How Remote Controls Revolutionize Broadcast Stations
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Very good information! we just got a brand new Burk system installed 2 month's ago! so much more reliable compared to our old system
I’m a big fan of Burk. Sure it has its warts like all of them, but I could get the one I had at the other place working like a charm. The last thing I was about to do was turn on the Jet flowcharts for automatic switch to backup transmitters. Didn’t finish that before I left.
Can you do a video on logging regulations? I would love to show it to our students.
I’ll try to get one made soon!
There’s one up on the member section (goes public tomorrow)!
Last radio station I worked at before going into TV, the mid-week RC calibration was among my responsibilities. Was a tedious set of tasks back in the 1980's as it had to be done on both the day and night patterns for the AM. We had different Moseley/Hallikanien hybrids for the AM & FM sites. When it worked, it was great. When it didn't...! Telco noise was a problem. Particularly on the FM path. First, it started turning things off at random. Then, it started turning things on at random! Like the night our maintenance guy was in the air studio and had the local Top-40 feeding it while he worked with his head in the guts of the McCurdy. Taking a break, he looked up and saw the slave meter off the FM mod monitor bouncing! Needless to say, the FM rig got shut off fast. Not a word was said. However, we soon got a newer remote setup from Moseley. Problem was, while that one was functionally reliable, its telemetry drifted across a good-sized parking lot. So... the FM ended-up being a hybrid of a hybrid. We used new system for XMTR control and the old for monitoring. Clunky. But, it worked. Problem was, explaining it to some of the Third-Phone ticket folks when they hired-on.
Marcus, this was another great video. Here's a topic for a future one: "I'm from the FCC. And, I want to see your Public File." Training new hires for that was among my tasks at my last employer. I mention it here because engineering has input into it. And, it better be up-to-date and verifiable. Getting "the call" to fix someone else's neglect when it wasn't was not a fun experience.
Oh gosh! It’s amazing how far we’ve come with technology and reliability of remote controls.
FCC wants to see your public file… “here’s a desk and a computer and we’ll open up a web browser to the FCC website….” 😜
I set up a Moseley TRC15 system during the 1980s. When I put in a PCL-606C STL, I had them send me a set of 185 kHz subcarrier boards for the TRC15 so the commands could go out on the STL. The telemetry came back on a 450 MHz TSL link. The most unreliable thing was that the calibration pots on the studio unit were fussy and drifted. I replaced the with 10-turn helical pots, and then the system was very stable and reliable.
I'll check the Potosi site for you. Just need that key...
Thanks! 😜
I don’t have any keys anymore. Just keys to the new job. Which, there’s way too many keys for how many doors we have. 🤦♂️
Great video! For someone whose horrible at math, like me haha, those formulas shown on the chart, are those just different ways on solving Ohms Law other than E=I x R? There were some scary looking formulas on that chart lol
It’s amazing how all those aspects are related.