The public may under-appreciate the ways mature engineers guide communities and resources, and this video reflects the underlying differences in core attitudes about trying to make functional and safe and reliable systems, versus political lawyer and MBA blood feuds, or drama queens trying to blame others rather than learn awareness and manage local communities to support themselves. These days I too have a grey beard, but this piece got me thinking back on the times I dealt with natural disasters of East coast variants to keep a transmitter site up and running, or worked with utilities to get major telco trunks with lightning damage outright replaced, or secondary power feeders upgraded, or defective substation regulators fixed, or coordinated resources so power was restored days sooner for thousands, etc. What would public infrastructure be like, if towns, states, and Federal government were required to have no fewer engineers than lawyers in positions of public representation or authority?
Just about any broadcast engineer would love to do a Vulcan Mind-Meld with Doty. One of a kind. Outstanding example of a real broadcast engineer. Open note to to the SBE. Doty needs to receive a "Good Guy of the Year" Award at NAB. He did us very well.
I worked for Mobile Communications Service back in 1976 and 77. I took care of MCS's 35+ repeaters and a couple remote bases in the KNBC tower house (among other MCS sites)..... I used to be just like what Dennis is talking about @ 39:25... Then, I moved to northern California and worked for a small 2 way shop that I purchased a couple years later... But, gaining control of my short fuse and hot temper was imperative, which I eventually did....
Interesting interview. Glad that you are supported and NBC is diligent about protecting their hard assets. Unfortunately, they don't seem to care to much about their hosts getting the organization sued over defamation. Stay safe sir.
Boy I'm glad to see you're okay! I had visions of you stuck up there, and I also thought about when the World trade Center went that it was a single point of failure for some broadcasters but luckily not all. And I wondered if the Mount Wilson repeaters and everything got destroyed up there what's the potential backup situation might be. You know we live in such a small world now when we can just get the regular News Channel directly from LA not just as this thing is going on, but 24/7 via Pluto TV. All the best! 73 DE W8LV BILL
I haven't heard a good situation report of the wireless impact around Alta Dena but Pacific Palisades is going to take years just to get permanent cell sites back in place, they've been scrounging for COWs, COLTs whatever. Several are being rebuilt right now because they were old and out of regular use, and they still have to have some available to augment special events in the market. Contractor warehouses are being dug through, parts for future jobs redirected.
One upside, is that modern infrastructure can be built. I’m sure those places were running on some ancient copper. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still a terrible situation, but even in terrible situations there can be little pin points of light.
Sad, our local USFS or Angeles Forest service hasn't done much if any mngmt. Station fire should have been a clue. Budgets always come to play and politics. Love it up there, but its all ready to go up in smoke. TY for for efforts. Great video.
Now there’s evidence that thinning forest creates good drafts and burns even better than if you just left it alone. Who “managed” the forest before people? When did the Forest Service ever hire millions of forest rakers? And what do you do with the rakings? Think about how vast millions of square miles of forest is. Home Depot don’t have that many rakes. You only “manage” the immediate area around you should you choose to be in fire area. But your not going to manage a continent.
The public may under-appreciate the ways mature engineers guide communities and resources, and this video reflects the underlying differences in core attitudes about trying to make functional and safe and reliable systems, versus political lawyer and MBA blood feuds, or drama queens trying to blame others rather than learn awareness and manage local communities to support themselves.
These days I too have a grey beard, but this piece got me thinking back on the times I dealt with natural disasters of East coast variants to keep a transmitter site up and running, or worked with utilities to get major telco trunks with lightning damage outright replaced, or secondary power feeders upgraded, or defective substation regulators fixed, or coordinated resources so power was restored days sooner for thousands, etc.
What would public infrastructure be like, if towns, states, and Federal government were required to have no fewer engineers than lawyers in positions of public representation or authority?
Dennis Doty is my hero. Great content, thank you.
Denis is a great guy! I'm grateful for his friendship and knowledge!
This channel is under rated. Thanks for the content! This was fascinating.
I'm a site manager and know a bit about the business. Dennis Doty is a gem of our industry. So glad he feels supported by his employer.
Great wisdom. Glad you are doing well Dennis.
Just about any broadcast engineer would love to do a Vulcan Mind-Meld with Doty. One of a kind. Outstanding example of a real broadcast engineer.
Open note to to the SBE. Doty needs to receive a "Good Guy of the Year" Award at NAB. He did us very well.
Going to pass this along to all my broadcast engineering friends.
I worked for Mobile Communications Service back in 1976 and 77. I took care of MCS's 35+ repeaters and a couple remote bases in the KNBC tower house (among other MCS sites)..... I used to be just like what Dennis is talking about @ 39:25... Then, I moved to northern California and worked for a small 2 way shop that I purchased a couple years later... But, gaining control of my short fuse and hot temper was imperative, which I eventually did....
Great post! Great advice for all industries involved in natural disasters.
Interesting interview. Glad that you are supported and NBC is diligent about protecting their hard assets. Unfortunately, they don't seem to care to much about their hosts getting the organization sued over defamation. Stay safe sir.
@@toddwheeler1526 What do you mean? Did I miss something in the news?
Boy I'm glad to see you're okay! I had visions of you stuck up there, and I also thought about when the World trade Center went that it was a single point of failure for some broadcasters but luckily not all. And I wondered if the Mount Wilson repeaters and everything got destroyed up there what's the potential backup situation might be. You know we live in such a small world now when we can just get the regular News Channel directly from LA not just as this thing is going on, but 24/7 via Pluto TV. All the best! 73 DE W8LV BILL
Great Post ❤
I haven't heard a good situation report of the wireless impact around Alta Dena but Pacific Palisades is going to take years just to get permanent cell sites back in place, they've been scrounging for COWs, COLTs whatever. Several are being rebuilt right now because they were old and out of regular use, and they still have to have some available to augment special events in the market. Contractor warehouses are being dug through, parts for future jobs redirected.
@@davewood406 Yeah, that’s going to take a while to rebuild the cell systems there.
@ it’s just a taste of everything that’s gone there. The infrastructure foundations that have to be rebuilt so that the community can function.
One upside, is that modern infrastructure can be built. I’m sure those places were running on some ancient copper. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still a terrible situation, but even in terrible situations there can be little pin points of light.
Sad, our local USFS or Angeles Forest service hasn't done much if any mngmt. Station fire should have been a clue. Budgets always come to play and politics. Love it up there, but its all ready to go up in smoke. TY for for efforts. Great video.
Now there’s evidence that thinning forest creates good drafts and burns even better than if you just left it alone. Who “managed” the forest before people? When did the Forest Service ever hire millions of forest rakers? And what do you do with the rakings? Think about how vast millions of square miles of forest is. Home Depot don’t have that many rakes.
You only “manage” the immediate area around you should you choose to be in fire area. But your not going to manage a continent.