Thanks Bro. for showing the public what we do to keep the show on the air. So many additional facets to this job now, multiplying the required skillset along with (sadly) fewer mentors available, make this job MUCH more difficult than recent years. We're viewed as "janitors" by upper management till the box goes silent, then we're expected to be "magicians". 73
You're right. I have been retired for four years now and went to the NAB show in April and felt like a dinosaur. The tech has improved and updated very quickly in just those four years. Sometimes management could be a little dismissive of engineering. I had one GM that wanted me to deliver and move furniture at his house. I let him know there was no way I was going to do that. Thankfully CBS radio was not like that, at least in San Francisco. I think IBEW would have had something to say about us moving furniture for the higher ups.
@@steampoweredradio2981 Sad that some GM's have such an ignorant attitude. My husband's dad was a GM, then 580 KHz CJFX in Antigonish NS Canada. He revered his Chief Engineer Don Holmes and would not ask him to do trivial work. That said, Don on his own accord, designed/built beautiful studio furniture for the station. God bless.
In the early 1960's When I worked for Pacific Bell Telephone, I installed many STL and remote temporary loops for local radio stations. At that time, I thought all the radio and TV stations were on Mt Wilson. I lived just across the canyon in Altadena.
Great video. Informative and interesting, but next time please drop the terrible six second music loop. It's okay for the first ten seconds, but it's a little hard to hear their discussion over the noise of transmitters, station monitors, and that damned repeating music loop. Thanks!
Fascinating, it is interesting what the Nautel transmitter can do, all in its one cabinet. Nautel looks/acts so modern when contrasted with other solid state transmitters, not to mention the tube output ones. I like the fact that it so easy to be in contact with Nautel in Nova Scotia.
Remember back in High School working in a pizza place as a dish washer. They played KOST 24/7. And one of those speaker above my sink. Just needed to soak it with the sprayer, no more love songs till it dried out. haha
Yeah, KOST is definitely NOT aimed at teenagers LOL. When I worked as a dishwasher at an ice cream shop, we had KMEL (which had turned CHR the previous August) on the boom box in the back. That made washing dishes a pleasure! Summer 1985 hits blastin' across the dish, prep, and break rooms!
Yeah, at the station in my hometown, the Chief Engineer took me under his wing as a wet-behind-the-ears 17-year-old and helped me increase the range on my neighborhood radio station, as well as being able to see for the first time an FM transmitter site. A good man...now with his Lord.
Interesting. I just missed you. I worked at Mount Wilson last Thursday. Two major A/C went off line. Room temperature increased from 73 degrees to 100 degrees. Not good for the Gatesair transmitter. Funny, I had to pull our 950 MHZ Moseley Receiver because of power supply issues.
Ahh. It makes sense now..... Im guessing thats what Digidesign based their original DSP TDM cards on... . Time Domain Multiplexing that came from broadcast tech,...
Thank you! Yes, I’ve been a broadcast engineer for over 20 years. RUclips is the closest I’ve been to TV really. I did do a transmitter site tour at Lookout Mountain in Denver that is a TV site. Everything is foreign but yet familiar.
This is what stations and TV stations use to give important information in the public interest, so if one STL unit fails, then another one is used in case of equipment failure or power outage can damage equipment, but nowadays they have metal grounding antennas to prevent damaging the equipment,? And they have to stay on.
I had a friend who worked several days/week at a tv transmitter site on Mt Wilson. This would have been back in the early 80s. I don't recall the callletters but it carried religious broadcasts. I don't recall the reason they had to have an onsite person at th
For a long time, that building did indeed host a post office for Mt. Wilson. When I worked there in the late 1970's there was a post master who lived in the building with his wife. I believe they closed that office in the 90's.
You haven't lived until you've almost died being up there after a heavy snowfall when the sun starts hitting the towers and giant chunks of snow and ice start falling. 😂
Thanks Bro. for showing the public what we do to keep the show on the air. So many additional facets to this job now, multiplying the required skillset along with (sadly) fewer mentors available, make this job MUCH more difficult than recent years. We're viewed as "janitors" by upper management till the box goes silent, then we're expected to be "magicians". 73
You're right. I have been retired for four years now and went to the NAB show in April and felt like a dinosaur. The tech has improved and updated very quickly in just those four years. Sometimes management could be a little dismissive of engineering. I had one GM that wanted me to deliver and move furniture at his house. I let him know there was no way I was going to do that. Thankfully CBS radio was not like that, at least in San Francisco. I think IBEW would have had something to say about us moving furniture for the higher ups.
@@steampoweredradio2981 Sad that some GM's have such an ignorant attitude. My husband's dad was a GM, then 580 KHz CJFX in Antigonish NS Canada. He revered his Chief Engineer Don Holmes and would not ask him to do trivial work. That said, Don on his own accord, designed/built beautiful studio furniture for the station. God bless.
In the early 1960's When I worked for Pacific Bell Telephone, I installed many STL and remote temporary loops for local radio stations. At that time, I thought all the radio and TV stations were on Mt Wilson. I lived just across the canyon in Altadena.
Great video. Informative and interesting, but next time please drop the terrible six second music loop. It's okay for the first ten seconds, but it's a little hard to hear their discussion over the noise of transmitters, station monitors, and that damned repeating music loop. Thanks!
Fascinating, it is interesting what the Nautel transmitter can do, all in its one cabinet. Nautel looks/acts so modern when contrasted with other solid state transmitters, not to mention the tube output ones. I like the fact that it so easy to be in contact with Nautel in Nova Scotia.
Remember back in High School working in a pizza place as a dish washer. They played KOST 24/7. And one of those speaker above my sink. Just needed to soak it with the sprayer, no more love songs till it dried out. haha
Yeah, KOST is definitely NOT aimed at teenagers LOL. When I worked as a dishwasher at an ice cream shop, we had KMEL (which had turned CHR the previous August) on the boom box in the back. That made washing dishes a pleasure! Summer 1985 hits blastin' across the dish, prep, and break rooms!
This is so cool being able to see all that it takes to get and keep a station on the air
Yeah, at the station in my hometown, the Chief Engineer took me under his wing as a wet-behind-the-ears 17-year-old and helped me increase the range on my neighborhood radio station, as well as being able to see for the first time an FM transmitter site. A good man...now with his Lord.
Thanks for this video! I had the pleasure of meeting Dough 2 years ago, super interesting!
Interesting. I just missed you. I worked at Mount Wilson last Thursday. Two major A/C went off line. Room temperature increased from 73 degrees to 100 degrees. Not good for the Gatesair transmitter. Funny, I had to pull our 950 MHZ Moseley Receiver because of power supply issues.
Hot temps is always a bad situation. We were up there a few weeks ago. It takes a while to edit the videos.
KFI, yeah Handel in the morning.
Ahh. It makes sense now..... Im guessing thats what Digidesign based their original DSP TDM cards on... . Time Domain Multiplexing that came from broadcast tech,...
Actually TDM came from the phone company.
@@TheBroadcastEngineer Noice... At least im on track... sort of.
Love the channel. Im assuming your background is in radio - do you plan to show any tv infrastructure in the future?
Thank you! Yes, I’ve been a broadcast engineer for over 20 years. RUclips is the closest I’ve been to TV really. I did do a transmitter site tour at Lookout Mountain in Denver that is a TV site. Everything is foreign but yet familiar.
This is what stations and TV stations use to give important information in the public interest, so if one STL unit fails, then another one is used in case of equipment failure or power outage can damage equipment, but nowadays they have metal grounding antennas to prevent damaging the equipment,? And they have to stay on.
I had a friend who worked several days/week at a tv transmitter site on Mt Wilson. This would have been back in the early 80s. I don't recall the callletters but it carried religious broadcasts. I don't recall the reason they had to have an onsite person at th
Probably KTBN?
It’s to control the transmitter. Some stations still have a person manning the transmitters at Mt. Wilson.
Great video!! So why is it called the "post office"?
For a long time, that building did indeed host a post office for Mt. Wilson. When I worked there in the late 1970's there was a post master who lived in the building with his wife. I believe they closed that office in the 90's.
@@steampoweredradio2981 wow, thats cool! Thanks for sharing!
There’s still a post office sign. I think it will do some mail services but I’m not sure.
Thanks, Next time can you show the KPCC transmitter in the Post Office building?
We did not go into their room. Each room is locked. Kind of like an apartment.
You haven't lived until you've almost died being up there after a heavy snowfall when the sun starts hitting the towers and giant chunks of snow and ice start falling. 😂
I’ve had a close experience. Got stuck in the snow on the way to a site
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What processor do they use? Thx
It’s a mix of Orban Optimods and Omnia processors.
who is the lady in the videos? Engineering tech?
That is Maria. She works for a vendor who interfaces with engineers all the time. She is a member of the chapter board.
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