The 71st AFCCE Annual Meeting will take place in Atlanta, Thursday-Saturday, June 20 to June 22. Experience the sights of Mid-Town and Stone Mountain. Through the efforts of Jon Edwards, Mark Fehlig and Sterling Davis, we plan tours of the CNN Center, Turner Broadcasting, the Briarcliff Antenna Farm as well as tour Georgia Tech’s Amateur…
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Past Events
May, 2019 Luncheon Meeting
Friday, May 17, 2019
Use of drone based technology for antenna system assessments
Gary Cavell and John Kean of Cavell, Mertz, & Associates
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) based systems will be explained for use in antenna pattern, RF measurements and IR (thermal) imaging.
Techniques and challenges of drone technology for RF and antenna measurements will…
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February 2019 Luncheon Meeting
Friday, February 22, 2019
Engineering the Future of Broadcasting
Ajit Pai, FCC Chairman
Ajit Pai is the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. He was designated Chairman by President Trump in
January 2017. Prior to being appointed Chairman, he previously served as Commissioner at the FCC, appointed by…
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January 2019 Luncheon Meeting
Friday, January 18, 2019
5G from a wireless carrier’s perspective
Chris Wieczorek
Director, Spectrum Policy, T-Mobile USA, Inc.
This discussion will focus on how 5G technology expands the scope of today’s mobile technologies to new services and use cases. It will also discuss how 5G needs spectrum across all bands, including the 600…
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November 2018 Luncheon Meeting
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Spectrum Sharing:
Why Troposcatter Matters
Andrew Clegg,
Spectrum Engineering Lead at Google
Shared spectrum is the new mantra, but aggregate interference is the common refrain. We’ll explore at a high level why long distance propagation prediction is becoming a critical, yet poorly-constrained, limit on spectrum sharing.
You…
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2018 AFCCE FCC Reception
AFCCE – FCC Reception
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
at The National Press Club 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM
AFCCE members will once again share time with FCC staffers and friends for this popular event, beginning at 4pm on Wednesday, November 28.
The location is the elegant National Press Club,
2018 AFCCE Fall Social
Thursday evening, October 11, 2018
AFCCE invites all members and their families and guests to the
Annual Fall Social which follows the IEEE BTS Symposium.
The AFCCE Scholarship program has always been a very impactful activity of AFCCE, but its continued success relies on being able to…
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September 2018 Luncheon Meeting
Friday, September 21, 2018
ATSC3.0 Ready Slot Antenna Design Using Advanced Antenna Optimization Methods
Brandon George Radio Frequency Systems (RFS)
Meriden, CT
Coaxial slot antennas are a favored design by U.S. broadcasters due to their low complexity and ability to be customized. Coaxial slot antennas currently designed and manufactured for the FCC repack…
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2018 AFCCE Annual Meeting
AFCCE 70th Annual Meeting
Hotel Sorrento
Seattle, Washington
This year’s AFCCE and AFCCE Scholarship Fund Annual Meetings will be held at Hotel Sorrento in Seattle Washington
from Thursday June 21st through Saturday June 23
May 2018 Luncheon Meeting
Friday, May 18, 2018
Streamlining the FM Translator Rules
Larry Walke Associate General Counsel,
National Association of Broadcasters
Mr. Walke will give a presentation on the recent FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Streamlining the FM Translator Rules.
The growth in the number of FM translator stations has led to an increasing…
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