SBE Chapter 40

Tony Peterle of Audemat Worldcast Systems of Miami
Tony will be speaking about the benefits and challenges of completely integrating a broadcast site into an overall facility control system. New systems and capabilities allow broadcasters to extend their facility control beyond the normal connection of transmitters, antenna switches, and other traditional equipment. Some of these technologies use advanced communication techniques such as IP networking, SNMP protocols and wireless linking, while others involve use of older communications protocols such as serial connections. Tony will outline the various alternatives available for broadcasters seeking to implement an integrated control system. These control plans go beyond the usual broadcast equipment to include HVAC, security, elevator control, servers, firewalls and more.

Sinbad’s Restaurant at Pier 2, as always, is the meeting place. Wednesday the 28th of July is the date and the times are 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM. No-Host bar starts at 11:30 and we sit down to lunch around 12:30, with the presentation at 1:00 p.m. or so. As mentioned above RSVP’s ARE VERY IMPORTANT. Please call; 925-270-9817 is the number. Operators are standing by.

Linear Acoustic - 2010 Hear Factor Tour
Ed Simeone

This is an educational HDTV Audio presentation that will address the upcoming Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM) and DTV Loudness issues in general. This is a historical and contemporary overview of the loudness control throughout the years. Subjects covered will include the latest news about the CALM Act, and ways of dealing with your Loudness issues on both primary and multicast DTV channels.

Sinbad’s Restaurant at Pier 2, as always, is the meeting place. Wednesday the 30th of June is the date and the times are 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM. No-Host bar starts at 11:30 and we sit down to lunch around 12:30, with the presentation at 1:00 p.m. or so. As mentioned above RSVP’s ARE VERY IMPORTANT. Please call; 925-270-9817 is the number. Operators are standing by.

25-Seven - A Brief History of Time Compression

25-Seven Systems will be presenting “A Brief History of Time Compression” which explains the research and development that has lead to time compression techniques now being applied to broadcast technology. It is an educational piece that looks at the history of research done in the field of audio intelligibility and comprehension and addresses what manipulation of audio can be done in the name of time compression

Sinbad’s Restaurant at Pier 2, as always, is the meeting place. Wednesday the 26th of May is the date and the times are 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM. No-Host bar starts at 11:30 and we sit down to lunch around 12:30, with the presentation at 1:00 p.m. or so. As mentioned above RSVP’s ARE VERY IMPORTANT. Please call; 925-270-9817 is the number. Operators are standing by.

Larry Bloomfield’s Taste of NAB will be hosted at KTVU this year.
The event is free, but you must RSVP in advance.

Taste of NAB

Details for the local event here.

Steve Lampen
Our own Steve Lampen is the presenter this month, with one of his more innovative concepts to talk to us about.

Steve is well-known as a key player in Belden Wire’s strategy and marketing team, and amongst the things that he’s done for them over the years is to act as a “futurist.”

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Annual FCC meeting

First meeting of the year, and it’s certainly appropriate that our friends from the local office of the FCC should kick things off. Led by Mr. Thomas VanStavern, the topics to be discussed MAY include the Report and Order regarding low power operation (that is, wireless mics), and of course members will have an opportunity to bring up relevant questions of their own. Also, if the weather cooperates, the new “DF Vehicle” will be scheduled for an appearance. (You can run, but you can’t hide from RDF…)

Sinbad’S Restaurant at Pier 2, as always, is the meeting place. Wednesday the 27th of January is the date and the times are 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM. No-Host bar starts at 11:30 and we sit down to lunch around 12:30, with the presentation at 1:00 p.m. or so. Please RSVP by calling 925-522-9342 before 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday the 24th.