Nautel Experts to Share Technical INformation, Tips at NAB Conferences SBE Ennes Workshop and NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference will feature presenters from Nautel engineering, support, market development and sales teams; a key Nautel customer will also present a session co-developed with Nautel. March 10, 2010 Hackett’s Cove, Nova Scotia; Bangor, Maine and Quincy, Illinois -- Nautel Limited (NAB booth #C2615) will share the company’s expertise on HD Radio™ transmission, monitoring and control technologies, and disaster preparedness with attendees at the upcoming SBE Ennes Workshop and NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Nautel Market Development Manager Hal Kneller will present an “HD Radio Update” on Saturday, April 10 as part of the SBE Ennes Workshop, “Continuing the Digital Transition.” Kneller says his presentation will discuss current issues surrounding HD Radio including the power increase, industry status, and challenges facing equipment manufacturers and broadcasters who wish to implement the technology at elevated power levels. Kneller will also present a paper on “Practical Tools for HD Radio Implementation” at the NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference on Sunday, April 11 in the FM Digital Radio session. “With increased interest in HD Radio, engineers are exploring ways to implement the technology in a cost-effective manner,” Kneller says. “We will explore not only theory, but practical measured results with graphical demonstrations of what can be expected when installing new equipment for HD Radio broadcasting.” Also presenting on Sunday in the “FM Digital Radio” session is Nautel Digital Design Engineer Philipp Schmid, who will talk about “Putting the IBOC Quality Metric to the Test.” Schmid reports that as a National Radio Systems Committee (NRSC) working group, various broadcast equipment manufacturers, iBiquity, the National Association of Broadcasters and other broadcast professionals have presented a proposal of a mathematical definition for an IBOC quality metric in September 2009. Schmid will discuss the theoretical background of the metric along with the numerical limits arrived at by the working group. Nautel’s Director of Customer Service, Kevin Rodgers, will address the Radio Facilities Session on Monday, April 12, on the topic of reducing operation costs with better monitoring and control of transmitter facilities. “With digitization, transmission facilities have become more complex,” Rodgers says. “Users can realize reduced operations costs as well as improved reliability through centralized monitoring and control.” Rodgers will show real-world examples of centralized TCP/IP based monitoring and control of transmitters. Additional real-world examples of HD Radio transmission will be presented by Nautel customer Mike Pappas, Chief Engineer of KUVO Radio in Colorado. KUVO, in conjunction with the Public Radio Satellite Service, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Nautel, has developed a system to feed both the HD Radio and FM analog signal to translators as well as full stations via the HDC UDP stream on a single satellite channel. Pappas will address the Broadcast Engineering Conference on Tuesday, April 13. Wrapping up the Nautel presentations at the BEC will be Chuck Kelly, Nautel’s Director of Sales, who will talk about “Staying on the Air if the Worst Happens” in the Disaster Preparedness session on Wednesday, April 14. “With all of the natural disasters that have been happening worldwide recently, disaster preparedness is at the top of most engineers’ minds these days,” says Kelly. “Radio is at its best when it serves a community in distress, but what if you can't get back on-air?” Kelly says he will examine strategies that can be used to create a low cost but effective kit of items for Radio stations to be prepared for the unthinkable. Kelly and Kirk Harnack of Telos-Omnia-Axia are also co-authors of a paper on “Extending AoIP to the Transmitter” which will be presented by on Monday, April 11. They will discuss the evolution of conventional studio-to-transmitter links (STLs), to Audio over IP systems and how this technology can provide improved quality, reliability and reduced costs for the users. “The NAB show represents a fantastic opportunity for our engineers and staff to share ideas and discuss leading edge concepts with a broad representation of the radio industry. It is that dialog with customers that helps our engineers develop innovative solutions to address the challenges facing radio today,” said Peter Conlon, Nautel President and CEO. “We look forward to participating in this important industry event.” About Nautel Nautel is a global leader in the design, manufacture, sales and support of high power Radio Frequency (“RF”) products for AM and FM broadcast, navigation, industrial and space-based applications. With a long history of creating highly innovative products, Nautel continues to lead the way in providing valuable new solutions for the digital radio broadcast revolution. Thousands of customers in more than 177 countries have discovered that Nautel delivers world class RF solutions - systems that meet stringent quality standards at its ISO 9001-2008 registered manufacturing facilities. # # # For more information please contact: John Whyte
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