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Purpose:
Engineering Radio is the blog about every day life as a Broadcast Engineer. I am 25+ year veteran of the Broadcasting business. I work in radio on the East Coast of the US, near some large metropolitan area. I have always been interested in Radio, from the early days of my childhood, listening to distant AM stations at night or shortwave stations on my uncle’s shortwave radio, to my short career in the military.
I have been a license Amateur Radio operator since 1987.
I am outspoken and occasionally politically incorrect.
What, exactly, am I trying to accomplish here? Most people have no idea what a radio (broadcast) engineer does, including the people that are supposed to be managing them. I would like that to change. I may say a few things that people won’t like. They need to be said and it is the truth as I see it. Anyone is welcome to comment and attempt to refute anything written here. At least, I hope, fellow engineers will find this site and find it entertaining. I would also like to see our profession get better at non-technical stuff. There are many genius engineers out there who can’t negotiate a pay raise. It is sad because they are often taken advantage of, become resentful and leave radio to do something else.
Radio Engineering Services
That is the name of the company I currently work for, if you are looking for an excellent group of radio broadcast engineers in the Northeast, contact them at (845) 758-1200. All aspects of broadcast engineering, engineering consulting, backup power systems, solar power systems, telecommunications and tower management are covered. Radio Engineering Services is not affiliated with this website and has no editorial control over it’s content, see disclaimer below.
I am not generally inclined to give out free advice to folks that really need to hire somebody to fix their problems. Many engineers feel that they are spreading good will by giving away information. Unfortunately, you can’t eat good will and good will doesn’t pay the mortgage. Free advice is, as my uncle used to say, worth the price you paid for it. If you need technical advice or a consultant, then hire an engineer. In the end, you’ll be happier.
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Rules:
Seems like a good idea to establish a few ground rules:
- All are welcome to comment, I generally try to write for the mid level tech person. I generally try to include explanations of why we do the things we do.
- You may, of course, disagree with anything I say, but try to include references or other backing documentation in your statements in some way so I can see why you are disagreeing.
- Spam comments will be deleted.
- Comments become the property of the blog once they are submitted. I reserve the right to edit, approve or delete comments as I see fit
- Have fun! Radio is supposed to be a fun business, we have gotten away from that lately.
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