Our next meeting will be on

Wednesday, January 8, 2025
12:00 to 1:00 PM
WPXI Executive Conference Room
4145 Evergreen Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15214

Nautel will be funding lunch so please let aniebauer@wpxi.com know if you plan to attend in person so we can have an accurate count.

Here is a link to a Teams meeting if you are unable to attend in person.

Looking forward to seeing you at our next meeting!

Every year, lightning season descends with crashes, flashes and BOOM! Join us as we do a recap of the things to look for to help you get through that part of the year – we’ll discuss grounding (of course), but we’ll also discuss how much grounding is too much and why how the grounds are connected to each other is almost as important as if there are grounds at all. There will also be talk about the rest of the lightning protection triumvirate – properly installed surge protection and ferrites – and why they’re all important parts of a reliably designed system.

Jeff Welton has worked with Nautel for over 34 years. He is currently the Nautel Sales Manager for the eastern U.S.. Previously he spent 16.5 years as a Nautel Customer Service Technician, was involved in the 2015 MA3 field tests with NAB Labs and has performed hundreds of transmitter site visits and field calls. Jeff has been recognized with the 2020 NAB Radio Engineering Achievement Award; 2019 APRE Engineering Achievement Award; and 2018 SBE Educator of the Year Award. He’s also contributed to the most recent edition of the NAB Engineering Handbook, including authoring the chapter on Facility Grounding and performs several presentations a year on topics relevant to broadcast engineering.

I hope you all get to enjoy some time with friends and family as we head into the New Year.

Some available resources on the SBE website:

Certification Preparation: https://sbe.org/certification/sbe-certification-exam-preparation/

Practice Questions for Certification: https://sbe.org/certification/sbe-certpreview/