Agreed with Ray, I wouldn't be putting that thing back on the air until you know why it's oscillating off-frequency. I am decidedly NOT a communications lawyer but... Has the FCC been notified the station is off the air? https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/73.1740 , if you're off for more than t...

The last three places I've worked in have all used Quintech gear. The current place I am in uses an Evertz. I called Quintech on Friday & was told Evertz has bought the company. Quintech also seems to be Compusat's recommendation. I've got literature on the way.. (edit: always read ALL the replies ...

We use Compusat software to control assorted IRDs and four steerable dishes. Part of the mix.. are three old Standard Agile Omni analog receivers. They're used only as RF switches, H/V and C/Ku. We figure they aren't going to live forever. (although given how long they've been up, maybe they *are* i...

We didn't get one. We did get the Central Time RWT. Anyone else miss this?

It doesn't seem to be a "sticky" issue as *this* week's Eastern Time CAP RWT went active 40 minutes ago.

I've managed to suppress it on the machine in my hamshack. (having it force a reboot during a contest "run" would likely result in the uttering of some words not suitable for broadcast. Although since I work mostly CW, only Ms. Cat would hear them..) Of course, that happened long enough ago I'm not ...

Worked fine (both smartphones and EAS) in Nashville.

We did see IPAWS go offline *after* the test, between 3:28 and 3:40 Central. (has anyone else seen that?)

If you're recording each camera to its own recorder, you don't need genlock. Genlock is necessary only if you're connecting the cameras to a video switcher and recording all three on the *same* recorder. If you did need genlock it would need to be applied to all three cameras. It would not strictly ...

Power management?

Hams have been reporting issues with ports being turned off by Windows when it (wrongly) concludes they aren't in use.

A check of the FCC database shows twenty-seven FM translators authorized with ERPs in excess of 250 watts. Thirteen are in Alaska where the Commission has waived various translator rules for some time. (the biggest is K220AD Valdez, running 1.09kW. ) W297BT New Britain, Connecticut seems to be a typ...

I'm curious about the telephone service, which I frequently use as a "sanity check" of NTP installations & GPS clocks. The article says "NIST said eliminating funding currently “supporting fundamental measurement dissemination...” which leads me to believe they do mean everything that has to do with...

If you look at the application https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101787282&formid=1&fac_num=166073 that's exactly what happened. Reference Exhibit 7 for what the ERP & TPO *should* be. Weren't C4 stations supposed to get 12kW? At 10.5kW I'd su...

There is a VERY partial list on https://www.rabbitears.info/oddsandends ... quest=tsid.

...and the station aired a combination of "This is the Yankees Radio Network" and 1000 Hz tone, from around 11pm until the morning show started at 5am. This is not at all unfamiliar to DXers, who encounter this kind of thing on various frequencies with amusing and frustrating frequency... =========...

Is it possible to use several RTL SDR DVB-T dongles (RTL2832U+R820T) to determine the number of devices within different zones? (traingulation) I am interested in being able to record the number of active devices (smartphones, cell phones) in different locations in space/time. I don't have to know ...

I was rather surprised at the Arris. I expected to have to manually enter PIDs, but best I can tell there is no way to do so on that IRD. It worked fine on the old SD feeds. On hindsight.. my boss tuned the RX8200 & he didn't say anything about having to manually enter PIDs. Although he used Compusa...