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Joe Fedele

TV Technology is a semi-monthly technical broadcast journal published by IMAS Publishing, Inc.. Articles written by Joe Fedele are now available on this Web site and are catagorized below. Here's a chance to read some back issues that you may have missed.
 
 

• Gennum Eases DTV Transition Woes - 27 July 1998
• What is SMPTE 292M? - Sidebar Article to Gennum story - 27 July 98
• Distribution of Serial Digital Over Coax - Sidebar Article to Gennum story - 27 July 98
• Belden Wire Minimum Distance Chart - Sidebar chart for Gennum story [JPG filesize=241K] - 27 July 98

 

 

• A Bitstream Controversy Continues - Debate over bitstream speeds has only intensified with the onset of DTV - 29 June 98
• Stations Wait to File (DTV) Applications - 15 June 98
• Figures 1-3 - Applications Story [JPG filesize=180K] 15 June 98
• What Do the Numbers Mean? - Analysis of the DTV Applications - 15 June 98
• Fast Track or Slow Road? - Broadcasters Find Application Process is Moving at Different Speeds - 15 June 98

 

 

• Adpath Targets Cable Market - 15 June 98
• LPTV Stations Seek Primary Status - Despite Dissension in Ranks, LPTV Advocates Hope to Rework FCC Guidelines - 18 May 98
• CBA Proposes Class A Classification for LPTV - 18 May 98
• Charts to CBA Proposal Story - GIF File

 

 

• Commission Extends Deadline for LPTV Applications - 18 May 98
• Hospitals May Wield Veto Power Over DTV - FCC Withholds Construction Permits While Spectrum Use Issue is Sorted Out - 4 May 98
• 5.1 Audio Channels — The Final Frontier? - 20 April 1998
• Defining the Issues - What is Dolby Metadata? - 20 April 1998
• Defining the Issues - What is AES Audio? - 20 April 1998

 

 

• Allotment Changes Cause Confusion - 6 April 98
• Figure 1 - WUSA-TV Modified DTV Antenna Pattern - GIF File
• Figure 2 & 3 - KAUP-TV NTSC & Modified DTV Antenna Pattern - GIF File

 

 

• Dallas Hospitals Feels the Growing Pains of DTV - 6 April 98
• DTV Transmission Debate Continues - Broadcasters Look at COFDM as a Alternative to 8-VSB - 6 April 98
• Old Ideas May Bring Relief to Stations - 9 March 98
• Comparison of Antenna Beam Tilt - GIF File
• Viacom Achieves Partial Victory in FCC Decision - Relief to Stations[Side Bar]

 

 

• FCC Proposes New Medical Sharing Plan - 23 February 98
• CBS Telenoticias Goes ‘Near-Tapeless’ - 9 February 98
• Solving the HDTV Switching Delay - 26 January 98
• What is Bitstream Splicing? - HDTV Switching [Side Bar]

 

 

• Broadcasters Face More Spectrum Loss - 5 January 98
• FCC Issues New RFR Compliance Regulations - 4 December 97
• Understanding OET-65 - FCC Issues [Side Bar]

 

 

• DTV Sets Will Be Ready for Christmas '98, But What Will They Look Like? - 20 November 97
• Digital Microwave Crucial to DTV Distribution - 6 November 97
• Viacom Seeks Equalization Over Replication - 23 October 97
• Understanding OET-69 - Viacom [Side Bar]

 

 

• Acrodyne is Getting Their ACT Together - 9 October 97
• Reduced ENG Band Creates Cost Concerns - 25 September 97
• Microwave System Block Diagram - GIF file

 

 

• Broadcasters Lose Spectrum in Budget Bill - 11 September 97
• Spectrum Chart - GIF file
• Budget Bill Reclaims Spectrum from UHF-TV Band - Budget Bill [Side Bar]
• Enacted Spectrum Allocation - GIF file

 

 

• Broadcasters Have Options To Tower Replacement - 28 August 97
• Choosing a DTV Transmitter - 7 August 97.
• Stations Fear Losing Tower Space - 17 July 97.
• Transitional" Gear Could Ease DTV Bottom Line - 3 July 97.
• Harsh Realities of the DTV Allotment Table - 5 June 97
• Lots of Orders for DTV Towers, But Not Enough Crews - 22 May 97
• Debate Sparked by FCC's Table 3 - 27 March 97
• FCC Table 3 - Click Here for a graphic of Table 3 (GIF filesize 6,242)

 

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