Doug Lung's

RF Column Links
TV Technology Magazine

Revised: July 6, 2000

In late 1996 I started adding a list of Web resources to the end of the RF Technology columns I write for TV Technogy magazine. More details on the items I write about are often available on the Internet. This page links to those lists. Be aware that web site address do change. If you get an error message on the link, try reducing the link to the base address by deleting everything after the .com, .gov, .org, or equivalent. If that doesn't work, cut and paste the title into a search engine. My current favorite is Google.

TV Technology is published twice monthly and my column usually appears in the second issue each month. Free subscriptions are available to professional broadcasting, production and audio-visual equipment users. Visit TV Technology at www.tvtechnology.com, or contact the magazine by telephone +1 703-998-7600 or by fax +1 703-998-2966. Be sure to tell them you read about it on Doug Lung's RF Page @ transmitter.com.

2000

July 2000 - NAB2000 - COFDM/8-VSB DTV Modulation Standard Debate Intensifies - Reception of DTV On Indoor Antennas May be 1-3 Years Away for U.S. Consumers - Sinclair Demonstrates Reliable Reception of DTV on Indoor Antennas and Portable Antennas Using DVB-T COFDM; 8-VSB Propoents Demonstrate Improved Reception and Plans for Improvements in Indoor Reception
June 2000 - New Sources for Topo Maps - One's Free! - Software; Free Maps Online
May 2000 - Odds and Ends - Brazil DTV Modulation System Tests; FCC Changes the TV Engineering Database
April 2000 - Practical DTV Maximization Planning - Facility Planning; Limits on Maximization; FCC F(50,10), F(50,50) and F(50,90) Coverage Software
March 2000 - No link list this month...
February 2000 - Free (or cheap) Software for TV Engineers - Software on the Internet; Basic Engineering Software; RPN Scientific Calculators; On-line RF Software Applications; TV Broadcast Antenna System Design Software; Antenna and Electromagnetic Field Software
January 2000 - 8-VSB versus COFDM Debate Continues (Part 2) - Sinclair Comments on FCC OET Report; CEMA Opposition to Sinclair Report

1999

December 1999 - 8-VSB versus COFDM Debate Continues - FCC Office of Engineering and Technology Report; Sinclair Petition
November 1999 - 49th Annual IEEE Broadcast Symposium - IEEE Broadcast Technology Society; Antennas for DTV Transmission; 8-VSB versus COFDM Performance; 8-VSB Receiver Performance
October 1999 - Comparing 8-VSB and COFDM for Digital Television Terrestrial Broadcasting (Part 2) - Technology Update: New chips tackle multipath; Measuring Multipath; 8-VSB versus COFDM: Practical considerations
September 1999 - Comparing 8-VSB and COFDM for Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting (Part 1)
August 1999 - No RF Technology column this month
July 1999 - Prepare Your Own FCC Checklist DTV Station Applications (Part 2) - Calculating Allowable Effective Radiated Power and Height, Required Site Information, Antenna Data, Calculating DTV Coverage, Certifications
June 1999 - See NAB links in RF Current for April 19, 1999, April 26, 1999 and May 3, 1999
May 1999 - Prepare Your Own FCC Checklist DTV Station Application (Part 1) - When to Use the Checklist Application, Required Information, Facility Design
April 1999 - no links this month
March 1999 - Transistors and Tubes for DTV (Part 2)- Transistors (correction and clarification, Tubes - Living with the IOT
February 1999 - High Power DTV Transmitters - Back to Tubes (Part 1) - Comparison of high power DTV options, Using the IOT
January 1999 - Monitoring the ATSC Signal - Receiver/Decoder Options - Harris ARX-H100, Zenith IQAD-TV1W, consumer receiver/decoders, other options

1998

December 1998 - ATSC Response to Australian DTV Recommendation
November 1998 - IEEE Broadcast Technology Society Symposium - Adjacent channel combining, DTV antenna design, Out of band IMD correction
October 1998 - A MODAP for DTV - 8VSB modulator correction requirements, COMARK 8VSB modulator with DAP
September 1998 - Tools for Microwave System Planning - bandwidth calculator, Fresnel zone plotting, path-loss and signal strength calculation
August 1998 - Digital Microwave - digital modulation methods for TV microwave links
July 1998 - What is the Frequency? - update on 8VSB and COFDM, defining DTV frequency and stability requirements
June 1998 - DTV - Will It Work? - comparing 8VSB and COFDM, real world DTV coverage studies
May 1998 - RF Technology at NAB '98 - adjacent channel combining, technology snapshots
April 1998 - FCC Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration of the 6^th Report and Order
March 1998 - DTV Transmission Basics Part 2, Items to Look for at NAB 1998
February 1998 - DTV Transmission Basics Part 1, DTV Receiver Progress
January 1998 - Digital Microwaves, Adjacent Channel DTV Combining, DTV Coverage

1997

December 1997 - Towers for DTV - extensive list of tower providers
November 1997 - No link list
October 1997 - New FCC Guidelines on Radio Frequency Exposure, Comments on DTV Power Levels, Real World DTV Coverage Prediction
September 1997 - Cheap Remote Controls Revisited, Itelco Switching HV Power Supply, Acrodyne Combined Analog and DTV Transmitter
August 1997 - Longley-Rice TV Coverage Studies, FCC OET Bulletin 69
July 1997 - No Link List in this month's column
June 1997 - Digital TV RF Equipment At the 1997 NAB Convention
May 1997 - No TV Technology RF Column this month.
April 1997 - Coverage Maps: Facts and Fallacies / Data Broadcasting Developments
March 1997 - Digital TV Transmission at NAB '97 / Western Cable Show / Odds And Ends
January 1997 - World Media Expo & Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference

1996

November 1996 - Magnavox ImageLock® / New RF Exposure Guidelines / DTV Table Update