Monday Morning Archives

Monday Morning Coffee and Technical Notes Archive


December 8, 2025

Weather Issues; Legendary Tower Comes Down; Reviewing the FCC Rules; Back to the Basics – Understanding Decibels; and more…

December 1, 2025

2026 Planning; Avoiding Cyberattacks; The Importance of a UPS; Pro Audio –  Unclutter You Mix; and more…

November 24, 2025

Thanksgiving wishes; C-Band changes may be coming soon; IT upgrades; ABIP Inspection Schedule; and more…

November 17, 2025

FCC doors are open, Come on in (sorta)!; Back to the Basics – VSWR; C-Band issues Heat Up; Year End Reviews; and more…

November 10, 2025

Ole Man Winter is Knocking at the Door; Reviewing the Basics – PCR; Don’t Forget the Paperwork!; Develop a Trait of Becoming a Proactive instead of a Reactive Engineer; and more…

November 3, 2025

AM Tower Fence; ATSC 3.0 Update; Cybersecurity Awareness; Daylight Saving Time Ended; Planning ahead; and more…

October 27, 2025

Clean Up; Know Your System; Networking; Know Your Audience; Pro Audio – Prioritize Clarity; and more…

October 20, 2025

ABA Engineering Academy; Sage ENDEC time issue; FCC Operation Update; Back to Basics – Resolution; and more…

October 13, 2025

October RMT: FCC Operation Update; Redundancy in the Studio; Pro Audio –  Preplanning for Events; and more…

October 6, 2025

FCC update; ABA Engineering Academy; Understanding Degrees; DNS revisited; and more…

September 29, 2025

Station log review; Are you listening?; The end of an Era for the 635A; Pro Audio – Creating Quality not Quantity; and more…

September 22, 2025

Time Change Coming Up; ETRS Form One; Quarterly Tower Light System Inspection; Television Audio; and more…

September 15, 2025

ETRS Form One; National Weather Service Issues; Reviewing the Basics; Pro Audio – Starting a Mix; and more…

September 8, 2025

Don’t forget the paperwork; Annual license fees; The Importance of Redundancy; Tidy Up!; Pro Audio – Creating The Monitor Mix; and more…

September 1, 2025

Important Legal Items; ABA Engineering Academy Classes; EAS Code update; Reviewing the Rules – Tower Light Monitoring; Operating Power Measurements; and more…

August 25, 2025

Review of the ABIP Training Seminar; Reviewing the Rules – Remote Control; Operating Power Measurements; Pro Audio –  Equalization

August 18, 2025

Transmitter Logs/Maintenance Logs; LPFM/LPTV EAS ; Operating Power Measurements; Understanding dbFS; and more…

August 11, 2025

ABA Conference Review; Operating Power; Time to file ETRS form One; New to ATSC 3.0?; and more…

August 4, 2025

Breaking news: CPB; ABA Conference; FCC’s Ownership Report Changes; Becoming a ‘People Person’; and more…

July 28, 2025

2025 Engineer of the Year; Transmitter Site Visits; ABIP Training Seminar; EAS Operation; Pro Audio – Vocals; and more…

July 21, 2025

Plant drawing; 2025 Engineer of the Year; FCC Rules Quick Notes; Are You Inspecting the Guy Anchors?; and more…

 July 14, 2025

Don’t Forget the Paper Work!; C-Band Issues?; Take Care of your Equipment; 2025 Engineer of the Year; and more…

July 7, 2025

Managing Network Cables; ABIP Training Seminar; FCC Notes; Fall schedule of the ABA Engineering Academy’s Technical classes; and more…

June 30, 2025

Quarterly Tower Lighting Inspection; Annual Conference details; 2025 Engineer of the Year; Understanding NMOS; and more..

June 23, 2025

Engineering Academy on YouTube; ABIP Seminar; Building a IP Network for Broadcast Operations; Overview of Generators; and more…

June 16, 2025

Great Inventors; ABA Convention; Fall schedule of the ABA Engineering Academy’s Technical classes; Pro Audio – Solo Button; and more…

June 9, 2025

Quarterly Tower Light System Inspection; 2025 Hurricane Season has Begun; Continuing Educational Series; Fall schedule of the ABA Engineering Academy’s Technical Classes; and more…

June 2, 2025

ABIP Seminar; From Washington; AM Transmitter Site Visits; Fall schedule of the ABA Engineering Academy’s Technical Classes; and more…

May 26, 2025

IPAWS Issue Last Week; ATSC 3.0 Roll-Out Update; The Freedman Group Acquires Lectrosonics; Remembering Composite Video; and more…

May 19, 2025

Tower Issues; GIRATS; EAS on All Streams; What is the SMPTE?; Keeping up with your Tools; Pro Audio – Cut before Boost

 May 12, 2025

EAS Software Proposal; Understanding DNS; Back to Basics – Resistance versus Impedance; Pro Audio –  Drums

May 5, 2025

Back to Basics – Diodes; Pro Audio – Gain vs Volume

April 7, 2025

SBE Offers New Certification Practice Exams; News From Washington; Continuing Education – Component Video; Pro Audio – Distractions

March 31, 2025

Transmitter Site Walk Around; LPTV Rules; Reviewing IFB Systems; Pro Audio –  Background Vocals

March 24, 2025

Review Ground Connections; Station Logs; Editor Blog; Pro Audio – Less is More

 March 17, 2025

Quarterly Tower Light System Inspection; FCC Propose full Scale Review of Regulations; Where Did My License Go?; and more

 March 10, 2025

NAB show; Understanding KVA;  Pro Audio – SPL Issues; and more

March 3, 2025

EAS notes; Daylight Saving time; ATSC 1.0 Sunset; GIRATS; and more

February 24, 2025

EAS Notes; Primary responsibilities of a broadcast engineer; Overview of the GSSNet Origination and Distribution System; and more

February 17, 2025

Station logs; ABA Engineering Webinar; The Broadcast Engineer; CALM update; Understanding OFDM; and more

February 10, 2025

SBE Membership; ABA Engineering Academy; Radio Plant Drawings; Transmitter Site Visit Continued; To Do List; and more

February 3, 2025

February RMT; Quarterly Tower Light System Inspection; From Washington; Transmitter Site Visits; Pro Audio – Return to Basics; and more

January 27, 2025

New FCC Chairman; Weather Issues; Gray Media upgrades ATSC 3.0; Audio Level vs Loudness; Pro Audio – Self Confidence

January 20, 2025

Understanding the RJ45 Connectors; Tower Light Issues; Revisiting Grounding and Bonding; Pro Audio – Microphone Placement

January 13, 2025

From Washington; Daylight Saving Time; USB data upgrades; Pro Audio – Bidirectional Patterns; and more

January 6, 2025

Annual AM Occupied Bandwidth Measurements; Authorization Notebook; Reviewing FCC Rules; AM Directional Arrays; Pro Audio – Polar Patterns; and more

December 30, 2024

A Bit of History; Wireless signal dropouts; Pro Audio – Electret Microphones; and more