Thanks, Jeff!

Our cameras aren't on the list, but it's good to know, just in case our cameras should have been.

You can do that - Open up the METAR page in your browser - For METAR server IP put 0.0.0.0 In the METAR Server DNS Name field put "tgftp.nws.noaa.gov" without the quotes hit SUBMIT and you're done CS Bear in mind that only the more recent firmware releases supports this... you might need to update ...

For those of you who have been missing the temperature on the Today Show graphics since last week: the current known working METAR IP address is now 140.90.101.79 . It's changed several times over the last few months, and Evertz got me this latest address this morning -- and both of our Namedropper...

Define "very close". If they are more than several dozen wavelengths from the antenna I doubt you'll notice anything. At STL frequencies they become a fairly effective reflector so the 950 MHz anecdote doesn't surprise me. Still haven't heard from the owners, so I don't know how close very close is.

One of my clients just called me...they received documents from a big wind energy provider that's been putting up wind farms in the area...it seems they want to place some windmills very close to their FM tower. They're still trying to decipher the legal descriptions of where the sites are going to ...

Jim Patterson and Park Elevator are the only two names I can recall.

About two weeks ago, I had no trouble ordering a step-start contactor retrofit kit for a HT-10. I had far more trouble finding all the other damage caused by the lightning hit that took the step-start contactor. The plate transformer primary wires were right up against the bobbin of the transformer ...

Every quarter, one of our local Chevy dealers runs 30-second spots that are silent...black background with supers that slowly fade in and out. They get my attention!

Oh boy...when did this happen?

Not having a backup STL option is...wow. We heard a horror story of a station that didn't have a backup encoder and spent (I think) 4 days off the air. We still have our original Flexicoder and a NetVX still around for doomsday duty, and two matching Selenios as our main and backup encoders. What's ...

I've only had one Z PA failure, and I didn't fix it myself because I didn't have the time, but Paul Thurst's broadcast engineering blog has details on swapping Z PA FETs. I don't believe he had to align anything. One thing to be mindful of is the age of the transmitter. Harris changed the FET suppli...

I'm working on an AM-1A with a similar problem...symptom was high reflected power, even when running into a good dummy load. I was advised to first try the balance adjustment procedure on the Directional Coupler replacement manual (you can download it from the BE website). That got the reflected pow...

I have a RF client that is still running a version that predates me... Probably early 90's in what looks like DOS. I have never had to touch it since a guy at the station is intimately familiar with it and keeps it limping along. One of my clients has two DOS Smartcaster chassis sitting in the base...

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Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:21 pm

http://www.smartsbroadcast.com/manuals.htm

Dang it...you're quick on the draw.

http://smartsbroadcast.com/library/ Here you'll find manuals for the current Skylla product and the older Smartcaster 2002 product that merged the DOS Smartcaster program with On Air Digital's RS-HD Linux-based audio playout...the Smartcaster software runs in a DOS emulation window within Linux. If...