[SBE] Certification opportunity: The AM Transmission Seminar in Austin

[Phil Alexander]

On 15 May 2008 at 9:07, Bill Whitt wrote:


> This is pretty cool ... I have a question though. I'm a TV guy, dealing

> mostly with this digital conversion and maintaining all that goes with our

> current analog systems. Would this seminar be a little over the head of an

> individual who is currently not in Radio at all? Our station is thinking

> about "branching" out into the radio world. AM is pretty much wide open in

> our area, and I think its cheap to start. 

> 

> Let me know because if this is what we need to get me up to speed. I will

> try to push for it. 


Bill,

I think my erstwhile partner in crime - Alan Alsobrook - may 
reply in more detail but the short version is we designed the 
AM Transmission Seminar to cover the one big gap that most 
experienced FM/VHF engineers have in the AM area. That would 
be transmission from Tx output to antenna/tower or tower array 
in the case of a DA. Thus, if you have a good VHF background 
the answer to the your question is, no, it shouldn't be over 
your head, but it will be very different from VHF/UHF 
transmission.


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