Wednesday, September 24, 2014 Meeting Topic: Web-Based Engineering Tools What web-based services do you offer your clients? AFCCE members Mark Colombo (rabbitears.info) and Mike Rhodes (fccinfo.com) will discuss some of the enhanced query and analysis features on websites they maintain, enabling client-side functionality with more detail than FCC.gov web-based tools. Utilizing official FCC... read more →
Sep
19
Sep
09
From Radio World, Sept. 5, 2014: AM systems manufacturer Kintronic Labs has several suggestions for how the FCC can help revitalize the AM band. President Tom King plans to share those with Commissioner Ajit Pai and Audio Division Chief Peter Doyle in a meeting this month. In advance of that... read more →
Sep
07
On January 22, 2013, SSR Communications, Inc. ("SSR") filed a petition for Rulemaking to create a new Zone II FM broadcast station class, or "C4" allocation, and amend certain technical rules for the FM broadcast service. The petition is here: Class C4. The FCC has extended the deadline for filing statements... read more →
Sep
06
Sep
03
In accordance with the AFCCE Constitution, Article IV, the Board of Directors recommends the following two applicants for membership: Eileen Breslin, Partner, Jaspan Schlesinger LLP (Associate Member) Myron D. Fanton, P.E., Assistant Professor, Engineering , Benedictine College (Member) I expect these applicants to be considered for approval at the AFCCE... read more →
Jun
23
The 2014 Annual Meeting of the Association was a major success, assisted by mostly cooperative late spring Nova Scotia weather and a wonderfully comfortable venue--The Prince George Hotel, Halifax. Members enjoyed a bus ride through the Atlantic Coast countryside to the Nautel transmitter plant, where they were treated to a... read more →
Jun
17
The 2014 Annual Meeting of the Association promises to be a big success, with a beautiful venue, temperatures in line with the spring that it still is, and interesting topics to discuss. Please come and help shape AFCCE policy and direction for the coming years, and enjoy the fellowship of... read more →
May
13
Many thanks to the very talented Chris Ruggia of Vast Graphics, and Mike Rhodes (also very talented), for the help in bringing this new AFCCE website to cyberspace. I hope that it will serve as a community-builder for a freer-flow of information between members, and as a forum for topics... read more →
May
01
Friday, May 16, 2014 Meeting Topic: Open Network Enabled (ONE) Media presented by Mark A. Aitken VP of Advanced Technology, Sinclair Broadcast Group Open Network Enabled Media: An all IP-based approach to distribution of content, with a focus on broadcast as the central element. Consider the question, "What if the... read more →
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