Category Archives: Meetings

January 2011 Meeting – Western Technical Services “IP Radios”

In the huge fires of October 2007, San Diego broadcasters abruptly lost control of their radio equipment on Palomar Mountain and Mt. San Miguel. That fateful week taught us that we shouldn’t rely on the telephone company to provide remote control lines when the video those sites provided arrived wirelessly. Many TV stations moved to wireless control through 900 MHz links, or through 5.8 GHz radios multiplexed on their
existing 6 or 7 GHz video ICR links.

Similarly, radio stations have learned that they can provide an effective secondary, or even primary, audio studio-transmitter link with license-free wireless radios and high-gain antennas.

Vislink, known for decades in Southern California as Western Technical Services, visits our January 2011 SBE meeting to discuss wireless IP radios. Those radios have advanced  considerably in technology, with abilities to frequency hop and use a variety of modulation schemes to maximize throughput and minimize downtime.

Join us January 19 at noon at TV Magic, 8112 Engineer Road, in Kearny Mesa, San Diego. Vislink will provide lunch.

Holiday Banquet 2010

Time again to get together to just talk shop, eat, and walk away fatter and happier. No presenter or program. This year let’s meet at the Kearny Mesa Filippi’s Italian Restaurant at 5353 Kearny Villa Road, San Diego, on Wednesday, December 15, at 12 noon. Please bring $15 cash.

UPDATE: Door prizes have been added!

  • Vislink, known for years here as Western Technical Services and Microwave Radio Corporation, has donated an Apple 8GB iPod Nano.
  • Harris Corporation is donating a number of tote bags, thermal coffee mugs, multitool, and leather zippered notebook.
  • Omnia is donating a copy of Omnia A/XE audio processing/streaming software.

RSVP today so that we can plan to have enough room for you.

See you there!

September 2010 Meeting: Boxx Communications

Join us for the SBE San Diego Chapter 36 September meeting. On Wednesday September 15, Mark Walker with Boxx Communications will be talking about wireless HD microwave transmission. The meeting will run from 12 noon – 1:30 PM at TV Magic, 8112 Engineer Road, San Diego 92121. Lunch will be provided by Boxx Communications.

Mark Walker is a film and broadcast video veteran with more than 20 years industry experience. Mark is an Emmy nominee and the recipient of the 2006 Academy of Television Arts & Science award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development.

July 2010 Meeting – Fujitsu on Compression

Join us for the SBE San Diego Chapter 36 July meeting. On Wednesday July 21, Rich Harvey with Fujitsu Frontech North America will be talking about Transporting HD/SD Content over a Public IP Link. The meeting will run from 12 noon – 1:30 PM at TV Magic, 8112 Engineer Road, San Diego. Lunch will be provided by Fujitsu.

About Our Presenter

Rich Harvey has over 15 years of experience in the broadcast, satellite and video distribution industry, including the management of a Navy Broadcast Service (NBS) S.I.T.E system, as Sales Manager of the Asia Pacific Rim for a leading digital TV equipment manufacturer and as the Video Product Manager for another industry leader. Rich is a member of the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) and the Society of Motion Picture Television Engineers (SMPTE).