What are the capabilities of modern test equipment and its ability to test very low noise and distortion devices? Can test equipment of today keep up with increasingly impressive specs? Are the specs real? We’ll review some real world examples from both the electrical audio test world as well as room acoustics testing.
Join Chapter 36 Wednesday, February 15, at 12 noon at iHeartMedia, 9660 Granite Ridge Drive, San Diego. Audio Precision buys lunch. Members and visitors are welcome as always.
About the Presenter
Tony Spica recently joined Audio Precision after nine years with Bruel and Kjaer as an Application Engineer and Solution Manager. He is based in Los Angeles where he has lived and worked for the past eight years. Prior to joining Bruel and Kjaer, Tony worked as a NVH Engineer developing test systems to detect defects in automotive parts through sound and vibration signatures in Detroit, Michigan.
General Manager Chuck Dunning told a teary-eyed station staff Wednesday, January 25, that the San Diego’s CW6 News Department would stop operations on March 31. Further, he said, they would end the CW affiliation and close the Kearny Mesa facility May 31 this year. At that time, XETV Tijuana will begin relaying Canal 9 from Mexico City. Continue reading XETV to Close its US Operations→
Bob Gonsett, a well-known broadcast engineering consultant who counted among his clients XETV Tijuana, said this about the announced closure of their San Diego office:
Early XETV screen logo
XETV not only had the best channel to cover San Diego from a propagation standpoint, it also had a rich history of being technologically first in a number of important areas including the use of circular polarization which significantly improved indoor “rabbit ear” reception. Station management in the U.S. was constantly striving to make XETV Number One and they made the funds available to do so. The Tijuana transmitter plant, run by Felipe Fernandez, was a meticulous operation in full compliance with SCT/FCC mandates and from a labor perspective,
Phil always advocated the very best for his engineers. He was a true father to many. It was an honor and privilege for me to work with XETV for decades as their FCC engineering consultant.
Sumit Singh of Moseley discusses LTE technology for broadcast microwave news at KFMB-TV.
An attentive crowd at the KFMB studios heard Sumnit Singh make a case for using the technology developed for consumer mobile devices to relay news audio and video to broadcast outlets over private networks. It should be interesting to see if stations step up to the plate to capitalize this evolution, or if an organization will step up to finance the movement and then resell to broadcasters, or if the technology will die on the vine before being rolled out.
