Tech Notes from the Field

Many little things were taken care of this week. Mostly routine.  We had another older MGE UPS die on us.  Luckily it passed commercial power before complete death.  It seems the life on these is not too long and I can see why Eaton-Powerware bought it up and discontinued it.  The latest models from Eaton have been much better.  I place the unit on the bench after the failure and cleaned it up.  I turned on and began to work properly, though it sounded like relays were a bit clunky during the start-up procedure.  I let it sit and I am glad I did.  Later that night I got a call from the station complaining of excessive beeping.  They unplugged it and turned it off.  It was indicating a fault once again.  Needless to say a new one has been ordered.

I started my planning for my brief visit to the NAB show.  I started a list of vendors to visit.  I only have 2 days on the floor, so I need to make it count.  Topics I have started are remote controls, STLs, and hopefully to crash an automation system.  Maybe I will have time to blog some interesting stuff.  I will attend the NUG (Nautel User Group) meeting on Sunday.  That should be interesting and fun.  If time permits I will look at the interactive and T.V. stuff.

Here’s an interesting article in Radio Magazine.  We do this all the time.  Technology is just way too much fun sometimes.  New Options for Remotes

I was going to link an item I found in Radio World Online, but it seems I get a message “Service is unavailable”.  I will try later when I think about it.

Have a good weekend and keep with the me on Twitter:  Dragonbill