“The objective of the AFCCE shall be to aid and promote the proper federal administration and regulation of those engineering and technical phases of communications which are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission, to uphold the honor and dignity of engineers before the Federal Communications Commission, and to provide for the mutual improvement and social intercourse of the members of the Association.”
It is with regret that we pass along news of the passing of Louis R. “Bob” duTreil, Sr. on March 19, 2021 at the age of 88. Bob died peacefully at Tidewell Hospice in Sarasota, Florida, the city where he resided for more than 25 years.
Bob was born in New Orleans, Louisiana… Read more »
ATSC 3.0 – NextGen Broadcasting is both TV and Radio
Fred Baumgartner Director of Next Generation Broadcast Implementation, Sinclair Broadcasting
NextGen Broadcasting is both TV and radio as we know it — and a major departure. NextGen is seemingly everything – mobile, OTT-OTA, Ultra High Definition, Digital Ad Insertion, radio… Read more »
It is with regret that we must report the passing of Robert (Bob) Lloyd Hoover, P.E. on Dec. 26, 2020. Bob was in the hospital suffering from complications of COVID-19.
Bob obtained his bachelor’s & master’s degrees from Emory University in Atlanta, and received his PhD from University of North Carolina at Raleigh. Immediately following… Read more »
Thermal Imaging using drone for Broadcast Engineering
Paul Shulins, President of Shulins’ Solutions
This talk will discuss the theory behind thermal imaging and the practical applications I have found useful to broadcasters by combining the advanced sensors to detect infrared electromagnetic radiation with UAS (drones). Recently this set of tools has… Read more »
The AFCCE Board has penciled in Albuquerque, NM as the location for the 2021 Annual Meeting June 24-26 in hopes that the COVID situation will improve. However, no detailed planning/reservations will be set at this time due to the uncertainty. The Board will poll the membership in the upcoming months (mid-April at the latest) to reassess… Read more »
Design of Synchronized SFN for Maxxcasting/Zonecasting
Bert Goldman, President of Goldman Engineering Management
Bert Goldman will give a tutorial on the design of synchronized SFN (or Maxxcasting) which Geo has deployed in several places and then discuss the Zonecasting design which is based upon Maxxcasting as the foundation.
The Holiday Inn that AFCCE called home for its monthly meetings for the past decade or so was demolished by controlled explosion yesterday (click on photo). This was the reason that our luncheon venue was changed to the Residence Inn this year, even though Covid-19 has prohibited its use.
Thomas J. “Tom” Vaughan, of Rye, passed away peacefully at the age of 92, on November 4, 2020 after a long, full and happy life.
Tom was born on September 30th, 1928 to Michael and Marie Vaughan in Somerville, MA. In 1946 he graduated from St John’s Cambridge. He was a WWII veteran, serving… Read more »
Madeleine Noland will provide an update on the progress of the ATSC 3.0 commercial deployment in the US and offer a glimpse into the future of the ATSC 3.0 platform.
Ms. Noland is the President of the Advanced Television Systems Committee Inc…. Read more »
