Engineer's Notebook

Two Momentary Switches to a Maintained Switch 

Turn two momentary closures into a single maintained contact.

IP Subnets 

A handy reference of IP subnets.

Linear Digital Audio Data Rates and Storage 

Need to figure the necessary storage sapce for audio files? Use these equations to make it easy.

TCP/IP Port Numbers 

In TCP/IP and UDP networks, a port is an endpoint to a logical connection and the way a client program specifies a specific server program on a computer in a network.

Time Calculations with a Calculator 

Adding and substracting time isn't difficult if you know the secret. No special calculator is required.

Commonly Used Conversions 

This handy collection of formulas and Java converters will help any radio engineer.

AM Radial Sniffer 

Find copper radials in an AM antenna system with a field-intensity meter. These tips show you how.

Passive Audio Attenuators 

Learn to design T and H pads or use our handy calculator.

Commonly Used Conversions 

This handy collection of formulas and Java converters will help any radio engineer.

Determine AM Modulation with an Oscilloscope 

Use an oscilloscope to determine the modulation of an AM transmitter.

Tower Light Alarm Circuit 

This pseudo-binary circuit allows a single remote-control telemetry channel to indicate several variations on circuit status.

Western Electric 111C and 119C Transformer Information 

Pinouts and schematics for these popular, high-quality audio transformers.

Variation on the Shielded-Loop AM Antenna 

A variation on the antenna's construction.

Electronic Symbols True Type Font 

A True Type font set with electonic symbols.

Push-on/Push-off Switch 

Turn a momentary closure into a maintained contact.

Baking Magnetic Recording Tape 

Temporarily restore old tape for playback.

AES3 Passive Converters 

Build passive AES3 balanced-to-unbalanced and unbalanced-to-balanced converters.

Shielded-Loop AM Antenna 

Build a shielded-loop AM antenna.

Lattice Combiner/Splitter 

Build a lattice combiner/splitter.

Webinars

Critical Aspects of Tower Site Safety

Learn the steps you can take to ensure a safe working environment at a tower site.

33 1/3 Things You Forgot

Think wire is just wire? Think again.

Podcast Archives

Radio Currents Podcast, Oct 13

Arbitron will introduce cell-phone-only households to diarys; the FCC offers a new plan for the 700MHz band public safety use; Heil Sound hires Phil Jost; and Nautel hires John Bisset, Ellis Terry and and Steve Schmitt.

Radio Currents Podcast, Oct 6

The House passes the Webcaster Settlement Act, another House bills looks to require HD Radio in all radio receivers, and the NAB Radio Show announces attendance figures.

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Talkback: The Radio Blog

Talkback, the Radio magazine blog, is your chance to post and comment on technical issues in radio.

Projects in Progress

Projects in Progress tracks facility installation projects from start to finish. Follow the progress of the WUVT-FM transmitter site upgrade.

Today in Radio History

Milestones From Radio's Past

The history of radio broadcasting extends beyond the work of a few famous inventors.

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