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Maintain LPFM transmitter

West Frankfort, Il, Us

Maintain LPTV on an as needed basis.

Marion, Il, Us

Maintain high power Harris Diamond transmitter. Maintain production studio. Maintain MCR.Maintain LPTV in Kalamazoo.

Maintain HIGH Power UHF transmitter on a as needed basis.

Us

Built and maintained transmitter/studio site. Led recovery of transmitter site after fire. Returned to air 48 hours after fire at reduced power, and full power in one week. Thru analysis of heat load, implemented a insulation and isolation of heat exchanger hot cooling ; liquid. Kept the energy cost at the same level for over 10 years in spite of utility rate hikes. Designed and built and implemented a small automation system for master control.Designed an interface for remote control that could be viewed via the internet.Transitioned the station from analog to DTV, both studio and transmitter. Site was beta site for development by L-3 of their replacement IOT.Acted as consultant for unusual problems associated with Comark/Thales transmitters among ION Network transmitter sites.My transmitter site was considered the Queen of the Ion Network, for the cleanliness, and maintenance of the site. All copper and brass was cleaned and polished annually.Interviewed, hired, and trained staff of 6 MCR operators and assistant engineer.

Performed maintenance on three digital transmitters in West Michigan for FloTV.

Maintained LP transmitter and was project engineer for the construction of the move and turning on of the high power transmitter.Designed and installed the new MCR at Lansing Mi.

Aided in design of new station, under the guidance of Paxson Engineering staff. Was the on the site supervisor on their behalf.

Designed, installed and maintained post editing suite, with 4 Sony 1 inch BVH 2000 machines

Retained as contract engineer, to fix a broken station. Completed rebuild of RF system. Upgraded HVAC equipment. Assisted in analysis of tower problems. Spent 5 months and also hired a full time chief engineer. Organized and updated the Public Inspection File per FCC regulations.

In charge of production group consisting of 60 employees. Oversaw installation of state of the art one inch post production. Hired engineering staff.Assisted in re-design of audio post suites as well as off-line video suites.

Boston, Ma, Us

Maintained cable television head ends for largest system in the GE cable company.Designed combiner networks for the headends.did extensive travel during the expansion of GE cable to do analysis of equipment, and design and document headend design drawings.Oversaw the converter repair department. Designed many aides to help the repair department do their job more efficiently. Designed many innovative devices used in cable television.

Test analyzer on various military digital equipment. Calibrated and repaired data terminal equipment for ITT. Repair and calibrate gyro equipment.