AFCCE has decided to cancel all in-person social events for the remainder of 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions. This includes the October Fall Social and November FCC Reception. Board Meetings will continue to be held monthly via Zoom. Stay tuned for information about a virtual presenter for the September 25th meeting.
AFCCE’s by-laws require an…
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Tom Barbeau, VP of Engineering, Hitachi Kokusai Electric Comark LLC
The transition from ATSC 1.0 to NEXTGEN TV is here. Delivery of an MPEG-2 Transport Stream via ASI, SMPTE310 SSI, or even via TSoIP is becoming obsolete with…
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Benjamin F. Dawson, III, PE Consultant Engineer
While optimizing an AM antenna transmission system for performance is a worthwhile goal, the changing market circumstances require that some AM antenna systems be as economical as possible…
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Lynn Claudy, National Association of Broadcasters
A progress report on the ATSC 3.0 suite of standards, implementation status, and evolutionary path for future services.
On January 2nd it was announced that the ITU adopted ATSC 3.0 as a recommended digital broadcast standard. See the press release…
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Rosemary Harold, Chief, FCC Enforcement Bureau
Rosemary C. Harold is Chief of the Enforcement Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission, where she leads the Commission’s largest organizational unit, including its field offices around the country. Ms. Harold rejoins the agency from Wilkinson Barker Knauer…
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Wednesday, November 20, 2019
at The National Press Club 4:30 PM until 7:30 PM
AFCCE members will once again share time with FCC staffers and friends for this popular event, beginning at 4:30pm on Wednesday, November 20.
The location is the elegant National Press Club,
National…
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Friday evening, October 25, 2019
This year in addition to our annual fundraiser for the AFCCE Scholarship Fund, we are having a Celebration of Life for our friend, mentor, and former AFCCE President Ronald D. Rackley.
Ron touched so many lives during his time with us and all who had…
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Stephen J. Kolvek, Director of Engineering, MYAT, Inc.
This presentation will cover Critical Frequencies due to repetitive Line Lengths that must be avoided when used in a broadcasting system. The anchor insulator connector which is a building block of…
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Jay Martin, Dielectric and Jim Stenberg, American Tower
AFCCE Members Jay and Jim will discus the current status of the Television Repack. How has the weather effected the progress, deliveries from the manufacturers, installation at the tower site and what lies ahead.
Jay…
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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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