Engineer’s Corner
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A Delightful Reception…Hors d’Oeuvres Not Included
After many years of faithful service, an old Scala CA2/FM antenna is retired and replaced, with favorable reception (of the desired signals). Continue reading
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Putting WNPW 89.5FM Westerly On the Air
Small signal. Big…errr…”normal sized” headaches! Construction concerns do not scale with FM facilities…and putting WNPW 89.5FM Westerly is proof of that. Continue reading
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South County Bureau ver2.0
Relocation and rebuilding of the TPR South Coast News Bureau in Westerly, RI. Continue reading
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New Satellite Dish for RIPR
After 25 years and steadily declining performance, it was time for a new satellite dish – one of the most critical parts of RIPR’s infrastructure! Continue reading
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The Department of Redundancy Department
Engineering is a field where nobody notices if you do your job right, but they immediately notice it if you do it wrong! To ensure “five nines” (99.999%) of uptime, “redundancy” is the watchword of our industry – but how… Continue reading
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Adding Air Conditioning to W275DA
The proudest I’ve ever been of what is, technically, an ugly hack job. Adding some much-needed air conditioning to 102.9FM and doing it on the cheap. Continue reading
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Audio Logger for RIPR
Most radio stations run a 24/7 recording of what aired for reference purposes. Here’s our homebrew approach and why we went that way. Continue reading
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DIY Air Filtration for Studios in the Time of COVID
Here’s a cheap and easy way to make some DIY air filtration and help keep your studios a little safer in these COVID times. Continue reading
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Changes to WPVD 1290AM
It’s an unusual day when a radio station is happy it *reduced* power. Read on to find out why that’s true for 1290AM. Continue reading
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Organizing Your Networks
Ask any experienced engineer what the biggest challenge of their job is, and they’ll tell you it’s organization. Here’s a way to keep track of a lot of info for your facilities. Continue reading
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