Water Cooled Newsletter February, 2007 http://www.sbe124.org Editor/Webmaster: Kent Randles K7YXZ - watercooled at sbe124 dot org SBE Chapter 124 PO Box 1727 Portland, OR 97207-1727 You may use excerpts if attributed to the original source and "Water Cooled Newsletter" SBE Chapter 124, Portland, OR Eugene, OR has SBE Chapter 76, see http://www.sbe76.org Medford, 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 clickable links to e-mail addresses, or intact e-mail addresses. in this newsletter For the addresses shown, substitute "@" for "at" and "." for "dot." Thanks! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ NEWSLETTER ADVERTISERS (links to their sites are on http://www.sbe124.org) Tom Abbott - Belden/CDT Electronics Division Michael Bach - WB6FFC Kathrein Scala Division Sandy Berenics - Wheatstone Corp. Larry Bloomfield KA6UTC - Larcan & LightningMaster Mike Brown N7AXC - Brown Broadcast Services, Inc. Edward Forke - Shively Labs Tom Franklin - Norcom Matt Granard - Westlake Electronic Supply Gray Haertig - Gray Frierson Haertig & Associates Joe Harrington - Harrington Tower Services Jerry Hill K2JH -Shively Labs Al Jason -Dielectric Harris Broadcast-Radio Larry Sayer -Rohde & Schwarz Debbie Storz - Econco Ellis Terry - Broadcast Electronics Bob Trimble N7IYI - RF Specialties of WA Michael Troje - Continental Electronics Brian Walker - Professional Video & Tape, Inc. These fine folks make all the versions of our newsletter possible. ************************************************************************* PORTLAND CHAPTER 124 MEETING WHEN: Tuesday February 13th, Noon. WHERE: Buffalo Gap Saloon & Eatery 6835 SW Macadam (at California) Portland 503-244-7111 WHAT: LP Technologies on their LPT-3000R wide band spectrum analyzer. EUGENE CHAPTER 76 MEETING WHEN: Wednesday February 14th WHERE: Sizzler Restaurant 1010 Postal Way Springfield 541-726-9933 WHAT: LP Technologies on their LPT-3000R wide band spectrum analyzer. MEDFORD CHAPTER 141 MEETING WHEN: Thursday February 15th, 12 noon. WHERE: Hungry Woodsman Saloon 2260 Biddle Road (I-5 Exit 30) Medford 541-245-1962 WHAT: LP Technologies on their LPT-3000R wide band spectrum analyzer. THIS MONTH'S PRESENTATIONS IN PORTLAND, EUGENE, AND MEDFORD Dr. Samuel Lee of LP Technologies will do a presentation on their LPT-3000R wide band (9 kHz to 3 GHz) spectrum analyzer for the Sprint/Nextel 2 GHz Relocation Project. This device is under the allowance of the Broadcaster's 2 GHz Relocation Reimbursement program. See http://www.lptech.com/ 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 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 Mike Gary at 541-772-2600 ext 209 or e-mail mgary at kmvu-tv dot com. See www.sbe141.org . LAST MONTH'S MEETINGS IN PORTLAND, EUGENE, & MEDFORD Doug Woehler of Dialight did a presentation on LED lighting in general and LED obstruction lighting in particular. See http://www.dialight.com/Products/ObstructionLighting.cfm . NEXT MONTH Steve Gordoni of Audemat-Aztec speaking about his company's broadcast encoding, metering and monitoring equipment. THE YXZ REPORT by Kent Randles K7YXZ CBRE Senior Engineer, Entercom-Portland Co-Chair, Portland/Vancouver ECC Chapter 124 Secretary watercooled at sbe124 dot org KISN LEAVES THE AIR Engineers are to radio stations (and programming formats) as doctors are to people: there at birth, and there again at death. So it was with most of the Entercom-Portland engineers and the last hour of KISN radio, a station that started as top 40 on AM in 1959, eventually moved to FM as an oldies station, and finally moved back to AM not long ago. The disk jockeys had been let go weeks before, but on the 31st of January we gave it a good send off, playing songs from the format in the themes of goodbye, the end, etc. The FCC forced the station off the air for four years in the 70s when they yanked the license, so at the end of the last hour we played the last two songs they played back then, "She's Gone" and "Someday We'll Be Together," followed by an edited aircheck of that signoff. The aircheck ends with the carrier dropping and several seconds of distant co-channel stations fluttering. After 30 seconds of silence we faded up audio from Salem's 93.1 KTRO in time for their 12 AM I.D. I'D CHANGE THE REEL, BUT THERE AREN'T ANY MORE LEFT Quantegy, the folks who own the Ampex recording media division, have announced that they are discontinuing various products from their magnetic tape lines. Magnetic Tape Product Lines affected by Discontinuation: 400 Series, ADAT and R-DAT audio tapes, and UMATIC, D1/D2, BETA, and VHS video tape products. See http://www.quantegy.com/ . I wasn't sad to see cart machines go away, but I spent a lot of time with reel to reel machines in the 60s through the 90s, starting with the Sony 4-track I got for my high school graduation present (all the rubber parts have dried up, but I still have it and its microphones), through cases and cases of "pancakes," and ending up with multi-track. Sorry, I guess I'm over-biased. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME STARTS EARLIER AND STAYS LATER THIS YEAR This year Daylight Savings Time (DST) extends by approximately four weeks. It starts three weeks early on March 11th, and ends one week late on November 4th. All those Windows PC's will have to be set manually, or have the official update run on them that puts the new dates in the registry. See http://www.microsoft.com/dst2007 . LIFE WITH HD RADIO Holding at 12 FM HD signals (nine with HD2) and two AM HD signals on the air in the Portland market. I helped set up an HD Radio booth at the Portland International Autoshow in the Portland Convention Center for the Portland Area Radio Council, PARC. Ibiquity sent a listening station with a Kenwood HD car stereo and outputs for four headphones. A Boston Acoustics Receptor HD Radio was set up on a table. Fortunately, through 2nd story windows the booth was line of sight to the 12 HD FM stations at Stonehenge, Sylvan, and Skyline. Melissa Kunde, PARC Executive Director, said most of the people who came by the booth had heard of HD Radio but didn't understand it. Tim Tushla of Radiosophy tells us "Product is en route. We will begin shipping the second week of February. Thanks for your patience." FCC BROADCAST ENFORCEMENT PRIORITIES FOR 2007 From Mark Humphrey K3XY Chairman, SBE Chapter 18 - Philadelphia, Wilmington, South Jersey Our SBE group (Chapter 18) traditionally holds an "FCC Update" meeting every January. Last night, Gene Stanbro and Dave Dombrowski of the Philadelphia field office were our guest speakers, and presented a very informative program. These are some of the broadcast enforcement priorities this year: Compliance with Main Studio rule (minimum staffing, local phone number, location, etc.) Public File - of course EAS: The Philadelphia office is now evaluating the "EAS EAR" made by MTS: http://www.mts-comm.com/ . This monitors all EAS activity on a particular station and sends a detailed log -- and an audio recording of any EAS message -- to an attached PC. EB agents will monitor stations for at least a week before an inspection and will compare their log against the station's log, noting any discrepancies. Basically, they want to know if you're actually sending the tests as required by the rules, or just logging them as sent. Tower lighting and registration - as usual AM Tower fencing has become a very high priority. All hot towers must be fenced with *locked* gates. RFR compliance on rooftops and at multi-tenant sites is also a "hot" topic. (On this subject, one of our chapter members who owns a tower service company voiced his frustration at asking stations to power down during tower maintenance. In his opinion, some engineers fear they will be fired if the GM learns they are reducing power or switching to backup sites during the daytime, so the problem really rests with management. He finds this to be a bigger problem in smaller outlying markets than in the Philadelphia metro.) LPFM stations will be targeted for compliance with enhanced underwriting rules. The FCC suspects the "underwriting" on some of these stations has crossed the line to commercial content. Also, LPFMs will be inspected to make sure they have working EAS decoders and type-certified transmitters. Class A TV stations will be targeted for compliance with EAS, Main Studio, and Public File rules. Pirate broadcasting has not been a recent major issue in the Philadelphia district (which includes the entire state of Pennsylvania and the southern counties of New Jersey) Only five pirate stations were shut down in 2006, but two are currently active and awaiting due process. Gene and Dave mentioned this is a much bigger problem in the New York district. Their budget for test equipment has increased significantly in recent years. They are using the R&S FSH-6 and Agilent E4440A spectrum analyzers, the Z- Technology R-507 field strength meter, but their AM workhorse is still the Potomac FIM-41. For RFR compliance testing, they use the Narda Radman, EMR-300, and SRM-3000. Enforcement Bureau engineers continue to develop remote-controlled receivers that can be monitored through the Internet. These are usually installed atop Federal buildings and have directional antennas to aid in DF-ing unlicensed stations or sources of interference. A recent item is something called the "Ram Rotor", developed in Kansas City, that uses the Icom PCR-1000 and a rotor- mounted antenna. One interesting point: The EB has found many Sirius terrestrial repeaters operating at unauthorized locations or with unauthorized antenna patterns and excessive power. However, after these were shut down, the EB office would then receive complaints from disgruntled Sirius subscribers who no longer could receive a signal! I raised the question of the legality of inserting an "-HD" callsign between the licensed callsign and community of license, as has become common practice on several stations in this area. (Example, W$$$ and W$$$-HD, Philadelphia.) Gene Stanbro promised he will look into this. 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 MICHAEL A. TONDREAU W7BBR, SK (Silent Key) It is with great sadness that I report the passing on January 30th of Mike Tondreau, W7BBR. Mike had been fighting cancer the last few months. Michael A. Tondreau was Vice President of Engineering at Oregon Public Broadcasting. He had been at OPB, or it's predecessors for 42 years. Mike was active in the expansion of our public broadcasting service from it's humble roots at KOAC in Corvallis to the present facilities that include 5 TV and DTV stations, 40 TV translators, 6 full service FM stations, 1 AM station, 18 FM translators, almost 1,000 miles of terrestrial microwave, and bidirectional long haul digital fiber optic systems. Mike guided the Engineering department during the difficult transition from a State agency to the successful private non- profit organization we all recognize today. Mike was instrumental in the construction of one of the first digital TV stations in the country, which was built on an Experimental license in 1997. In the earlier days of Broadcasting, Mike often designed and built many electronic circuits for use around the station, such as video distribution amplifiers, etc. He was instrumental in converting the then B&W videotape machines that the station had to color. Mike saw at least 5 generations of TV cameras over the years. He loved to design and build things. He served for many years on the PBS Engineering Committee. Mike was well liked and respected by all of his peers. He was a genuine nice guy. He had a special ability to take a complex subject and explain it to non-technical people in a clear and understandable way. He was an Amateur Extra class operator, licensed W7BBR, and trustee of the OPB Amateur Radio Club call sign, K7OPB. Mike really enjoyed CW and was a "true" Extra having passed the 20 wpm code exam years ago. Mike was devoted to his family and active in his Church. We will truly miss him at OPB, as will the Broadcast Engineering community everywhere. A Memorial service is scheduled for Friday, February 16th at the OPB Network Center on Macadam in Portland at 4 pm. All are welcome. We'd like an approximate count, so please RSVP to Don McKay at: dmckay at opb dot org. Parking is limited, carpooling is encouraged. Parking in Willamette Park at the foot of SW Nebraska, north of OPB, is suggested. The following day on February 17th a service will be held at Mike's church in Oregon City. CUL, & 73 to you, Mike SK ENNES WORKSHOP COMES TO SACRAMENTO SBE Chapter 43 is sponsoring an Ennes workshop on February 24th. This is a great opportunity to bring yourself up to date on some new technology. More details at the following link: http://www.sbe.org/documents/SacramentoBROCHURE2007.pdf GARY SGRIGNOI'S DTV MEASUREMENTS SEMINAR IN SEATTLE SBE Chapter 16 in Seattle is sponsoring the "ATSC Digtal 8VSB Measurements" seminar on Tuesday, February 13th at the University of Washington in Seattle. This is a follow on to the 8VSB seminar we held in Portland a few years ago. Another great opportunity to further your Engineering knowledge & skills. More details at the following link: http://www.sbe16.org/SBE16SeminarFlye021307.pdf . OREGON SENATE PROPOSES RESTRICTIONS ON TWO WAY RADIO USE A new bill has been introduced in the Oregon Legislature that would make it a crime to talk on a "mobile communication device," while operating a motor vehicle unless a "hands free device" is used that will allow both hands to be on the steering wheel at all times. Obviously, this was intended to restrain the use of cell phones while driving, but the proposed law is written so broadly that it would also apply to Amateur Radio or Broadcast Auxiliary services. For a more complete text of the proposal see: http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measures/sb0200.dir/sb0293.intro.html . It will allow up to a $750.00 fine for first offenders if you are caught talking on your Two-way radio. Maybe they should outlaw listening to the radio or other entertainment sources too? What about all these fancy in-dash displays that provide GPS tracking? How distracting are those? I'm not sure where in the process this bill is, but maybe we all need to make contact with your local State Senator. All for now. Thanks, CUL, & 73, Ev PDX RADIO WAVES by Michael D. Brown N7AXC CSRE Brown Broadcast Services, Inc., Portland mike at brownbroadcast.com W7BBR SK . It's not often that someone can find a broadcast "home" and stick around for 42 years, but Mike Tondreau did just that at OPB. Mike grew up in Nebraska, and came to Portland to live near his grandparents while his father served in the Navy. He started at OPB as a studio and transmitter tech, after attending Portland State. With his help and eventually under his leadership as VP for Engineering, OPB has grown to be the successful non-commercial broadcast entity is it today. In 1998, KOPB-TV became one of the first in the country to broadcast in HDTV - before there were any commercially-available receivers. Mike left us all too soon on Jan 30, after a battle with cancer. KNRQ 97.9 Eugene has applied to move to Tualatin/Portland, under the newly implemented FCC Rules that allow most city-of-license changes as a minor-change. The station would become a 200 watt Class A, from the KGW TV tower. Also, 96.3 KWLZ Warm Springs has applied to move to West Linn/Portland as a C3, with a directional antenna at the Stonehenge Tower. Dozens of similarly bold moves were filed elsewhere in the country in the opening hours of the Rule change last month. These moves would apparently displace all the LPFMs in the metro area, and Reed College's Class D station. With these proposals, Portland FM radio would be officially fully "saturated". Congressman Greg Walden and his wife Mylene Walden have agreed to sell their 5 stations in Hood River and The Dalles to Bicoastal Media Columbia River LLC. Terms were not immediately revealed. As Greg's occasional engineering consultant, there were several times this writer would find him working on the transmitters or rebuilding a studio into the wee hours, just after flying cross country back home for the weekend - as he has been doing some three-dozen times a year. Despite a busy political schedule, Greg's heart has always been in radio. It must have been tough to make this choice. He's been one of the few, if not the only U.S. representative who was both a ham and a small-market broadcaster. Also being sold is 910 KKSN Vancouver from Entercom to Salem for an undisclosed sum. For the moment, KKSN is simulcasting Salem's 93.1 KTRO. Observers expect that KKSN will retain KTRO's talk format, and KTRO will eventually flip to a music format. After a 40+ year run in various AM and FM iterations, will the "KISN" moniker finally be retired from Portland radio completely? History turns the page... [On February 12th 910 KKSN will become KTRO, and 1390 KSLM will become KKSN]. In a move that has raised a lot of eyebrows, the FCC is allowing a former pirate station in Goldfield/Parumph Nevada to continue operation under an STA, until it can apply for an LPFM license in the next filing window. Published reports credited heavy pressure from Senate Majority leader Harry Reid for the move. In this case, the pirate apparently ceased operations after the first FCC visit, so it was never officially cited for the violation. We don't expect this to set a trend, but stranger things have happened on 12th Street in recent years. This month's chuckle is a recycled sales video from Rockwell automation, that is making the rounds once again. Enjoy: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5125780462773187994 JOBS IN THE PORTLAND AREA Broadcast Radio Engineer, Entercom Radio-Portland Should have 3 years experience with maintaining a current radio broadcast facility including audio automation systems and studios with some knowledge of AM/FM transmitting equipment. Must have a working understanding of basic electronics and broadcast wiring with IT/computer skills related to broadcasting. Will be on rotated 24/7 on-call with some weekend & evening work. Ability to problem solve, prioritize tasks and work independently as well as part of an engineering team is important. Send Resumes to ghilliard at entercom dot com, or Gary Hilliard, Director of Engineering, Entercom-Portland, 0700 SW Bancroft St, Portland Oregon 97239. No phone calls, please. IN WASHINGTON Job Title: RF Planning Engineer Location: Pullman, WA Post Date: 12/19/2006 SBE Job #: 1170 Job Description: This position is responsible for the design and planning of television, radio, and microwave systems. Primary management responsibility includes maintenance, operations and project management of the public broadcasting and educational telecommunications facilities administered by the Company. Assigned duties may require responsibilities in either area depending on workload and priorities. Minimum qualifications include a Bachelor's degree plus three (3) years experience in RF broadcast and/or microwave/tower construction, maintenance and design, which has included at least one (1) year of supervisory experience. Any combination of relevant education and experience totaling seven (7) years from which comparable knowledge and abilities are acquired may be substituted for Bachelor's degree on a year-for-year basis. A current driver's license is also required. Job Title: TV/Radio RF Broadcast Engineer Location: Spokane, WA Post Date: 10/17/2006 SBE Job#: 1052 Job Description: Radio/Television RF maintenance duties including television and radio transmitter, microwave, tower, and wireless equipment. Some studio equipment repair. Minimum Qualifications: * Associate of Science in electronics and/or computer study * Experience in RF-related industry desired * Computer systems knowledge a plus * Physically fit - low level tower climbing involved * Valid driver's license/good driving record * Non-smoker IN CALIFORNIA Director of Engineering TV & Radio, Palm Springs. Well-equipped, privately-owned cluster of TV and Radio stations in sunny Palm Springs, California needs a Director of Engineering. Requires extensive experience maintaining UHF, VHF, and microwave transmitters, analog and digital video. We need a manager who has worked in a news-driven television station, good people skills, organization, and excellent work ethic, including a willingness to perform hands-on maintenance. We operate the ABC, Fox, Telemundo, and WB television affiliates, plus an FM and AM in the Palm Springs DMA. E-mail resume and references to Jody Piel, HR Coordinator, KESQ-TV, at jpiel at kesq dot com. Drug screen and background check required. Equal Opportunity Employer. Radio Studio Engineer, Los Angeles Need to fill full time engineering position for Sporting News Radio. Facility located in Santa Monica, CA. Must have T1/ISDN and Enco automation experience. Email your resume to lwilson at dial-global dot com . [Larry A. Wilson of Los Angeles, not Larry R. Wilson of La Grande] 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 February 11 (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 13 (Tuesday) ATSC Digtal 8VSB Measurements seminar at the University of Washington in Seattle. See: http://www.sbe16.org/SBE16SeminarFlye021307.pdf . February 13 (Tuesday) Monthly Portland SBE Chapter 124 meeting, noon. See http://www.sbe124.org . February 14 (Wednesday) Monthly Eugene SBE Chapter 76 meeting, 11:30 AM. See http://www.sbe76.org . February 15 (Thursday) Monthly Medford SBE Chapter 141 meeting. See http://www.sbe141.org . February 17 (Saturday) Salem Repeater Association's Salem Hamfair, better known as "Rickreall." Polk County Fairgrounds, in Rickreall, west of Salem where highways 99W and 22 cross. Doors open 9 AM, and it's $8 at the door, or $7 in advance and you don't have to stand in the rain. See http://www.qsl.net/w7sra/ . February 24 (Saturday) Ennes Workshop presented by Sacramento SBE Chapter 43. See http://www.sbe.org/documents/SacramentoBROCHURE2007.pdf March 11 (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. March 13 (Tuesday) Monthly Portland SBE Chapter 124 meeting, noon. See http://www.sbe124.org . March 14 (Wednesday) Monthly Eugene SBE Chapter 76 meeting, 11:30 AM. See http://www.sbe76.org . March 15 (Thursday) Monthly Medford SBE Chapter 141 meeting. See http://www.sbe141.org . April 14-19 (Saturday-Thursday) NAB Las Vegas. Ham Radio Reception is Wednesday evening. See http://www.nab.org/conventions . 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 watercooled 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 541-484-9400 Eugene 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 Newsletter Contributor: Michael Brown N7AXC CSRE mike at brownbroadcast dot com Brown Broadcast Services 503-245-6065 Portland