newsletter is on the Newsletter page.
The 2017 WBA Broadcasters Clinic is next week, October 10-12, at the Madison Marriott West in Middleton. We hope to see you there. More information is available here.
Also new this year is the WBA app. Check the link for more information on the app.
Broadcast Engineers Serving Northeast & Central Wisconsin
SBE Chapter 80 