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Re: Storage and redundancy

RLB358 — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 16:37:13 -0000

Thank you very much, I am grateful that you think so highly of my writings. That's a great idea, I will suggest it to BE. A letter to Brad Dick, the editor, would not hurt either.

Re: Storage and redundancy

RLB358 — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 13:49:45 -0000

The problem is that SSHD cost about 30 times what a mechanical hard disk does. Until the cost comes down, a lot, SSHD will remain a specialized feature where the cost can be justified. Also the size of the SSHDs is relatively small compared to todays 2 and 3 TB drives.

Re: High-power RF tuning

RLB358 — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 12:06:27 -0000

It was Silver Solder that was used in this case along with Stay Clean Soldering and Tinning Flux to prep the area. The real trick is to heat the T/L to the Temp that will melt the solder, the nut heats up plenty fast but all that copper just soaks up the heat. And making sure the nut does not move off the hole during the soldering process.

Re: Transmission lines Part 1

RLB358 — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:10:26 -0000

That will be addressed in the next installment.

Re: Computer recovery

RLB358 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:49:54 -0000

While I am glad you are more advanced in computer repair, many engineers did not grow up with computers as today's kids are. And while some larger stations may have their own IT departments many stations rely on the engineers to take care of all the company's computers and network equipment. My goal was to help bring everyone up to speed and give the engineers that need it, some basic tools to deal with everyday computer problems.
Thanks for reading,
Russ

Re: Keeping your network secure

RLB358 — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:12:16 -0000

If you require internet access on these systems then it's best to use a Firewall, either software or hardware and keep them up to date. Also install anti-virus-malware software on those computers and update them everyday as things can change that quickly. Making sure the software, firewall - anti virus/malware - operating system - browser, is updated every night is a good idea as it keeps it from getting in the way of the operators. Also checking on the settings every week make sure that the settings have not been changed or software turned off. This should be a part of a weekly audit, it's a lot easier to do this than to rout out a bug that gets past your defenses because someone turned off the anti virus software or it was not updated.

Good Luck
Russ Brown

Re: Computer Networks Part II

RLB358 — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:40:32 -0000

Sorry about that, it should read - "A Router knows an IP address is outside of its range by use of a subnet mask. This mask filters out local traffic and only passes IP address that are not local. (The network attached to the LAN side of the router).

I hope this correction clarifies this for you.

Russ

Re: Computer networks Part 1

RLB358 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:25:08 -0000

Thank you for pointing out some things I missed in the newsletter, they will be addressed in the next installment.

Re: Converting to digital III

RLB358 — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:13:31 -0000

Hello, Yes we know about that and are working with Directv to get us back on. We are on Dish Network even though they list KMTP as off the air if you punch in our channel # we are there. I don't know if the same is true for DirecTV. The funny thing is that both Direct and Dish use the same receive equipment here in San Francisco so if one is getting KMTP then both are.

Re: Getting from here to there digitally

RLB358 — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:15:36 -0000

Hi and thanks for the information,

The reason I stated a day or more is that the last and thankfully the only time we lost the fiber feed it did take AT&T an entire day to repair the fiber. Maybe they had other problems but we were dark for 24 hours until they got us back up.

I am glad to hear that the phone company in Wisconsin works faster but that was not my experience here in California. (Maybe they work faster when its cold outside)

The main point is that by using fiber optics the station does not control it's link to the transmitter and must leave it up to someone else to get back on the air. But on the whole the fiber feed has been very dependable.

Regards,
Russ

Re: Converting to digital II

RLB358 — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:36:03 -0000

Thank you for the comments. I plan to continue covering transmitters as they are the least understood devices in the television plant. Look for more pieces on transmitters in the future.

Russell Brown