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New technology has removed the bar- riers of the studio and is taking viewers and listeners to virtually any location. 22 RENG: New Technology For New Requirements By Jerry Whitaker, radio editor A well -designed radio ENG system can meet your present needs and will be ready to handle future challenges. THE COVER this month shows the fast paceoftoday's ENG operation. 44 Field Report: Electro-Voice ELX-1 Remote Mixer Camera operator Tony Mock and senior By Brad Dick, director of engineering, KANU/KFKU, University of Kansas, technician John Getz, of WPXI/TV-11, Lawrence Pittsburgh, transfer equipment from an How this new remote location audio mixer performed during field use. ENG van to a helicopter. In television andradio,ENG technology allows 52 Full Fidelity Remote Broadcasts newsgathering to be faster than ever. By Dennis Ciapura, technology consultant (Photo by Rick Evans.) You can produce high quality radio remote broadcasts on a modest budget. 56 For The ENG Tech By Carl Bentz, television editor Setting up a maintenance program will keep ENG equipment where it be- longs-on the road. 62Planning An ENGIEFP Unit? There is more to choosing a remote unit than writing the check. 76 Rapid Response With Live ENG By John Getz, WPXI/TV-11, Pittsburg With practice and planning, you can set up a live shot in less than three minutes. DEPARTMENTS OTHER FEATURES 4 1985 Calendar 80The Effects of ac Line Disturbances, Part 5 6 Strictly TV By Jerry Whitaker, radio editor 10 Satellite Update Transient suppression technology has moved beyond the days of spark 12 AM Stereo Update gaps and R -C snubbers. 14 FCC Update 20 Editorial 86AES Replay 118 Troubleshooting By Jerry Whitaker, radio editor, and Blair Benson, TV technology 129 Associations consultant 130 New Products The 76th convention dispelled lingering doubts about the arrival of the digital era. 90 Focusing On The Future Of Image Technology: SMPTE '84 Analog systems proliferated, but they did not win universal acceptance. 94 Building An STL system In the August BE, an article by Bebe By John Leonard McClain, "1/4-inch-An '84 Reality," im- How to design, build and maintain an aural STL system. plied the SMPTE was about to adopt a 1/4 -inch standard format. No standard 108 Plant Tour: Broadcast Electronics was released at the October SMPTE con- By Jerry Whitaker, radio editor vention, and work on the standard is ex- Founded as a cart machine maker, the company's product lines have ex- pected to begin in February. (Coverage panded to include transmitters, audio consoles and turntables. of the convention begins on page 94.) ©Copyright 1985, by Intertec Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. Photocopy rights: Permission to photocopy for internal or personal use is granted by Intertec Publishing Corporation. for libraries and others registered with Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), provided the base fee of $2.00 per copy of article is paid directly to CCC, 21 Congress St., Salem, MA 01970. Special requests should be addressed to Cameron Bishop. NEXT MONTH publisher. Audio time base corrector ISSN 0007-1994. $2.00 + 0.00. developments BROADCAST ENGINEERING (USPS 338-130) is published monthly by Intertec Publishing Corporation, 9221 Ouivira Road, P.O. Box 12901, Overland Park, KS 66212-9981. Postmaster, return form 3579 to P.O. Box 12938 at Video time base corrector systems the above address. Audio and video special effects 2 Broadcast EngineeringJanuary 1985 ITACI INVENTS THE FIRST 1" VTR THAT WATCHES ITSELF SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO. The revolutionary Hitachi fast/slow moticn range HR -230 1" VTR has the that provides real-time most advanced real-time, reverse and field/frame self -diagnostic capabilities still motion. Plus pro- ever perfected. grammable time com- I-1 either the record or pression up b 20%, with playback mote, a computer 0.1% accuracy. inside the HR -230 monitors A unique, concealed fold- 49 different performance param- out control panel groups edit- eters second .3y second. 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Hitachi 1985 calendar Jan. 5-8 May 12.15 June 27.29 Association of Independent Television Broadcast Financial Management, Third Seoul International Broadcasting Stations, Los Angeles Chicago & Communications Equipment Exhibi- tion, Kosami Exhibition Hall (Yeoi-Do), Jan. 10.14 May 14.15 Seoul, South Korea National Association of Television Pro- LPTV, WesternBonaventure,Los gram Executives, Hilton, San Francisco Angeles July 23.25 Jan. 13.16 May 15.18 WOSU-Broadcast Engineering Con- PTC '85, Honolulu PublicBroadcastingService/National ference, Fawcett Center For Tomorrow, Association of Public Television Sta- Columbus, OH Feb. 3.6 tions, St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco National Religious Broadcasters Con- Aug. 8 -Sept. 14 vention,SheratonWashington, May 19.23 World Administrative Radio Conference, Washington, DC NationalPublicRadio,MariottCity Geneva, Switzerland Center, Denver Feb. 11.15 Sept. 11.14 Video Expo/SanFrancisco,Civic May 29 -June 1 Radio Convention and Programming Auditorium, San Francisco ITVA Conference, Marriott, New Orleans Conference,Loew's AnatoleHotel, Dallas Feb. 15-16 June 2.5 SMPTE, St. Francis Hotel, National Cable Television Association, Sept. 12-14 San Francisco Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV RTNDA Fall, Opryland Hotel, Nashville, TN March 5.8 June 5.9 AES, Hamburg, West Germany Broadcast Promotion Association/ Sept. 30 -Oct. 4 Video Expo/New York, New York April 14.17 BroadcastDesigners Association, NAB '85, Convention Center, Hyatt Regency, Chicago Oct. 8.11 Las Vegas, NV AES, New York June 6-12 May 7.11 14th International Television Oct.