“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.”
Practical Aspects of Multicast Transmission for ATSC 3.0
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 the introduction of… Read more »
The 72nd AFCCE Annual Meeting will take place in Toronto, June 25 through June 27. A Thursday afternoon tour of the CBC Broadcast Center will kick off the event, followed by an evening reception. Saturday will end the event with the traditional evening dinner banquet. Friday will include a tour… Read more »
Repack from the Manufacturer’s and Tower Owner’s Perspective
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.
Through Saturday, August 24, WWV and WWVH will transmit a US Department of Defense (DOD) message in conjunction with the COMEX 19-3 interoperability exercise in Tennessee. The broadcast also urges listeners to complete a survey on WWV/WWVH listenership and listening habits. The messages are broadcast on WWV at 10 minutes… Read more »
Founding member of the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE) and founder of the MIKAB Corporation, Wesley (Wes) R. Weis passed away on July 13, 2019. Wes was a champion of tower safety as evidenced by his work on NATE’s OSHA Relations Committee. He was instrumental in the development of the ANSI/ASSP A10.48 Standard, which… Read more »
First let me state that it is an honor and privilege to serve as your President for the 2019-2020 term. We have a great group of Officers and Board Members and look forward to continuing the successes of our former President and now Secretary John Lyons.
We have received word that Arno Meyer, co-founder of Belar in 1964 with his wife Isobel (BEL), Arno (AR), has passed away at his home after a period of diminished health.
The name Belar is ubiquitous with monitoring equipment from the FMM-1 FM Monitor, released in 1966, to a full line of… Read more »
It is with profound sadness that I report the passing of a long time friend, associate and mentor, Ron Rackley. I first worked with Ron in the early 1970’s in a project at WWRL(AM) in New York. Since that time, we worked on several… Read more »
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… Read more »
Electromagnetic Compatibility and the Internet of Things
Mike Violette, Co-Founder & CEO Washington Laboratories
Electromagnetic interference (EMI) problems will continue to be an issue for consumers of the Internet of Things (IoT). The spurious and immunity EMC measurement is a mandatory measurement for the IoT devices and system… Read more »
