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Edited by: Mark Croom Electronic Version: Leonard Charles Electronically Distributed by Chris Cain Contributors this month: Tom Weeden Chris Cain Paul Stoffel Neal McLain Tom Smith Leonard Charles Articles Welcome!! Send correspondence to: Chapter 24 Newsletter 34 Rustic Parkway Madison, WI 53713-4700 or call (608) 271-1025 (home) or (608) 221-1979 (work) MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT 5:30pm: Dutch Treat Dinner at Perkins, 1410 Damon Road 7:00pm: Meeting \ Program at WMGN/WTDY/WJJO Studios Join us at 2740 Ski Lane in Madison for a tour of the new combined studios of the Madison area facilities of Midwest Family Stations. Visitors and Guests are welcome at all SBE meetings. UPCOMING MEETINGS Tentative Program Subjects Thu, Oct 19, 1995 WMTV Remodeled Master Control Wed, Nov 15, 1995 Broadcasters Clinic/EAS Teleconference Tue, Dec 19, 1995 Candelabra Project facility tour Wed, Jan 17, 1996 Digital Radio Networks Thu, Feb 22, 1996 JVC Digital "S" or Panasonic Digital Tue, Mar 19, 1996 WP&L Center Tour (or Milwaukee area station tour) Wed, Apr 24, 1996 Chapter Elections and annual NAB review Thu, May 23, 1996 TCI Cable TV Technology Tue, Jun 18, 1996 Related technology; Internet/software support Sat, Jul 27, 1996 3rd annual Chapter 24 Family Picnic CHAPTER 24 OFFICERS: CHAIRMAN: Paul Stoffel (WI Public TV) W - 608-263-2175 H - 608-241-4621 F - 608-263-9763 STOFFEL@MAIL.ADMIN.WISC.EDU VICE CHAIRMAN: Fred Sperry (ECB-TOC) W - 608-264-9698 H - 608-833-6074 FRED.SPERRY@MAIL.ADMIN.WISC.EDU SECRETARY: Neal McLain (CTI) W - 608-831-4636 NMCLAIN@MACC.WISC.EDU TREASURER: Stan Scharch (WISC TV) W - 271-4321 H - 831-1168 CHAPTER 24 COMMITTEE APPOINTEES: Membership - Leonard Charles Sustaining Membership - Fred Sperry Strategic Plan - Denny Behr Newsletter - Mark Croom Program Committee: Mark Croom 271-1025 mcroom@aol.com Denise Maney 277-8001 Kerry Maki 833-0047 Steve Zimmerman 274-1234 Special Events - Kevin Ruppert Certification and Education: Jim Hermanson 836-8340 Tim Trendt (UW-Platteville) Frequency Coordination: Tom Smith 608-263-2174 (work) SMITHT@VILAS.UWEX.EDU SBE National Board Member & Chapter Liaison: Leonard Charles W - 271-4321 FAX - 271-1709 LCHARLES@WISCTV.COM AUGUST BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES Chapter 24 of the Society of Broadcast Engineers met on Thursday, August 22, 1995, at Alt 'N Bach's, in Madison. There were 17 persons in attendance, 13 of whom were certified. The meeting was chaired by Chapter 24 Chairman Paul Stoffel. Call to order: 7:00 pm. The minutes of the previous meeting were approved as published in the August Newsletter. The Treasurer's Report was given by Stan Scharch. Newsletter Editor's Report (reported by Paul Stoffel in Mark Croom's absence): The deadline for the September Newsletter is midnight 9/8/95; the folding party is at 5:30 pm 9/11/95 at WKOW- TV. Sustaining Membership Report (reported by Fred Sperry): Renewals have been received from MRC Telecommunications and Skyline Communications. One former Sustaining Member declined to renew; the total sustaining membership now stands at 23. Program Committee (reported by Steve Zimmerman and Denise Maney): The September meeting will be a tour of three radio stations. Certification and Education (reported by Jim Hermanson): The deadline for the next round of examinations is September 29. Frequency coordination: no report. National liaison (reported by Leonard Charles): Chuck reported on several pending issues. Old business: none. New business: none. General Announcements: Paul Stoffel reported on the EAS Teleconference, planned for the November meeting in conjunction with the Broadcasters' Clinic. Volunteers are still needed for several operating positions, including camera operator. Professional Announcements: Fred Sperry announced two position vacancies at ECB. The business meeting was adjourned at 7:09 pm. The program featured a discussion of Facility Security Considerations presented by Kurt Young, Area Manager for ADT. LOCAL LEGALS By Tom Smith Proposed: New Station, Dickeyville, WI, 101.1 MHz, 6 kW at 100 meters. Applicant is Leon Metz, 961 Whispering Lane., Hazel Green, WI. Proposed transmitter site is located .85 km SW of Dickeyville on U.S. Hwy 151. Filed on June 12. WMVM (FM) Mayville, WI. 98.7 MHz. Molly E. Hult requests change of ERP to 6 kW at 75 meters. Filed on August 4. Actions WUSX (FM) Portage, WI, 95.9 MHz. Magnum Communications Inc. was granted change in transmitter location to Woodland in SW corner of NW quarter of Section 6, Town 11. N of Range 9, Columbia County. Granted on July 31. WNFM-FM, Reedsburg, WI, 104.9 MHz. Sauk Broadcasting Corp. was granted an increase of power to 3.2 kW ERP. Granted on July 24. Dismissed: New TV Station, Madison, WI, Channel 47, 1585 kW at 332 m. FCC dismissed application by Founder 47 Inc. for Ch. 47. Proposed transmitter location was 615 Forward Drive. Action on July 26. (Compiled from Broadcasting and Cable magazine) RULEMAKINGS By Tom Smith MM Docket No. 95-92; DA 95-1711 Review if the Commission's Regulations Governing Programming Practices of Broadcast Television Networks and Affiliates The FCC has extended the filing period for this rulemaking proposal. The comment period has been extended to September 28, 1995 and the reply comments are due on October 27, 1995. This extension was requested by the Network Affiliates Stations Alliance and was adopted on August 2 and published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on August 10, 1995 on page 40814. For more information, see August newsletter for article on this rulemaking. --------------------- MM Docket No. 87-268; FCC 95-315 Broadcast Services; Advanced Television Systems The FCC has issued it's Fourth Notice of Proposed Rule Making and it's Third Notice of Inquiry concerning the issues involved in the conversion of broadcast television to digital transmission. Many of the issues that the FCC is seeking comment on have been previously raised in earlier inquiries. These issues include transition and construction timetables, simulcast requirements, small market issues, must carry, all channel receiver rules, non- commercial stations, public interest obligations and if both channels should be covered under one license. Many of these issues have also been discussed in many articles in various trade publications. The FCC has expended it's inquiry into the recovery of the spectrum used by the current analog transmission when it ceases to operate. With the increased interest in the spectrum actions, the FCC is looking for ways to speed up and maximize the amount of spectrum it can get from the freed up spectrum. The FCC is seeking comment on ways that the transition can be shortened. The FCC has also raised a new issues concerning spectrum allocation at the end of the transition. They would like to free up many of the analog TV channels for other uses. One of the things the FCC wishes to avoid is the introduction of new services in non-contiguous allocations. They would like to make both the TV allocations and any new services in contiguous blocks. With the likelihood that the spacing between TV channels needing to be lessened with digital transmissions , particularly in the UHF band, the FCC is proposing that the TV band could be reduced from it's current 400 plus MHz bandwidth. This could force some stations to have to change their digital channels back to their old analog channel or to a completely different channel. This would create additional costs to some broadcasters. The FCC is also seeking comment on if broadcasters should be allowed to provide any other services besides HDTV. The other services that the FCC is investigating include NTSC equivalent multi-channel service, subscription services and data transmissions. Comments are due on October 18, 1995 and reply comments are due on December 4, 1995. This docket was adopted on July 28, 1995 and released on August 9, 1995. The summary was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on AUGUST 15, 1995 on pages 42,131 through 42,140. (From the FEDERAL REGISTER) AMATEUR RADIO NEWS by Tom Weeden, WJ9H It has been a long, hot, humid summer in the upper midwest. The extraordinary propagation conditions caused by the weather in mid-July which gave FM and TV broadcasters long-distance headaches also allowed a new overland microwave distance record to be set. On July 12 at 7:24 AM CDT, WB5LUA in Allen, TX connected with WA0BWE in Maplewood, MN on the amateur 3 GHz band (3,456 MHz). The 2-way contact was made with 5 watts on the Minnesota end and 100 W into a 5-foot dish at 65 feet in Texas. The distance spanned was 841 miles. US participation in an International Amateur Radio Permit (IARP) covering countries in the Western Hemisphere is being urged by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). The IARP was developed through the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) and the International Amateur Radio Union and adopted by the Organization of American States on June 8. The IARP would allow, in conjunction with an amateur's home-country license, temporary operation in any other country which is party to the agreement. In a petition for rule making, the ARRL said the IARP would eliminate paperwork for both the FCC and for US and foreign amateurs. The FCC has released a new Interference Handbook for consumers. The 24-page, full-color book will be stocked by FCC field offices around the country to provide people experiencing interference to home electronic equipment with information and solutions to interference problems. ARRL employee Ed Hare, KA1CV, said, "The book takes a fair and honest approach to explaining responsibilities and cures for interference problems. The FCC team that put this together has done a fine job with a complex technical and emotional subject." (excerpted from September 1995 "QST" Magazine) WBA WORKSHOP TALKS PEOPLE SKILLS by Paul Stoffel SBE Chapter 24 Chairman The seventh annual Wisconsin Broadcasters Association (WBA) Summer Engineering Workshop was held on July 19 in La Crosse. John Laabs, WBA President, welcomed over 50 engineers from around the state to hear morning and lunch-time presentations on digital video and audio servers, ISDN, LANs, the FCC's EAS. The afternoon presentations focused on the not-so-technical side of station networking: finance and people skills. "Broadcast Financial Realities" was presented by Peggy Wilcox from Young Broadcasting. Wilcox offered these guidelines on "How to succeed at (or with) bean counting without even trying:" 1. Understand where bean counting comes from and what influences it, such as the IRS, GAAP, SEC, banks, owners, and more. 2. Use the words bean counters love, such as consistency, matching estimates, and rounding. 3. Help bean counters save money through discounts, group discounts, competitive bids, checking references, asking for replacement or repair, cash discounts and selling used equipment. 4. Consider budgeting to be your most important task. 5. Prepare a great budget: a) know the station's plan b) keep good historical records c) get input from staff d) prepare a maintenance schedule and budget the corresponding dollars e) put dollars aside for the unexpected or emergency repairs f) ask vendors how much they expect to increase prices g) have a good handle on salaries, hours and overtime. 6. Analyze and control labor costs. What is the real cost of one employee? 7. Don't fall into part-time employee traps. 8. Separate capital purchases. Don't include these items in your expenses-- capitalize them! Such as installation, testing, training, travel expenses, shipping, sales tax, manuals. 9. Think holistic engineering: a) help generate income and increase news ratings b) always think safety c) keep employee morale up d) help reduce property taxes. "Organizational People Realities" was presented by George Smith, Professor of Communication at UW-Platteville. Smith used the McKinsey 7-S Framework to show how shared values are intertwined with staff, skills, systems, structure, strategy and style. He also spoke about some of the issues concerning organizational communications: 1. Identify factors which contribute to or detract from on-the-job productivity. 2. Focus on specific elements of your job description which satisfy personal needs or interests. 3. Clarify personal and company expectations and perceptions. 4. Strengthen your communications skills. "The perception of the engineer has changed because of technology, said Smith. "Make sure your organization shares the same values. Management values money; engineers value job satisfaction. Economical and ethical factors can affect values. Concern for people versus concern for results are conflicting values. Decisions are better made when information is shared. Reduce the number of surprises. Know what management wants to know and when they want to know it. Make a five year plan." Smith said you should focus on how you spend time, "Job tasks should include a balance of: Things I have to do, Things I should do and Things I want to do. Let management know how you're spending your time and make adjustments, if possible. What is management's perception to your "have," "should," and "want" to do job tasks. Know that variables affect this balance." INTEREST IN ATV SPECTRUM AUCTIONS INCREASES By Tom Smith There have been increasing calls for the FCC to auction or charge broadcasters for the spectrum for their second digital channel. Staff from the Senate Commerce Committee have told broadcasters that the transition to digital channels may be accelerated or that the broadcasters may have to bid for their digital channel. Acceleration of the transition would allow the FCC to recover the analog channels earlier and auction them off. Congress is looking to rise $ 14 billion in spectrum fees by the year 2002 in their quest to reach a balanced budget. Added to Congress's desire to raise money to balance the budget, a number of other groups are calling for the requirement that broadcasters pay for their digital channels, such as liberal public interest groups: the Media Access Project, the Consumer Federation of America, the People for the American Way, the National Education Association, and conservative groups such as the Heritage Foundation, the Small Business Survival Group, Americans for Tax Reform and the Campaign for Broadcast Competition. The NAB has criticized the Campaign for Broadcast Competition for their ties to the cellular phone industry. The NAB claims that rival industries would like to prevent broadcasters from going to digital broadcasting. All the groups are claiming that the broadcasters are receiving a huge giveaway. The conservative groups would like the government to use the spectrum to raise money to balance the budget while some of the more liberal groups would settle for specific public interest requirements for use of the spectrum. There is also support for the use of spectrum auctions within the Clinton administration. The FCC has been extending the use of auctions for the determination of mutually exclusive applications. The pressure for the greater use of auctions to raise revenue for the government is increasing as estimates to the value of the spectrum increases with each large media deal. (Compiled from articles published Broadcasting and Cable magazines) HELIAX FOR YOUR HI-FI By Tom Smith In a advertising section in recent issue of the hi-fi magazine AUDIO, there was an article on audio cables in which Andrew Corp., maker of RF transmission line, told of the introduction of a cable for interconnection of audio equipment. In a photo of this cable, it looked like a section of miniature HELIAX with a gold plated RCA connector on the end. The premium AudioFlex 2000 cable costs $150, length unlisted. There is also a model AudioFlex 1000, and for digital audio, the model AudioFlex Digital cable. If it can pass RF, it should pass all the highs from your CD's. GEOSTATIONARY ORBITS PART 2 - ORBITAL GEOMETRY by Neal McLain Communication Technologies, Inc. ( Editors Note: Neal's article makes reference to many "figures". These figures were not able to be included in this electronic version of the newsletter. A full hard copy, including figures, can be obtained by contacting Neal McLain or hardcopy newsletter editor Mark Croom.) This is the second in a series of articles about geostationary orbits; i.e., the orbits occupied by communications satellites which remain at fixed points in the sky. In this series, we cover basic physical principles, orbital geometry, pointing angles, and antenna mounts. This second article describes the geometry of the geostationary orbit. THE GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT Last month, we defined a geosynchronous orbit as follows: ORBIT PERIOD: One sidereal day, or about 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds. During one sidereal day, the earth rotates about its polar axis exactly once. To be geosynchronous, a satellite must orbit the earth in exactly the same time period. AVERAGE ORBIT RADIUS: 42,155 Km. We calculated this value from Kepler's Third Law. We then subtracted the earth's radius (6370 Km) from the orbit radius to determine the orbit height above the earth: 35,785 Km., or about 22,236 miles. Note that this definition doesn't say anything about the shape of the orbit, or the orientation of the orbit plane with respect to the equator. The orbit can be highly elliptical, and/or it can be inclined with respect to the equator, and still be synchronous with the Earth's rotation. THE GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT In this series of articles, we're interested in a special kind of geosynchronous orbit called a geostationary orbit. A satellite moving in a geostationary orbit REMAINS AT A FIXED POINT IN THE SKY AT ALL TIMES. This, of course, is desirable for radio communications because it allows the use of fixed antennas. To be geostationary, the orbit must meet three criteria: 1. The orbit must be geosynchronous. 2. The orbit must be a circle. 3. The orbit must lie in the earth's equatorial plane. To understand the importance of these criteria, consider the result if the orbit fails to meet them: If the orbit is not geosynchronous, the satellite does not move at the same rate as the earth's rotation. Thus, from the point of view of an observer on earth, the satellite appears to be in continuous motion, and it periodically disappears below the horizon. If the orbit is not a circle, the satellite does not move at constant velocity (by Kepler's Second Law). Instead, it appears to oscillate east-and-west at a rate of two cycles per sidereal day. If the orbit does not lie in the equatorial plane, the situation shown in Figure 3 exists. In Figure 3(a), the satellite is north of the equator. In Figure 3(b) (half a day later), the satellite is south of the equator, but Wisconsin is still in the northern hemisphere. The satellite appears to oscillate north-and-south at a rate of one cycle per sidereal day. Note that the terms geosynchronous and geostationary are not synonymous: geosynchronous specifies only the orbit period, but geostationary also specifies the shape and orientation of the orbit. These definitions are consistent with the FCC's definitions, as set forth in Title 47, Section 2.1 of the CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS: Geosynchronous Satellite: An Earth satellite whose period of revolution is equal to the period of rotation of the Earth about its axis. Geostationary Satellite: A geosynchronous satellite whose circular and direct orbit lies in the plane of the earth's equator and which thus remains fixed relative to the earth; by extension, a satellite which remains approximately fixed relative to the earth. These FCC definitions are based on definitions specified in international agreements to which the United States is a signatory. THE CLARKE BELT The circular belt containing all geostationary orbits is called the Clarke Belt, in honor of Arthur C. Clarke, British physicist and astronomer who first published the concept of "stationary orbits". Specific satellite positions in the Clarke Belt are identified by longitude (or, more specifically, by the longitude of the point on the equator directly beneath the satellite). Figure 1 shows examples of three satellites in the Clarke Belt: Kepler I (Germany) at 28.5ø East Longitude. Superbird 1A (Japan) at 124ø East Longitude. Galaxy I (United States) at 133ø West Longitude. The signal from one geostationary satellite covers about 40% of the earth's surface, as shown in Figure 4. At the equator, a 162ø-segment of the Clarke Belt is visible; the visible segment becomes smaller as the latitude increases, and becomes zero at latitude 81.4ø. North of 81.4ø north latitude (and south of 81.4ø south latitude), the entire Clarke Belt is hidden below the horizon. Theoretically, only four or five satellites would be needed to cover the entire land area of the earth between 81ø north latitude and 81ø south latitude. Indeed, Clarke's original concept for "stationary orbits" contemplated only three such satellites, spaced 120ø apart. In fact, as readers of this publication well know, dozens of satellites have been deployed along the Clarke Belt in order to accommodate the ever-growing demand for communications channels. In many parts of the Clarke Belt, adjacent satellites using the same frequency band are located within 2ø of each other. AN EARTHLING'S VIEW OF THE CLARKE BELT Imagine an observer standing at an earth station site at latitude 45ø, looking south (or, in the case of the observer in the Southern Hemisphere, looking north), as shown in Figure 5. Now imagine two large arches in the sky. Figure 6 shows how these arches would look to our observer. In this figure: The horizontal line at 0ø represents the horizon. It is marked in degrees of relative azimuth; i.e., the angle, in degrees, east or west of the point directly south of the earth station. The vertical axis represents height, or elevation, relative to the horizon, in degrees. Points below the horizon are, of course, not visible to our observer. These two large arches are the Celestial Equator and the Clarke Belt: The Celestial Equator is a circle, at an infinite distance from the earth, lying in the earth's equatorial plane. The Clarke Belt is also a circle lying in the earth's equatorial plane; however, because it is nearer to the earth than infinity, it appears to lie below the Celestial Equator. The highest point in the each arch is called the peak; it is located directly south, along the same meridian as the antenna. The appearance of these two arches varies dramatically as a function of latitude. Figure 7 shows the arches for six different latitudes, from the equator to the North Pole. POINTING ANGLES Since all geostationary orbits fall in the Clarke Belt, each geostationary satellite can be represented as a point in the lower arch. Each point in this arch can be uniquely specified by the two parameters azimuth and elevation. These parameters are called pointing angles. Next month we'll discuss pointing angles in detail. ARTHUR C. CLARKE: FATHER OF SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS In February, 1945, WIRELESS WORLD, a British technical journal, published a letter written by a young RAF officer named Arthur C. Clarke. The letter was headed "V2 for Ionospheric Research," and suggested the possibility of using rockets, such as the German V2 rockets falling on London at that very moment, for post-war research into the upper atmosphere. This letter also contained the following words: " ... I would like to close by mentioning a possibility of the more remote future -- perhaps half a century ahead. An 'artificial satellite' at the correct distance from the earth would ... remain stationary above the same spot and would be within optical range of nearly half the earth's surface. Three repeater stations, 120 degrees apart in the correct orbit, could give television and microwave coverage to the entire planet." And so it was that Arthur C. Clarke predicted, in 1945, that by the year 1995 the inhabitants of this planet would have deployed three communications satellites in geostationary orbit. Clarke subsequently expanded this idea, describing it in two articles: "The Space Station: Its Radio Applications." Six typed copies of this article were circulated privately in May, 1945. The top copy is now in the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution. "Extra-Terrestrial Relays," published in the October, 1945 issue of WIRELESS WORLD. This article developed the idea fully, with rigorous technical analyses of the orbital geometry and the radio communications links. Clarke again suggested that three satellites would be required, and even provided specific locations: 30E, 150E, and 90W. Clarke's original title for this article was "The Future of World Communications," but the editor of WIRELESS WORLD coined a new word, "extra-terrestrial," and gave the article its published title. These articles have been re-published in ASCENT TO ORBIT: A SCIENTIFIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY (1984). This volume contains all of Clarke's original technical writings, together with historical annotations in Clarke's own words. As a result of these publications, Clarke is generally recognized as the originator of the concept of the geostationary satellite. Among other honors, he was the 1988 recipient of the Marconi Fellowship "for first specifying in detail the potentialities and technical requirements for the use of geostationary satellites for global communications ..." Yet Clarke never claimed that the geostationary orbit was an original concept. Indeed, in ASCENT TO ORBIT, he goes to some length to disclaim credit: "I have sometimes been credited with the discovery of the stationary orbit itself, which of course is ridiculous. No one could have 'discovered' this, since its existence was perfectly obvious from the time of Newton (indeed, of Kepler!) ..." Clarke is also known as a science fiction writer. Among his works in this genre are CHILDHOOD'S END (novel, 1953), THE NINE BILLION NAMES OF GOD (short story, 1955), 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (screenplay, with Stanley Kubrick, 1968), RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA (novel, 1973), 2010: ODYSSEY TWO (novel, 1982), and 2061: ODYSSEY THREE (novel, 1987). Clarke is still alive today, at age 78, living in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He shares his home with a family of pet monkeys and a fixed earth station originally constructed to receive transmissions from ATS-F, the sixth in the series of Applications Technology Satellites. Sources: ASCENT TO ORBIT: A SCIENTIFIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY, by Arthur C. Clarke (New York: John Wiley & Sons; Copyright c 1984; reprinted by permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.). BENET'S READER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA, Third Edition (New York: Harper & Rowe, 1987). FREQUENCY COORDINATOR'S THANKS I would like to thank all the chief engineers from the Madison area stations for their help with the gathering of frequency information for Badger Football Saturdays. Your prompt replies to my calls made the job very quick and easy. I was ready to supply all the frequency coordination information before the first game. I got a fax from ABC requesting information the day after I compiled the master list for this years football season. Your cooperation is what makes our frequency coordination effort successful. Tom Smith WANTED: CAPITOL LIGHTS Productions, a video production house located in Madison, WI is looking for a p/t broadcast engineer to help us with system design & integration of new equipment. Please call Melissa or Jay for details @ 608.256.7788 or send e-m to Cap Lights@aol.com. ENGINEER WANTED! WGTZ-FM, WING-FM, WING-AM in Dayton Ohio is on the hunt for a new broadcast engineer after the departure of our longstanding pro into a personal business venture. If you or someone you know is interested in the position, contact: David Macejko, G.M. Great Trails Broadcasting 717 East David Road Kettering, OH 45429 (513)294-5858 EEOC CHAPTER 24 SUSTAINING MEMBERS: Thanks to all our Sustaining Members: BTS Broadcast Communications CTI Clark Wire and Cable Comark Communications Electronic Industries Emmons Associates Fuji Film I&I Maney Logic MRC Telecommunications Panasonic Broadcast Roscor Wisconsin Scharch Electronics Skyline Communications Sony Broadcast Tectan, Inc. Teleport Minnesota 3M Audio & Video Video Images WISC-TV 3 WKOW-TV 27 WMSN-TV 47 WMTV-TV 15 NATIONAL SBE PHONE DIRECTORY SBE National Office 8445 Keystone Crossing Suite 140 Indianapolis, IN 46240 Main Number 317-253-1640 Engineering Conference Line 317-253-0122 Job Line 317-253-0474 Fax 317-253-0418 BBS 317-253-7555 President: Chuck Kelly CBT Broadcast Electronics P.O. Box 3606 Quincy, IL 62305 W 217-224-9600 F 217-224-9607 H 217-228-7373 CIS ID# 70307,2642 InterNet: kelly1@ixc.net Vice President: Terrence Baun CPBE Criterion Broadcast Services 5300 W. Garfield Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53208 W 414-449-5300 F 414-449-5380 CIS ID# 71525,1060 Secretary: Keith Kintner CSTE KLCS TV 58 1061 W. 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Box 280068 San Francisco, CA 94128-0068 707-996-5200 F 707-996-5280 Michael Fast CPBE WCBM Radio 1303 Burleigh Road Lutherville, MD 21093 410-356-3003 F 410-581-0150 Michael McCarthy CBRE WLIT FM/Viacom International 150 N. Michigan Ave., #1135 Chicago, IL 60601 312-329-9002 F 708-439-1464 P 800-592-3058 Edward Miller CPBE WEWS Scripps Howard 3001 Euclid Ave Cleveland, OH 44115 216-431-3687 F 216-431-3641 Troy Pennington CSRE WZZK AM/FM, WODL FM Radio 530 Beacon Parkway W. #300 Birmingham, AL 35209 205-916-1119 F 205-916-1151 Robert Reymont CPBE Nationwide Communications, Inc. P.O. Box 5159 Mesa, AZ 85211-0500 602-964-4000 F 602-644-7660 CIS ID# 71645,254 Internet: NCIRADIO@CRL.COM Martin "Sandy" Sandberg CPBE Consultant 9807 Edgecove Drive Dallas, TX 75238 214-343-5786 F 2114-343-9807 John Schneider CBRE RF Specialties of Washington, Inc. 19237 Aurora Avenue N. Seattle, WA 98133 206-546-6546 F 206-546-2633 CIS ID# 74603,3342 Tom Weber CSTE WISH TV 8 1950 N Meridian St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 317-921-8535 F 317-926-1144 CIS ID#: 73250,215 Chris Imlay, Esq. SBE General Counsel Booth, Freret & Imlay 1233 20th St. NW Suite 204 Washington, DC 20036 202-296-9100 F 202-293-1319 James Wulliman, CPBE Ennes Director 721 W. Calle Del Regalo Green Valley, AZ 85614 Phone and Fax 602-648-1250 NATIONAL OFFICE STAFF Linda Godby, Certification Peggy Hall, Membership Sarah Hayden, Signal/Conferences Julie Dinger, Secretary 317-253-1640 F 317-253-0418 Job Line 317-253-0474 BBS (N,8,1) 317-253-7555 NATIONAL COMMITTEE AND TASK FORCE CHAIRS By Laws Committee..................................Sandy Sandberg Certification Committee..............................Jim Wulliman Chapter Awards Committee..........................Leonard Charles Chapter Liaison Committee..........................John Schneider Electronic Communication Committee....................Jim Bernier Engineering Conference Committee...................Jerry Whitaker Engineering Conference Promotion Committee..........Mike McCarthy FCC Liaison Committee...............................Dane Ericksen Fellowship Committee...................................David Carr Finance Committee.................................Troy Pennington Frequency Coordination Committee.......................David Carr High Frequency Broadcasting Task Force.............Doug Garlinger Industry Relations Committee...........................Terry Baun International Committee............................Sandy Sandberg Membership Committee.................................Michael Fast Nomination Committee...............................Robert Reymont Sustaining Membership Committee.....................Edward Miller |