/ DOCUMENT RESUME A ED 069.118 EM 010 331 TITLE CATV: The New Communicator. 21st Annual NCTA Convention Official Transcript. Technical Volume. INSTITUTION National. Cable Television Association, Inc., Washington, D. C. PUB DATE 72 NOTE 679p.; Proceedings of the National Cable Television Association Annual Convention (21st, Chicago, Illinois, May 14-17, 1972) . EDRS PRICE MF-S0.65 HC-S23.03 DESCRIPTORS *Cable Television; Communication Satellites; *Community Antennas; *COnference Report's; Electronic Equipment; Federal Legislation; Mass.Media; Microwave Relay Systems; Production Techniques; Programing (Broadcast); *Technological- Advancement; Telecommunication; Television ABSTRACT The proceedings of the 21st annual National Cable Television Association convention are presented under the following ,groupings; short haul microwave systems, satellite/cable system . engineering, market studies, FCC (Federal Communications Commission) technical rules and standards, program origination, cable channel allocations, cabld system operation, two-way system experience, advanced techniques and design, underground engineering, and multi - channel microwave distribution systems.(Rs) . TECHNICAL PROGRAM 21st Annual National Cable Television Association Convention ti May1,1-17,, 1972 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION & WELFARE DFFICE OF EDUCATION Conrad Hilton Hotel THIS DOCUMENT HASBEEN REPRO- DUCE° EXACTLY AS RECEIVEDFROM Chicago, Illinois THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIG- INATING IT POINTS OFVIEW OR OPIN IONS STATEDopNOT NECESSARILY IEPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICEOF EDU- SHOW1' HAUL MICROWAVE SYSTEMS CATION POSITION OR POLICY Sponsor: SCTE HIGHLIGHTS I 2 SATELLITE/CABLE SYSTEM ENGINEERING Chairman: Herbert P. Michels Time-Life Broadcast.Inc. New York, New York HIGHLIGHTS 3 5 THE ATS -? SATELLITE EXPERIMENT WITH CABLE TV DISTRIBUTION, Dr. 'Richard B. Marsten, Director, Counications Programs, Office of Applications, NASA, Washington, 11 C 25 THE DOMESTIC SATELLITE CHARACTERISTICS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CABLE TV, Ralph L. Clark, Consultant to NCTA for Satellite Engineering, Washington, D. C. 2633 DISCUSSION 3442 BLUE SKY TO CASH FLOW Chairman: Hubert J. Schlafly TelePrompTer Corp. New York, New York HIGHLIGHTS 4349 NATIONAL CABLE SYSTEMS, Dr. Peter Goldmark, Goldmark Comunicationicoip., Stamford, Connecticut 50 7 53 CATV'S,CRITICAL MASS PROBLEM, John J. O'Neill, The MITRE Corp., McLean, Virginia 54 68 WHAT BELONGS ON THE CABLE, John Ward, Electronics Systems Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts 69 74 BLUE SKY TO CASH FLOW MARKET STUDY, Robert Behringer, Theta-Coin Corp. Los Angeles, California 75 92 1 /TECHNICALTRAINING Sponsor: SCTE HIGHLIGHTS 93 94 FCC TECHNICAL RULES AND STANDARDS Chairman: Douglas C..Talbott Cox Cable Communications Atlanta, Georgia HIGHLIGHTS 9.5 97 CABLE TELEVISION TECHNICAL STANDARDS CONCEPTS AND INTERPRETATIONS, Sydney R. Lines, FCC, Washington, D. C. 98 105 CRITICAL', STEPS TO COMPLIANCE, Norman Penwell, Malarkey, Taylor & Associates, Washington, D. C 106 114 CATV DISTORTION MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES, Jerald S. Cruean, Jerrold Electronics Corp., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 115 148 KEY FREQUENCY PARAMETER MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTS, Linley Gumm, Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon 149 172 PROGRAM ORIGINATION Chairman: Jake Landrum Coinmco, Inc. Austin, Texas HIGHLIGHTS 173 176 AUDIO EQUIPMENT FOR CATV, Bernard Wise, CCA Electronics Corp., Gloucester City, New Jersey 177 195 THE T-MATIC VIDEOCASSETTE PROGRAM AUTOMATION SYSTEM, Lyle Keyes, TeleMation, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah 196215 DISCABLE A NEW AUTOMATIC SOUND AND VIEWPROGRAMA114 SYSTEM FOR CATV, John L. Humphreys and Robert E. Weiblen, Discable/National Trend-In Corp., Reston, Virginia 216223 PRIVACY FOR CABLE SERVICES, Frank R. Eldridge, The-MITRE Corp..: McLean, Virginia 224 232 CABLE CHANNEL ALLOCATIONS 1Chairman: Archer S. Taylor Malarkey, Taylor & Associates Washington, D. C. HIGHLIGHTS 233236 CHANNEL ALLOCATION OPTIONS, Dr. Robert S. Powers, Office of Telecommunications, Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C. 237. 252 THE DILEMMA OF MIXED SYSTEMS, Nate Levine, Sammons Cobimunications, Inc., Dallas, Texas 253264 COHERENT CARRIER FOR CATV STATE OF THE ART, I. Switzer, Maclean-Hunter Cable TV, Ltd., Rexdale, Ontario, Canada 265--- 282 // SUBSCRIBER TERMINAL INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS, 'T. Parker Ellsworth, The Magnavox Co., Ft. Wayne, Indiana 283302 CABLE SYSTEM OPERATION Chairman: John Wa lson Servi6e Electric Co. Ma hanoy City, Pennsylvania HIGHLIGHTS 308306 A DOCUMENTATION PROCESS FOR CATV SYSTEMS, Larry New, Cox Cable Communications, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia 307314 CONSIDERATIONS FOR TRANSIENT AND SURGE PROTECTION IN CATV,SYSTEMS, Dere ld 0. Cummings, George P. Dixon, C-COR,Electronics, Inc., State College, Pennsylvania 315 323 CAN CABLE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND RETREADED ,AEROSPACE ENGINEERS ADAPT TO EACH OTHER, Paul Robbins, National Society of Professional Engineers, Washington, D. C 324326 FIELD STRENGTH MONITORSA UNIQUE TEST INSTRUMENT FOR CATV, R. L. Douglas, Helwick Douglas Electronics, Inc., Gulfport, Mississippi 327332 ANTENNA SITE & HEAD-END SELECTION PROBLEMS IN BIG CITY CATV SYSTEMS, Steven I. Biro, B-RO Antenna & Head-End Engineering, Princeton, New Jersey 333342 TWO-WAY SYSTEM EXPERIENCE Chairman: Rex bradley Tele Cable Corp. Norfolk, Virginia\ HIGHLIGHTS 343346 THE REAL WORK OF TWO-WAY, James Dixon, TeleCable Corp., Norfolk, Virginia 347353 MULTIPURPOSE FRAME GRABBING INTERACTIVE EXPERIMENTS, Ken Chamberlain, Reston. Transmission Co., Reston, Virginia 354362 'CABLE TELE VISION: A COMMUNI7'Y INFORMATION SYSTEM AT JONATHAN, Edward D. McCormick, Community Information Systems, Jonathan Village Center, Chaska, Minnesota 363 374 TWO-WAY EXPERIENCE WITH DIAL-A-PROGRAM AT DENNIS PORT, Ralph P. Gabriel, Rediffusion International, Ltd., London, England 375 383 SRS EL SEGUNDO INTERIM TEST REPORT Richard T. Calluis, Theta-Con: of California, Los Angeles, California 384 407 ADVANCED TECHNIQUES AND DESIGN Chairman: Michael F. Jeffers Jerrold Electronics Corp. Hatboro, Pennsylvania HIGHLIGHTS 408 410 FLEXICADE AN EVOLUTIONARY CABLE SYSTEM, Jack W. Blanchard,'Ameco, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona 411 438 RELIABILITY THRPUGH'TOiAL AUTOMATION OF CATV SYSTEM DESIGN, Ivan T. Frisch, Bill Rothfarb, and Aaron K2rshenbaum, Network Analysis Cop., Glen Cove, New York 439454 RETURN SYSTEM AGC IN TWO-WAY CATV SYSTEMS, .Henry Mars'on and Lawrence I. Farber, Jerrbld Electronics Corp., Hatboro, Pennsylvania 455 478 CONTRIBUTING SOURCES AND MAGNITUDES OF ENVELOPE DELAY IN CABLE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM COMPONENTS, G. Rogeness, Anaconda Electronics, Anaheim, Califon::.I 479506 ELIMINATION OF CROSS-MODULATION IN CATV AMPLIFIERS, R. Richard Bell and Ronald Clarke, Electronics Group of TRW, Inc., Lawndale, California I. 507540 UNDERGROUND ENGINEERING Chairman: Charles Henry Badger CATV Iron Mountain, Michigan HIGHLIGHTS 541 546 MUNICIPAL CODES AND REGULATIONS, Robert J. Ho fan, American Public Works Association, Chicago, Illinois 547557 HIGHLIGHTS UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES, Theodore J. Swanson and J. Robert Bird, Cypress Co: munications Corp., Los Angeles, California 558 568 SIMULATED ENVIRONMENTAL AGING OF CATV CABLE, Dr. Richard Barone; Texas Instruments,. Inc , Attleboro, Massachusetts 569587 UNDERGROUND COSTS AND INSTALLATION TRADE-OFFS, George R. McCrory, Burnup & Sims, West Pain: Beach, Florida 588 595 RELIABILITY AND MAINTENANCE OF TOTAL UNDERGROUND SYSTEMS, Gene Moon, Community Cablevision Co., Newport Beach, California 596 600 NIULTI-CHANNEL MICRO WA VE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS Chairman: Delmer C. Ports NCTA Washington, D. C. HIGHLIGHTS 601 603 THE MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SERVICE A THREAT OR A PROMISE, Douglas D. Milne, Varian/Micro Link, Beverly, Masiachusetts 604. 607 MULTI-CHANNEL CARS BAND DISTRIBUTION 'USING STANDARD FM MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT, Terry R. Spearen, Microwave Apociates, Inc., Burlington, Massachusettv 608 620 MODULATION INDEX AND TRANSMITTER POWER RELATIONSHIP IN MULTIPLE CHANNEL TV FM SYSTEMS, Dr. Joseph J. Vogelman and Malcolm Reader, Laser Link Corp., Woodbury, New York '1621 642 PERFORMANCE OP MULTI-CHANNEL MICROWAVE LOCAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, A. H. Sonnenschein, Theta-Corn of California, Los AngeleS, California 643 671 SIMULATED ENVIRONMENTAL AGING OF CATV CABLE, Dr. Richard Barone, Texas Instruments, Inc., Attleboro, Massachusetts 569 587 UNDERGROUND COSTS AND INSTALLATION TRADE-OFFS, George R. 211c Crory, Burnup & Sims, West Palm Beach, Florida. 588 595 RELIABILITY AND MAINTENANCE OF TOTAL UNDERGROUND SYSTEMS, Gene Moon, Community Cablevision Co., Newport Beach, California .596 600 MULTI- CHANNEL MICROWAVE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS Chairman: Delmer C. Ports NCTA Washington, D. C. HIGHLIGHTS 601 603 THE MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SERVICEA THREAT OR A PROMISE, Douglas D. Milne, Varian/Micro Link, Beverly, Massachusetts 604 607 MULTI-CHANNEL CARS BAND DISTRIBUTION USING STANDARD FM MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT, Terry R. Spearen, Microtvave Associates, Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts 608 620 MODULATION INDEX AND TRANSMITTER POWER RELATIONSHIP IN MULTIPLE CHANNEL TV FM SYSTEMS, Dr. Joseph J. Vogelman and Malcolm Reader, Laser Link Corp., Woodbury, New York 621 642 PERFORMANCE OF MULTI-CHANNEL MICROWAVE LOCAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, A. H. Sonnenschein, Theta -Corn of California, Los Angeles, California 643 671 LIGHTNING PROTECTION Sponsor: SCTE HIGHLIGHTS 672 1 HIGHLIGHTS TECHNICAL EYE OPENER WORKSHOP. SHORT HAUL MICROWAVE SYSTEMS. Sponsor Society of Cable Television Engineers Organizer & Moderator, Roger Wilgon TelePrompTer Corporation New York, New York Panelists A. H. Sonnenschein