Tower
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How to Replace a Transmission Line Watchband Spring
At a Work Bench Materials: rubber gloves, 3/8-inch wrench for transmission line, 5/32-inch Allen wrench, replacement watch band springs, spare replacement teflon insulators, replacement rubbing shoes. Access the bullet. Loosen the flange bolts with 3/8-inch wrench. Separating the two pieces of transmission line. This will allow access to a bolt in the base of the… Continue reading
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New Tower In Town: WHIT-FM
By Vicki W. KippSociety of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) Chapter 24 NewsletterJuly 1, 2004 WHIT-FM 93.1 MHz “The Lake” may feature a timeless rock format, but their sign-on was almost eight years in the making. WHIT is the seventh Madison station owned by Mid-West Management, Inc. WHIT-FM has its studio at 2740 Ski Lane in Madison.… Continue reading
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Diamond in the Sky: WSM-AM
By Vicki W. KippApril 1, 2004Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) Chapter 24 Newsletter Have you ever seen a tower that is wider in the middle than it is at the top and bottom? If you have, consider yourself fortunate. Only a few of these diamond-shaped towers exist. This is the story of a diamond-shaped tower… Continue reading
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Tower Site Monitoring Down to a Science
By Vicki W. KippApril 1, 2004Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) Chapter 24 NewsletterApril 1, 2004 How do you monitor more than 17,000 different transmitter sites across the country from one monitoring facility with a staff of 21 people? When I heard this claim made of Dielectric Corporation’s Flash Technology division in April 2003, I was… Continue reading
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NAB 2003 RF Products
BY VICTORIA WAY KIPP, CSTE,CBNT June 1, 2003 Broadcast Engineering magazine, NAB Edition While the physics of RF transmission don’t change, the products do. NAB 2003 revealed new products and services that improve an already mature television RF industry. The event showcased improvements to transmitters, transmission lines, antennas, tower lighting, and transmitter/ site monitoring products.… Continue reading
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Old WHAD Tower Decommissioned
SBE CHAPTER 24 NEWSLETTER March 1, 2003 By Vicki W. Kipp The day that the WHAD/Delafield tower at the Lapham Peak Unit of Kettle Moraine State Forest would be dismantled dawned sunny and bitter cold. Only the lack of wind and falling snow on Monday morning, March 3, made outdoor work tolerable. As the morning… Continue reading
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Tower Technician Safety: Lives Depend On It
By Victoria W. Kipp Site Management & Technology (SMT) magazine, Dec 1, 2002 A tower technician 20 years ago would climb to his working height and then attach a safety belt to the tower. That was considered an acceptable way to operate. Times have changed, and that practice is no longer acceptable. Safety GuidelinesA daily… Continue reading
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A Little Paint, a Few Lights, and a Horde of Federal Regulations
By Vicki W. KippSite Management & Technology magazine, Sep 1, 2002 Tower lighting is necessary for one reason: aircraft safety. If not for the fact that flyways and towers occupy some of the same altitudes, towers could be less conspicuous. Without airplanes, helicopters and hot air balloons, towers could be painted to match the skyline, and… Continue reading
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Strike Back at Lightning
By Vicki W. KippSite Management & Technology magazine, Sep 1, 2002 While humans have 1 in 6,000 odds of being struck by lightning, towers have 1 in 1 odds of being struck. It’s basically inevitable. How lightning works When the equilibrium of electrical charges between the atmosphere and the earth becomes unbalanced, nature uses lightning to… Continue reading
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Jean Muehlfelt: Life as a “Steeple Jane”
NATE: The Tower Timeshtps://natehome.com/By Vicki W. KippSeptember 1, 2002 There are few occupations that are more traditionally male-dominated than that of the tower technician. Chances are that you will not personally encounter more than one or two female tower technicians in your career. But a few women– sometimes nicknamed “steeple Janes”– are in on the… Continue reading
About Me
Hello there! My name is Vicki Kipp, and I am a closed caption maker. Making closed captions is time consuming and complicated, so this blog is a collection of all of the knowledge and experiences I have gained. I hope my collection of tips and tricks might help you with your closed caption work the way it has helped me!
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