This episode covers some of the aspects you need to consider BEFORE the tower climber arrives to install or modify your on-tower-systems. Too often the broadcaster neglects some critical component that stops the job in its tracks, making for costly delay

Grounding is important for a few very distinct reasons, personal safety being paramount. Building codes are written for good reason and we are all admonished to become informed on what the codes say and proper wiring techniques. Covered topics include a

This episode touches on the considerations of the 'operating ergonomics' in transmitter controls.   It's not us engineers that use the remote controls the most-- it's the often non-technical staff who need to use the system-- and we need to build it so

Digital sample rates, bit depth, compression, packetization and distribution are the topics touched upon.   SDI vs ASI, etc.  

The Broadcast Engineer Podcast is now 'on the air'. You would think that in our modern digital world that it would be a simple task to keep a broadcast radio or television facility operating at it's best.   Yea, you would-- and so many non-technical ma