Meetings and Programs

Last Updated 8/11/2015

Meetings will take place Thursday after the second Tuesday of the month unless otherwise noted.  Most will take place at: Wild River Brewing & Pizza Company 2684 N. Pacific Hwy Medford, OR 97501 Phone: (541) 773-7487 Directions: [From Airport | From I5 North | From I5 South]  Last Updated: 8/11/2015 DATE TOPIC January 15,2015 Jonathan Clark from Shively Labs will be hosting January's meeting. There is no set topic. He says he likes to do "Earn Your Lunch" where he does an honest Q & A about Shively, FM antennas, and where FM is going. Lunch is provided February 12, 2015 Immedia TV, ENG (news gathering), contribution video links, IPTV or Internet streaming using satellite, microwave, cellular or IP networks, ImmediaTV Corporation has the solution for you with a variety of exciting products. March 12, 2015 Sorcerer, Newest trends in monitoring, testing and measuring tools, essential for the maintenance of any station. April 23, 2015 URS Electronics will be bringing either Neutrik or Switchcraft May 14, 2015 ROHDE & SCHWARZ: The latest trend and buzzword on TV and FM transmitter is "Efficiency". When talking about Transmitter is important to understand what really efficiency means and how it can affect the operation of each station. New technology to enable more efficient transmitters while facing FCC Spectrum Auction and repacking with upcoming digital TV standard will be focal points of the presentation DIELECTRIC: When it comes to FM antennas the engineers have always wanted as much vertical as possible to hit the target audience, which was listeners in Cars. Is this still the case? Is that the future target audience. Has the FM broadcast antenna manufactures kept up with an ever evolving market of end user receiving devices. June 11, 2015 Brian Walker from Sennheiser will be introducing their new Digital Wireless mic products, D1 and AVX. July 16, 2015 Bob Tarsio, President, Broadcast Devices, Inc., will do a presentation on the following topics: -RF Power Measurement Techniques Past – Thermal, Diode, etc. -Present Requirements Due to Digital Broadcasting -Theory and Operation of the true RMS detector used in BDI power meters -Discussion of RF protection and its importance to protecting transmission systems from damage -BDI Product offerings that provide power measurement, antenna system protection, and motorized switch management August 13, 2015 Scott Incz of BW Broadcast, and Doug Tharp of SCMS, Inc. BW Broadcast provides innovative low power FM transmission equipment, RDS encoders and processors for FM, AM, HD Radio and Internet Broadcast, plus a range of other broadcast equipment. SCMS is a provider of broadcast equipment based in Pineville, North Carolina. September 10, 2015 TBA October 15, 2015 Steve Lampen of Belden, sponsored by URS November 12, 2015 TBA December 10, 2015 Holiday Party You do not need to be a member of the SBE to attend, nor do you have to be a member of the local broadcast community.  Everyone is invited.  Tell your friends, family, and co-workers who you might think are interested in the subject matter about the SBE.  And if you would like more information or have questions please contact us.