The Water Cooled eNewsletter – January 2008 Society of Broadcast Engineers Chapter 124 Portland/Salem, OR, and Vancouver, WA http://www.sbe124.org Editor/Webmaster: Kent Randles K7YXZ – water-cooled at sbe124 dot org You may change your subscription any time at http://www.broadcast.net/mailman/listinfo/sbe-pdx Snail mail: SBE Chapter 124 PO Box 1727 Portland, OR 97207-1727 You may use excerpts of this newsletter if they are attributed to the original source and "The Water Cooled Newsletter" SBE Chapter 124, Portland, OR Eugene, OR has SBE Chapter 76, see http://www.sbe76.org Medford/Klamath Falls, OR has SBE Chapter 141, see http://www.sbe141.org A NOTE ABOUT E-MAIL ADDRESSES In order to prevent e-mail addresses from being "mined" and then spammed, there are no longer any clickable links to e-mail addresses or intact e-mail addresses in this newsletter. For the addresses shown, substitute "@" for "at" and "." for "dot." 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These fine folks make all the versions of our newsletter (and our Holiday Party meeting) possible. ****************************************************************** PORTLAND CHAPTER 124 MEETING WHEN: Tuesday January 8th, Noon WHERE: Buffalo Gap Saloon & Eatery 6835 SW Macadam (at California) Portland 503-244-7111 WHAT: Kevin Campbell of APT will discuss IP Audio for broadcast STL and buy lunch. See http://www.aptx.com/content.asp?page=1&site=1 . EUGENE CHAPTER 76 MEETING WHEN: Wednesday January 9th, 11:30 AM WHERE: Sizzler Restaurant 1010 Postal Way Springfield 541-726-9933 WHAT: Kevin Campbell of APT will discuss IP Audio for broadcast STL and buy lunch. See http://www.aptx.com/content.asp?page=1&site=1 . MEDFORD CHAPTER 141 WHEN: Thursday January 10th, 12 noon. WHERE: Hungry Woodsman Saloon 2260 Biddle Road (I-5 Exit 30) Medford 541-245-1962 WHAT: Kevin Campbell of APT will discuss IP Audio for broadcast STL and buy lunch. See http://www.aptx.com/content.asp?page=1&site=1 . PORTLAND MEETING INFO The Portland Chapter 124 meetings are on the second Tuesday of every month. Everyone is welcome to attend the meetings. For more information on Chapter 124 in Portland/Vancouver/Salem, contact Chapter Chair Ev Helm, e-mail chairman at sbe124 dot org, or call him at 503-977-7752. See www.sbe124.org . EUGENE MEETING INFO The Eugene Chapter 76 meetings are on the Wednesday after the second Tuesday of the month. You do not have to be a member of the SBE or of the local broadcast engineering community to attend these meetings. Anyone with an interest in the subject matter is welcome. For more information e-mail Chapter Chair Dennis Hunt dhunt at cmc dot net. See www.sbe76.org . MEDFORD MEETING INFO The Medford Chapter 141 meetings are on the Thursday after the second Tuesday of every month. For information, call Chapter Chair Rick Carrara at 541-773-1212, or e-mail rcarrara at kdrv dot com. See www.sbe141.org . LAST MONTH'S PRESENTATIONS IN PORTLAND, EUGENE, & MEDFORD Holiday Parties in Portland & Eugene. But in Medford, Ludwell Sibley did a presentation on “Broadcast Engineering – 80 years ago”. THE YXZ REPORT by Kent Randles K7YXZ CBRE Senior Engineer, Entercom-Portland Co-Chair, Portland/Vancouver ECC Chapter 124 Secretary water-cooled at sbe124 dot org SOME SAD NEWS Tom Cauthers' wife of 44 years, Midge Cauthers, died on January 3nd. She co-hosted many SBE BBQs at their house in Sandy. She will be greatly missed. LIFE WITH HD RADIO Holding at 12 FM HD signals (nine with HD2, and one with HD3) and three AM HD signals on the air in the Portland market. For a complete list, see http://www.ibiquity.com/stationlist_hdradio.php?theState=OR&sortBy =StnMarket&theCity=PortlandOR#stationlist . Looks like 99.5 KWJJ will be the first station in the Portland market to have a low-level combined FM+HD transmitter, and a tube one at that. It should be on the air by NAB. Initial eye-opener: not real efficient, and so it produces a lot of heat – requiring several tons of air conditioning to keep the ambient air below 80 degrees. Randy Pugsley is still hoping to get HD going on 1040. Sweeps of the antenna system shared with 1410 have to be done during the day at least 2 hours away from sunrise or sunset to avoid getting interference, limiting the off-air time to Sunday mornings. Ibiquity has requested that as part of the proposed merger between XM and Sirius satellite radio companies, HD Radio technology be required in all the satellite receivers. I kid you not. See http://www.radioink.com/HeadlineEntry.asp?hid=140536&pt=todaysnews TOP 40 RADIO FANS If you are a fan of Top 40 radio of the 60's and 70's, you will enjoy reading a current interview with now-retired Bill Drake at http://www.radioandrecords.com/Profiles/index.asp . KGW HDTV NEWS PROGRESS Three of the four SBE124 officers chat on the Skyline Tower Amateur Radio Club repeater every weekday morning (443.625 MHz). Eric Dausman KD7DNM, Chapter Treasurer and Director of Engineering at KGW says video from their new HD studio cameras can be seen on their HD channel next week, while us analog watchers will just see the standard defintion 4:3 version. The HD version of KGW's newcasts premieres January 21st. SBE HD RADIO CERTIFICATION NOW AVAILABLE From http://www.sbe.org/pub_sc.php#NewSpecialist "This specialist certification will qualify an individual's knowledge of digital radio broadcasting including audio processing, studio-to-transmitter links and transmission of multi- channel digital program streams. The specialist will include knowledge of importers, exporters, the various methods of combining analog and digital transmitters to antenna systems, delivery of digital audio signals and data to transmitter sites, transmitter emission mask measurements, AM and FM FCC rules, monitoring of digital signals and bandwidth requirements for AM antenna systems." You have until February 29th to apply to take an SBE Certification exam during the NAB Las Vegas convention. For the rest of the 2008 exam application and test dates, see the Calendar section near the end of this newsletter. FREQUENCY COORDINATION & OTHER STUFF by Everett E. Helm W7EEH CPBE Chapter Chair Director of RF Engineering, OPB Frequency Coordinator, Oregon & SW WA chairman at sbe124 dot org Ev was swamped with those end-of-the-year projects, and will be back next month. PDX RADIO WAVES by Michael D. Brown N7AXC CSRE Brown Broadcast Services, Inc., Portland mike at brownbroadcast.com Mike's column will re-appear soon. JOBS IN PORTLAND Job Title: Assistant TV Chief Engineer Location: Portland, OR Post Date: 11/15/2007 SBE Job #: 2018 Job Description: Assist Chief Engineer with design, installation, operation and maintenance of all station technical equipment. Directly supervise Master Control Operators. Perform on-call emergency repair work. Essential Duties & Responsibilities: - Responsible for general station maintenance including but not limited to studio/transmitter systems and remote sites. - Responsible for primary emergency repair response while on-call and for backup emergency repair response, if available, while not on-call. - Responsible for the direct supervision and training of Master Control Operators. Primary operator contact regarding vacation requests, sick day fill, disciplinary action, etc. - Interview and hire for open engineering positions. - Responsible for overall operation of station maintenance shop and vehicles. Maintains parts inventory. Orders parts and supplies necessary for routine maintenance and emergency repairs. Schedules vehicle maintenance, repair and cleaning. - Act as back-up for Chief Engineer and designated FCC Chief Operator during Chief's absence. - Assist Chief Engineer in overall station operations, maintenance, system design, installation and integration, personnel matters, and budgeting. - Other tasks which may be required as requested by your supervisor. Minimum Qualifications ¡V All must be met to be considered. High school diploma or GED certificate preferred. Prior television broadcast experience in Master Control preferred. Familiar with all FCC regulations concerning Television broadcasting, LPTV, and EAS. SBE Certification a plus. Skills and Abilities - Required to take on-call duty for specified intervals. - Must be detail oriented and highly accurate in record keeping and work habits. - Strong verbal and writing skills. - Must be comfortable working in a highly automated, highly computer intensive environment. - Must be familiar with or be capable of learning many different software applications. - Must be able to read and understand signals displayed on waveform monitor, vectorscope, audio level meters and other basic test equipment. - Must be familiar or must become familiar with all FCC rules relating to television station operation. - Must be able to adjust audio and video levels to meet FCC requirements. - Must be able operate the EAS equipment. - Must be able to work well under pressure and during equipment failure modes while maintaining a proper and accurate air signal at all times. IN OREGON Job Title: Radio Engineer Location: Central Point, OR Post Date: 11/14/2007 Job #: 2008 Job Description: Network broadcast facility seeking applications for Staff Engineer. Position requires at least 2 years engineering/technical assistance in TV radio group environment. IN WASHINGTON Job Title: TV Engineering Manager Location: Seattle, WA Post Date: 11/29/2007 Job #: 2038 Job Description: We seek a full-time Engineering Manager to manage technical facility ensuring operational capability to reach more people, build a strong organization and make a positive impact in the community. If you have a passion for our mission, are a conceptual thinker, like to be a team leader, and strive for continuous improvement and learning, please consider us. A Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience, eight years’ experience in broadcast technical services, two years management or supervisory experience, proven project management experience, and knowledge of digital broadcast systems are required. Experience in transmission systems preferred. SEARCH TIPS Anyone can see the generic list of job openings on the national SBE site at http://www.sbe.org/cgi- bin/sbe_job_listing.pl?%20type=mem&goto=jl&access= . SBE Members can go to http://www.sbe.org/user_login/?RETURN_URL=http://www.sbe.org/cgi- bin/sbe_job_listing.pl?goto=jl and get all the details. Or, contact the SBE office at 317 846-9000. Please refer to the position you are interested in by Job Number. Don't forget to check the Oregon Association of Broadcasters (OAB) Employment pages at http://www.theoab.org/jobs_radio.htm and http://www.theoab.org/jobs_tv.htm , as well as http://newradiostar.com/jobs.htm which lists the top 100 best places to look for jobs on the net. ON THE CALENDAR January 5, 2008 (Saturday) IRLP version of SBE's HamNet. Net meets the first and third Saturdays of the month at 10 AM. See http://www.qsl.net/ke0vh/SBEhamnet.html . January 7-10 (Monday-Thursday) Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas. www.cesweb.org/ . January 8 (Tuesday) Monthly Portland SBE Chapter 124 meeting, noon. See http://www.sbe124.org . January 9 (Wednesday) Monthly Eugene SBE Chapter 76 meeting, 11:30 AM. See http://www.sbe76.org . January 10 (Thursday) Monthly Medford SBE Chapter 141 meeting, noon. See http://www.sbe141.org . January 13 (Sunday) SBE Chapter of the Air, 0000 GMT, second Sunday of the month. Hal Hostetler WA7BGX in Tucson, AZ is Net Control. The published frequency is 14.205 MHz. Occasionally, that frequency is busy and you may need to move up (no more than 10 kHz) to find the SBE meeting. January 19 (Saturday) IRLP version of SBE's HamNet. Net meets the first and third Saturdays of the month at 10 AM. See http://www.qsl.net/ke0vh/SBEhamnet.html . February 2 (Saturday) IRLP version of SBE's HamNet. Net meets the first and third Saturdays of the month at 10 AM. See http://www.qsl.net/ke0vh/SBEhamnet.html . February 10(Sunday) SBE Chapter of the Air, 0000 GMT, second Sunday of the month. Hal Hostetler WA7BGX in Tucson, AZ is Net Control. The published frequency is 14.205 MHz. Occasionally, that frequency is busy and you may need to move up (no more than 10 kHz) to find the SBE meeting. February 12 (Tuesday) Monthly Portland SBE Chapter 124 meeting, noon. See http://www.sbe124.org . February 13 (Wednesday) Monthly Eugene SBE Chapter 76 meeting, 11:30 AM. See http://www.sbe76.org . February 14 (Thursday) Monthly Medford SBE Chapter 141 meeting, noon. See http://www.sbe141.org . February 16 (Saturday) IRLP version of SBE's HamNet. Net meets the first and third Saturdays of the month at 10 AM. See http://www.qsl.net/ke0vh/SBEhamnet.html . February 16 (Saturday) Salem Ham Fair: "Rickreall." 9 AM, $8 in advance, or $9 at the door (probably in the rain). PDF of flyer at http://www.n7cfo.com/amradio/hf/salem08.pdf . February 29 (Friday) Deadline to apply to take an SBE Certification exam during the NAB Las Vegas convention. April 18 (Friday) Deadline to apply to take an SBE Certification exam during the June 6-16 local exam window. June 6 (Friday) Deadline to apply to take an SBE Certification exam during the August 8-18 local exam window. September 19 (Friday) Deadline to apply to take an SBE Certification exam during the November 7-17 local exam window. SBE NATIONAL 9102 North Meridian Street, Suite 150 Indianapolis, IN 46260 Phone: 317-846-9000 Fax: 317-846-9120 http://www.sbe.org FREQUENCY COORDINATION For southwestern Washington and ALL of Oregon: >1 GHz call Everett "Ed" Helm W7EEH at 503-977-7752, fax 503 293-4877, or e-mail microwave at sbe124.org; <1 GHz call Mike Steiner KD6LVP at 503- 235-8517, fax 503-231-4624, or e-mail under1gig at sbe124.org. You can browse the database at http://www.sbe124.org/part_74/. If you are not IN the database, you are NOT coordinated. MONTHLY SBE LUNCH IN PORTLAND At noon on the second Tuesday of every month, broadcast engineers in Portland meet at The Buffalo Gap Saloon & Eatery, 6835 SW Macadam (at SW California), 503-244-7111. After their lot fills up, you'll be searching the narrow streets for blocks around for a space, so get there early. For more information see http://www.thebuffalogap.com . For directions, go to http://www.sbe124.org/SBE124_maps.html. For chapter information call Everett "Ed" Helm at 503-977-7752, or e-mail chairman at sbe124 dot org. As usual, everyone, member or not, is welcome to attend. SBE 124 OFFICERS. ETC. Chapter Chair/Frequency Coordination for Oregon and SW WA >1 GHz Everett Helm W7EEH CPBE chairman at sbe124 dot org Oregon Public Broadcasting 503-977-7752 Portland Chapter Vice-Chair Phil Kane K2ASP P.E. vicechair at sbe124 dot org CSI Telecommunications 503-292-2350 Beaverton Treasurer Eric Dausman KD7DNM CBNT treasurer at sbe124 dot org KGW 8 503-226-5000 Portland Secretary/Portland-Vancouver EAS/Newsletter Editor & Circulation/Webmaster: Kent Randles K7YXZ CBRE secretary at sbe124 dot org Entercom-Portland 503-535-0482 Certification: Eric Margeson W7OSN CPBE certification at sbe124 dot org KOIN 6 Portland 503-464-0860 Oregon EAS: Chris "Ichabod" Murray ichabod at kknu dot fm McKenzie Broadcasting Eugene 541-484-9400 Frequency Coordination <1 GHz Mike Steiner KD6LVP under1gig at sbe124 dot org KATU 2 Portland 503-235-8517 National SBE Liaison/National EAS: Clay Freinwald K7CR CPBE k7cr at blarg dot net Entercom-Seattle 206-343-9700 Newsletter Contributor: Michael Brown N7AXC CSRE mike at brownbroadcast dot com Brown Broadcast Services Portland 503-245-6065