Welcome to SBE Chapter 33
SBE Chapter 33 represents the Society of Broadcast Engineers and its members in Southwestern Ohio, which includes the Cincinnati and Dayton metropolitan areas. If you work in a technical capacity at a broadcast or related facility in our area, or are a contract engineer or broadcast consultant based in Southwest Ohio, please consider joining our Society.
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Regulatory Alert
Deadline Looms on 13GHz
November 22, 2023
The deadline for submitting 13GHz info is November 29th. Go to the SBE Website for more info.
Verify 13GHz ENG Licenses in FCC ULS
June 28, 2023
The FCC has established GN Docket 22-352, titled Expanding Use of the 12.7-13.25 GHz Band for Mobile Broadband or Other Expanded Use. In this proceeding, the FCC has proposed repack and/or relocation of broadcast (and other) existing authorizations in the 12.7-13.25 GHz band. A forthcoming certification deadline for existing, incumbent 12.7-13.25 GHz broadcast licenses operating under Part 74 is outlined as part of this proceeding, but the FCC has not yet set the actual deadline by which such certifications must be filed. Accordingly, the SBE does not yet know when the FCC will require licensees to file such certifications or how well that date — as well as the requirements for making such certifications — will be communicated to licensees.
It is imperative that you verify all license data in the FCC’s Universal Licensing System (ULS) related to your 13GHz broadcast auxiliary services licenses as soon as possible. In addition, if you are currently using 13GHz for ENG, not fixed links, please notify SBE Frequency Coordination Manager RJ Russell at rjrussell@sbe.org of the licensee callsign and designated market area.
More information is available at https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-23-36A1.pdf, paragraphs 83-84 and 143-147 of which further explain the need to confirm the accuracy of ULS data for your 13GHz licenses and prepare to certify as accurate all information on such licenses that fall under Part 74.
Our LAST (as in most recent) Chapter Meeting
Updated June 30, 2023
Our LAST SBE-33 meeting was Tuesday June 20th at 6:30PM at the WLWT-TV tower site for a tour of their Gatesair ULXTE-80 transmitter system.
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News From The SBE
Updated June 30, 2023
2023 SBE Membership Drive Draws 68 New Members
Candidate Slate Announced for 2023 SBE Elections
Ohio’s EAS Monthly Test Schedule for 2023
December 27, 2022
The 2023 schedule for EAS Required Monthly Tests is available here. More information, including the state of Ohio’s EAS plan, is available on the EAS page on the OAB’s website.
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Ohio SECC Chair Greg Savoldi at gregsavoldi@iheartmedia.com.
The schedule is also available via FTP from the sbe33.net website. Click on the “Emergency Alert System” menu tab above.
Our LAST Chapter Meeting 0f 2022
Updated December 3, 2022
Our LAST meeting was Tuesday, November 29th, a Zoom meeting (virtual meeting) with Paul Shulins about VSWR Protection Monitoring and Thermal Imaging of RF Transmission Lines.
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SBE Keeps It’s Eye Open On Spectrum Turbulence
An interesting article posted yesterday on the Radio World website, a perspective regarding the SBE and “spectrum turbulence.” We can’t imagine anything more turbulent than Repack, but as the saying goes, it could always be worse. Click HERE.
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How Repack Affects the Operation of Wireless Microphones
A phone call from SBE 33 Vice-Chair Jerry Erwin prompted a little research. Here’s what the FCC says: Operation of Wireless Microphones.
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Here is a link to a YouTube video of a presentation titled, “Building the Advanced RF Transmission System at One World Trade Center” that was made October 27, 2017 as a part of the AES Convention in New York City.
Building the Advanced RF Transmission System at One World Trade Center