Back in the 1960s, when I started working in radio broadcast engineering, an oscilloscope was my “eye” on what was happening with equipment. That tool served me well and is still in daily use in my ...

Recently, a reader wrote to me seeking a copy of a paper on measuring the transient peak-to-average power ratio of DTV signals. So perhaps the topic of DTV signal power, which is so different from ...

If you think about it, an FM exciter is a transmitter. All it needs is a power amplifier to get RF to a desired level. That makes the exciter a vital link in the broadcast chain. An exciter is a bit ...

When asked if I’d like to review a digital television exciter, I had flashbacks to an old Radio Corp. of America tube-type low-band VHF exciter from yesteryear. I remember more than once showing up ...