Our June meeting will be Wednesday, June 14 at the WBA Summer Conference Engineer Day at the Blue Harbor Resort in Sheboygan. Registration is $50 and will be open in site if you haven’t registered already.

The June newsletter is on the newsletter page.

Our May meeting will be on Tuesday, May 23rd – one week later than usual – at the Camera Corner 2017 Tech Expo at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay. Parking is available at the Main Street and Madison Street parking ramps. We hope to see you there!

The May newsletter is on the Newsletter page.

The April Newsletter is on the Newsletter page.

Our April meeting is on Tuesday the 18th and will feature a live webinar with Bob Orban, founder of Orban in 1970, and still developing new products for the company today. The presentation will take place at the Out o’ Town Club in Kaukauna.

The March newsletter is posted on the newsletter page.

Our March meeting will be on Tuesday, March 21 at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna. We hope to see you there!

The February newsletter is on the newsletter page.

Our February meeting will be February 21st at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna.

SBE Alert
Feb 4, 2017

The SBE is sharing the following message with our members at the request of the FCC.

The Federal Communications Commission is requesting your assistance in disseminating the information below to your organization’s members.

It has come to our attention that unauthorized persons recently may have illegally gained access to certain audio streaming devices used by broadcasters, and may have transmitted potentially offensive or indecent material to the public. We believe that the reported cases involved unauthorized access to equipment manufactured by Barix, which some licensed broadcasters use for studio-to transmitter (STL), remote broadcast (remote) and similar audio connections. We understand that the unauthorized access to the devices may be due, in part, to instances where the licensee fails to set a password for devices with no default password, or to re-set default passwords on the Barix device.

We urge licensees to take all available precautions to prevent future unauthorized transmissions. In many cases, there may be simple, practical solutions to prevent such situations from occurring. For example, we strongly encourage licensees that use Barix devices, as well as other transmitting equipment, to check and, if necessary, add a password, or reset existing passwords with new, robust passwords. Similarly, if a broadcast station experiences turnover in staff who had access to passwords, we encourage licensees to reset the password to ensure future security. We also recommend that broadcasters investigate whether additional data security measures, such as firewalls or VPNs configured to prevent remote management access from other than authorized devices, in some cases, could be implemented to preserve this potentially critical part of the broadcast transmission chain. If you suspect that broadcast equipment has been subject to attempts at unauthorized access, we also recommend that you contact the equipment manufacturer and/or a data security firm. We also suggest that you notify the FCC Operations Center at 202-418-1122 or FCCOPCenter@fcc.gov of suspected unlawful access.

If you have any questions, please contact Lark Hadley, the regional director for the Enforcement Bureau’s Region Three via WR-Response@fcc.gov.

Thank you.

Charles Cooper
FCC/Enforcement Bureau/Office of the Field Director/Field Director

The January newsletter is posted on the Newsletter page.

Our January meeting will be January 17 at the Out-O-Town Club in Kaukauna. Our speakers will be Ben Crease and Jeff Clarine speaking about wideband antennas.

Our December 2016 newsletter is posted on the Newsletter page.

Our December meeting will be on December 20 at 6 PM (note the time change). It will be our annual holiday party at the Out o’ Town Club. Spouses and significant others are welcome. Tom Hutchinson, former General Manger of WLUK TV and author of Hunters, Loggers & Bootleggers, a book about life in Wisconsin will be the speaker.