by Michael Martens | Apr 14, 2018 | Ham Radio Q and A
Recently I was at the Madison Area Repeater Association’s hamfest in Stoughton, WI. After the hamfest we met up with Tom, WJ9H, who is the chief engineer at WMTV channel 15, a mid-market television station in Madison, Wisconsin. He graciously gave us a tour of the...
by Michael Martens | Oct 21, 2015 | LPFM
Finding that right channel or frequency for your FM broadcast station can be a big decision. If you are planning to broadcast audio for your holiday lights display, or put up a micro-broadcast community station, the frequency you choose needs to be free of...
by Michael Martens | Oct 11, 2013 | LPFM
We’ve all seen youtube videos. I know I’m in awe of those specular Christmas displays with the synchronised lights and music. Well if you want to create a synchronised holiday light display you’ll need a little imagination, a lot of hard work, and of...
by Michael Martens | Sep 23, 2013 | LPFM, News
The early days of radio was a pretty wild time of experimentation. Back in the early teens, most stations were informally licensed, the Federal Government was granting experimental licenses at the time and didn’t start licensing commercial stations under after...
by Michael Martens | Apr 26, 2013 | weather
Here’s a picture of the vehicle our local television station is now using for storm chasing. I haven’t seen it out in the field yet, but I do certainly love the satellite dish. No pictures of the inside, but I peered into the deeply tinted windows and...
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