Category: Announcements

Hi Everyone,

Things are definitely different this year. Our thoughts are with the sick and those engineers that are without work or furloughed during this tough time. I don’t think anyone would have predicted this as the start to 2020.

I am seeing awesome collaborations across the board to ensure radio & TV are still delivered to the community. That’s what I think we do best as an engineering family, work together.

Lots of new perspectives are being brought in on how we can run all these radio stations without the studio or away from the studio. The most common solutions are deploying remote codecs and building home studios for talent. Using services like Cleanfeed or Microsoft Teams are being used so big shows can all collaborate. Some are putting in full automation systems in people’s garages.

I want to ask our membership to share their wealth of knowledge or ask questions to help us through this. I can guarantee someone in our community has the answer. I am also curious if anyone has had an issue with access to sites or been stopped for being out in public.

If you would like to share how you and your station are handling remote operations please send me an email at sbechap47@gmail.com. We’ll send a few following emails. I would encourage no bit of information is too small.

Stay safe, follow the CDC guidelines and hope to see you on the mountain real soon,

Matt – SBE47 Chair

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Future SBE 47 meetings

We are evaluating the idea of hosting a virtual SBE 47 meeting in April. Once we get some more details together we’ll let you know.

If you have questions, comments, or suggestions, please send them to sbechap47@gmail.com.

Hello,

These are extraordinary times. Without the work that you do, we know that the communications infrastructure of this country would fall apart. Radio and TV is a trusted voice for people to receive important news and information.

This is just a reminder to make sure that you have all your backup plans ready.

While some stations are still needing to maintain a staffed facility, the need for facility decontamination and disinfectant is more important than ever before. Unfortunately, not too many have had a need for a company that specializes in that. If you use a company or know a company, that specializes in disinfecting facilities, who are cognizant of the sensitivity of studio equipment, please let us know by emailing sbechap47@gmail.com.

Many of us have had increased hours and stress in relation to this national emergency, so don’t forget to take some time for self-care. Walk around the room, stand up, eat healthily, take a minute and just slowly breathe, or find some way to be healthy. We are in this for the long haul, and we can’t afford to lose any of our own during this time.

Be sure to wash your hands. Stay safe. Stay healthy.

• SBE Chapter 47 Board

The SCFCC is pleased to announce the 37th annual SCFCC annual meeting and BBQ. It will be held at the Mt. Wilson Observatory on Wednesday, September 5th, 2018 at 10:00 AM. Lunch will follow at noon in the picnic area.

Send RSVPs to scfcc93906@gmail.com.

Your opportunity to register your C band downlink has been extended to October 17, 2018.

The SBE National Board of Directors election will begin Friday, July 20. Be sure to complete your online ballot, or if you opted out of electronic balloting, submit the paper ballot you’ll receive in the mail.

The next SBE live webinar is Thursday, July 26, 2 pm ET when Tom Silliman, President of ERI, will present SBE Advanced RF Series: RF 201: Module 2 – FM Antenna Systems. Register at the SBE website. It’s free to SBE MemberPlus members.

The annual SBE Broadcast Engineering Compensation Survey results will be available beginning Monday, July 9. Members that subscribe to SBE-news will receive an email that contains a link to the survey results. Those who don’t subscribe can go to the SBE website (sbe.org) News & Headlines section and click on the Compensation Survey article. Then click on the survey results link.