SBE Chapter 70

Date: Tuesday, March 12th, 2019
Time: Gather at 6:00pm, Meeting starts at 7:00pm

Location: Cuyahoga County Public Library-North Royalton 5071 Wallings Rd, North Royalton 44133

MEETING/ GATHERING IS IN ROOM 121

Our next meeting is Tuesday, March 12th at the North Royalton branch of the Cuyahoga County Library, 5071 Wallings Road, North Royalton, Ohio 44133.  This is a new library complete with meeting rooms, one of which we will gather in –Room 121 to be exact.  This is one of the larger meeting rooms so we will have ample seating to accommodate any larger than normal attendance, we hope, so pass the word to those that may be interested in the presentation, and come on out TV and Radio folks all!  The Library is just east of State Road (Rt 94), on the north side of the road, near the YMCA.  There is ample free parking, or course.  Due to the Library closing time of 9pm, we will gather beginning at 6pm.  Pizza is spon-sored by our presenter and RFS.  Our chapter meeting will start shortly after 7pm with the program to follow.  Our presentation is by Eddy Vanderkerken of Radio Fre-quency Systems (RFS) as detailed below. Antenna and RF System design for the FCC Repack This presentation will give insight into how antenna design influences radiation patterns, how the design and manufacturing of antennas and RF filters has evolved, and the software tools that can be used to select the op-timum solutions for the TV broadcaster during the FCC repack and beyond.

Download the March 2019 Newsletter HERE [PDF]

Date: Tuesday, November13th, 2018
Time: Gather at 7:00pm, Meeting starts at 7:30pm

Location: Community Focus Studios, 885 East Highland, Macedonia, Ohio 44056

Our next local chapter meeting will be on Tuesday, November 13 at the Community Focus Studios, 885 East Highland Rd in Macedonia, Ohio 44056.  Gather at 7pm, meeting at 7:30 with program to follow.  Our host is Jeff Cole, Executive Director of Community Focus, formerly Cable 9.   From their website: “For 37 years Cable 9 has been providing award-winning television programming to its member communities of Aurora, Macedonia, Northfield Center, Reminderville, Sagamore Hills, Twinsburg and Twinsburg Township.”  “Community Focus provides over 100 hours of weekly programming on Spectrum channel 1021, all local access.  In addition, many high school sports, school music programs and community events [are] available in high definition at MyCommunityFocus.org and the new Community Focus App MyCommunityFocusApp.org, ideal for Smart-TV viewing.”  

Jeff Cole has offered to give us a tour of one of his mobile trucks which they use for coverage of events.  It should be a fun and informative meeting. 

Hope you can make the OB&MTC in Columbus this Thursday, November 8, and if not, we will see you next Tuesday in Macedonia at Community Focus.

Date — CHANGED!: Wednesday, October 10th, 2018
Time: Gather at 7pm, Meeting starts at 7:30pm

Location: Telos Alliance, 1241 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114

From John Hovanec – SBE CH70 Program Chairman

Our next meeting will be Tuesday, October 9 at the Telos Alliance, 1241 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114. We will have a program presented by Greg Dahl of Broadcast Bionics.  If you recall, the folks at Broadcast Bionics held a daytime seminar at Telos last winter with regard to integration of their products with the Telos Axia equipment.  It was very informative in presenting the future of broadcasting integration to social media and internet connectivity with respect to their software products and interfacing with our current broadcast hardware.   From their website: “Broadcast Bionics are developers of Bionic Talkshow, Bionic Social and Bionic Director. The industry standard in exceptional audience engagement and communication for Radio and TV.”   Mary Schelle, from Broadcasters General Store is sponsoring our meeting and will be here as well.  And the Telos Alliance Staff will most likely be available to present new product information.  This should be a very informative meeting all the way around, and I hope you can attend.  Gathering time is 7pm, with meeting at 7:30 and the presentation to follow.  Hope to see you there!

Date: Tuesday, August 14th, 2018
Time: Gather anytime after 4:00pm, Meeting starts at 7:30pm

Location: Penitentiary Glen Reservation, 8585 State Route 14, Streetsboro OH 44241

Download the August 2018 Newsletter HERE [PDF]

Date: Tuesday, July 10th, 2018
Time: Gather at 7:00pm, Meeting at 7:30pm

Location: WZIP studios/University of Akron Campus – Kolbe Hall Room 320
Akron, OH 44304

Our next meeting is Tuesday July 10th at the WZIP studios, located on the University of Akron Campus, in Kolbe Hall room 320. You can spot Kolbe hall as it has a grid microwave dish on the roof. Come on up to the 3^rd floor in the elevator and the door is right there. While we are still working on the details of a program or presentation, our Chapter 70 Frequency Coordinator Jim Baird will  give us any updates about the 600Mhz migration he may have after the NFL Frequency Coordinating meeting in Florida.  We will email details of the program or presentation prior to the meeting, and post to the website, so watch for updates. Our host is John Knoblock, WZIP-FM / ZTV Chief Engineer and fellow SBE Chapter 70 member.  He will give us a tour of the WZIP facilities he’s updated since our last meeting. We can also see the HD TV Production studio used for training, and which Fox 8 uses as their Akron home, that recently replaced their Newtek Tricaster.  Parking is ‘free’ in the lots shown on page 2 – they are for students and faculty/staff but open in the evening for us. The usual times apply; gather at 7pm with meeting at 7:30 and the program and tour to follow.

 

Directions to the Meeting at WZIP/Akron University:  Many of you may recall how to get there from our meeting two years ago, but there are some construction issues which may impact your path. The main problem is work near the interchange of I-77/I-76/Rt. 8, with a long detour of I-77 bypassing the construction that you shouldn’t use. You can still use I-77 South to I-76 East through the construction zone to get to Route 8 north, with a left lane exit, but you can’t go back that way. The exits from Rt. 8 heading back to I-76W/77N are closed. The best way now is via Rt. 8 heading north or south. You can come down using I-480/I-271 south,  or even I-80 to Rt. 8 and head in that way. Get off at the Buchtel Ave./ Carroll St. exit (1A) and head west on Carroll St. (see the map) The parking lots are on the right before the circle, next to the James A. Rhodes Arena (JAR),  and there are some meters on Carroll.  Kolbe Hall is ‘behind’ the JAR from the parking lots. You go west around either side of the JAR and Kolbe is right there with the microwave dish on the small roof tower. Come in the central main entry doors and take the elevator to the 3rd floor, we’ll have some signage.

Download the July 2018 Newsletter HERE [PDF]

Download the June 2018 Newsletter HERE [PDF]