{"id":4539,"date":"2012-02-03T22:08:53","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T02:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/?p=4539"},"modified":"2023-04-29T11:18:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T15:18:00","slug":"why-stealing-is-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2012\/02\/why-stealing-is-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Why stealing is bad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eventually, you will get caught, odds dictate. &nbsp;The<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcpo.com\/dpp\/news\/region_central_cincinnati\/norwood\/local-radio-engineer-facing-felony-theft-charge-allegedly-ripped-off-cumulus-for-more-than-129k#ixzz1lKyy0KEs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> local engineer for Cumulus Broadcasting<\/a> in Cincinnati found this out earlier in the week. &nbsp;Of course, innocent until proven guilty, so I won&#8217;t assume anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Broadcast engineering, especially radio engineering is a small field. Sadly, when something like this happens it makes all radio engineers look bad and there is no good reason or excuse for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have seen several cases where an engineer or technical person has taken advantage of their position to pilfer from a radio station. \u00a0These vary from cashing in on dud tubes from a transmitter site to taking high-value equipment and selling it on eBay. \u00a0I recall a recent instance of backup transmitter and STL systems being sold. \u00a0I cannot imagine what these people are thinking. \u00a0A transmitter, STL system, console, or even a dud tube has a serial number and is traceable. \u00a0Anything with a serial number is likely part of a station inventory list and or will have some record of manufacture and sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are instances when old equipment is getting thrown out. &nbsp;In that situation, I always get permission before removing anything, even from the dumpster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have made several trips to the scrap yard with old transmitter chassis, wire or leftovers from transmitter installations. \u00a0In those circumstances, I always get a receipt and write the source of the scrap on the back. \u00a0This way, a record is kept and if there are any questions, I can refer to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Generally speaking, it is better to be overly cautious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eventually, you will get caught, odds dictate. &nbsp;The local engineer for Cumulus Broadcasting in Cincinnati found this out earlier in the week. &nbsp;Of course, innocent until proven guilty, so I won&#8217;t assume anything. Broadcast engineering, especially radio engineering is a small field. Sadly, when something like this happens it makes all radio engineers look bad &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2012\/02\/why-stealing-is-bad\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why stealing is bad<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-4539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-station-personel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4539"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11648,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4539\/revisions\/11648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}