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Next SBE Chapter 2 meeting

May 5, 2009

Chapter II of the Society of Broadcast Engineers will hold its next meeting at 1:00pm on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at the WVIA studio. Please mark your calendar and let us know if you plan to attend as we will have pizza for lunch... Yes Old Forge pizza.

Our guest speaker will be Don Cardone of Linear Acoustic. Below is an overview of his presentation and it is most useful to television engineers:

We spend a lot of time discussing the myths surrounding audio processing for digital TV. Clearly there is a loudness problem that has become increasingly worse with the transition to DTV. Besides the loud commercials (which we've always had) there are also differences in loudness between network and local programming as well as varying loudness between different program elements.

To fix the problem it helps to have an understanding of today's digital transmission system and the ATSC standards for American television. We talk about metadata and dialnorm and how it can be used to manage loudness. We talk about up-mixing to keep all you content in the same format so the audio image stays consistent and also about down-mixing since the majority of the viewing audience still gets television in mono and stereo.

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2009 EAS RMT Schedule

Date Time Day/Night Sent via
January 15 9:05 AM Day EMnet
February 19 4:55 AM Night
EMnet
March 19 9:15 AM Day EMnet
April 16 12:35 AM Night EMnet
May 21 10:05 AM Day EMnet
June 18 4:50 AM Night EMnet
July 16 10:15 AM Day EMnet
August 20 12:45 AM Night EMnet
September 17 11:05 AM Day EMnet
October 15 4:40 AM Night PPTN backup Network
November 19 11:25 AM Day EMnet
December 17 4:45 AM Night EMnet

Free Rides

Any retired member of SBE needing a ride to a meeting, please contact any current SBE officer.

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Other Events

April 18-23 2009: NAB Show, Las Vegas, NV

September 23-25 2009: NAB Radio Show, Philadelphia, PA

October 7-8 2009: SBE Chapter 22 Broadcast and Technology Expo, Verona, NY

October 14-15 2009: SBE National Meeting, Middleton, WI

October 27-29 2009: SMPTE Annual Tech Conference and Expo, Hollywood, CA

Tech Tips

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SBE Certification Exam Schedule for 2009-2010

 Exam Dates Location Application Deadline
April 21, 2009 NAB - Las Vegas CLOSED
June 5-15, 2009 Local Chapters CLOSED
August 7-17, 2009 Local Chapters CLOSED
November 6-16, 2009 Local Chapters September 18, 2009
February 5-15, 2010 Local Chapters December 31, 2009
April 13, 2010 NAB March 26, 2010

For information on certification or to schedule an exam call:

Mark Rikowski

Scholarship

The Society of Broadcast Engineers, Chapter 2 scholarship is awarded to a student in the Electronic Technology Program Johnson College and Electronic Engineering Technology Luzerne County Community College with recognized technical aptitude and scholastic achievement.

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Links

Society of Broadcast Engineers Chapter 2
200 W. Main St.
Nanticoke, PA 18634-1407

Officers for 2008

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Chairman
Joseph Glynn, CSTE
570-826-6144
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Vice Chairman
Pete Sakowski
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Secretary
Bob Reite, CBT
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Treasurer
Jon Koons
570-602-01171
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Frequency Coordinator for Northeastern PA
Ron Schacht, CPBE

Board of Directors

Chester Brzostek Barry A. Erick, CSTE Robert Folmar, CSTE
Jon Koons Michael Morkavage Chuck Sakoski, CSBE
Peter Sakowski Ronald Schacht, CPBE N. Clifford Smith Jr.

Directors Emeritus

  Joseph Risse, PE, CSBE
Chester Sawicki Charles T. Morgan, CPBE

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