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CURRENT SBE CHAPTER 14 MEETING SCHEDULE: 

December 11, 6pm Holiday Party at Jim's Pizza in Windsor, CT. GatesAir is sponsoring the event.

PREVIOUS ARCHIVED MEETINGS:


November, 2019 - No meeting scheduled.

October 9, 2019 - Fall Picnic at WJMJ, Prospect, CT with Telos Alliance and BGS.

September, 2019 - No meeting scheduled.

August, 2019 - No meeting scheduled.

July, 2019 - No meeting scheduled.

June 19, 2019 - 6:30pm - Dinner/meeting, presentation with Don Backus with Rohde & Schwarz on High Power Liquid Cooled FM and TV Transmitters. At Jim's Pizza in Windsor.

May, 2019 - No meeding scheduled.

April 25, 2019 - 6:30pm - Dinner/meeting, presentation & tour of New England Public Radio - WFCR.

March, 2019 - No meeting scheduled.

February, 27, 2019 - 6pm - RFS in Meriden, CT. Presentation and Factory Tour.

January, 2019 - No meeting scheduled.

December 12, 2018 - Holiday Party and Chapter Officer Elections

November, 2018 - No meeting scheduled.

October, CBA Convention at Sheraton, Rocky Hill, CT

September, 27th - WPOP Transmitter Picnic, Newington, CT

August 15, 2018 - AT&T Central Office Tour in Springfield, MA. 6:30p

July, 2018 - No meeting scheduled.

June, 2018 - No meeting scheduled.

May 30, 2018 - 6:00p, Hilton DoubleTree in Bristol with ESPN and Lawo, Inc.

April 25, 2018 - Bob Orban to discuss TV Loudness at iHeart Radio Hartford.

March, 22, 2018 - Logitek Audio with Frank Grundstein at Quinnipiac University, 6:00pm.

February, 2018 - No meeting scheduled.

January, 2018 - No meeting scheduled.

Decmeber 13, 2017 - Holiday Party at Jim's Family Restaurant in Windsor, CT.
@ 6:00pm. Chapter elections will also be held.

November, 2017 - No meeting scheduled.

October, 2017 - Connecticut Broadcasters Association Annual Convention - University of Hartford.

October 4, 2017 - iHeart Radio Studios in Hartford - SBE 14 Fall Picnic.

September, 2017 - no meeting scheduled.

August, 2017 - no meeting scheduled.

July, 2017- No meeting scheduled.

June 21, 2017 - 6:30p Paul Cintolo with the Comrex Road Show @ Jim's Family Restaurant, Windsor, CT

May, 2017 - No meeting scheduled. NAB Show.

April, 2017 - No meeting scheduled.

March 8, 2017 - Frank Grundstein, Dir of Sales with Logitek to discuss IP Protocols for Audio and Video - A Networking Update. 6:30p @ Jim's Family Restaurant, Windsor, CT.

February 15, 2017 - Satellite AMC-8: A Migration Survival Guide with Steve Welch of Cimmunications Link Services Cor @ Jim's Family Restaurant, Windsor, CT.

January, 2017 - No meeting scheduled.

December, 14, 2016 - Holiday Party at Jim's Family Restaurant.

November, 2016 - No meeting scheduled.

October, 2016 - WJMJ Fall Picnic with Telos Alliance

September, 13, 2016 - Solid State Logic Demonstration Vehicle 

August, 2016 - No meeeting scheduled.

July, 2016 - No meeting scheduled.

June 22, 2016 - Orban at Quinnipiac University

May, 2016 - Holyoke Gas & Electric, Wednesday May 25th @ 4:45pm.

April, 2016 - No meeting scheduled due to NAB Show.

March 30, 2016 - Brandon Cooney from Zixi will give a presentation on Video Transmission Trends with a focus on leveraging public IP as a reliable path.. Jim's Family Restaurant, Windsor. 6:30p

February 24, 2016 - Bob Tarsio from BDI will give a presentation on RF Power Measurement Techniques and RF transmission system protection. Jim's Family Restaurant, Windsor. 6:30p

Janurary 27, 2016 - Meeting at O.C. White Co facility. Presentation and tour. 4226 Church St. Thorndike, MA 10179, 6:30p

December 16, 2015 - Holiday Party and Chapter Officer Elections

November, 2015 - No meeting scheduled.

October, 15, 2015 - Quinnipiac University, Future of Wireless Microphones, 6p

September, 2015 - SBE 14 Cookout at WCCC (Moved to October 7) 6p

August, 2015 - No meeting scheduled.

July, 2015 - No meeting scheduled.

June, 2015 - No meeting scheduled.

May, 20, 2015 - Grass Valley talk's 4K and Fiber for live productions and sports at Jim's Family Restaurant, Windsor, CT

April, 29, 2015 - Tom Ray talks Burk Technology and virtual tour of WWV and WWVB, Fort Collins, CO. Room RTSC311, Quinnipiac University's Rocky Top Student Center on the York Hill Campus, 7pm

March, 2015 - No meeting scheduled.

February 11, 2015 - 6:30-9:30p - Criss Onan with RCS at Quinnipiac University, York Hill Campus. Discuss history of radio automation systems.

January, 2015 - No meeting scheduled.

OUR PAST MEETING SCHEDULE:

December, 9, 2014, 6:00pm - SBE14 Holiday Party at Jim's Family Restaurant, Windsor, CT.

November, 2014 - No meeting scheduled.

October, 2014 - Meeting at TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik in South Windsor, CT

September 25, 2014 - WJMJ in Prospect, CT with Telos Alliance, Comrex and Broadcasters General Store.

August, 2014 - No meeting scheduled.

July, 2014 - No meeting scheduled.

June 11, 2014 - Logitek's Frank Grundstein will talk about "Dense Node Architecture for IP Audio Networks" at Jim's Family Restaurant & Pizzeria, 124 Poquonock Avenue, Windsor, CT 06095

May 14, 2014, 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm - Gary Liebisch with Nautel to discuss new 'GV' series transmitter line at Jim's Family Restaurant & Pizzeria, 124 Poquonock Avenue, Windsor, CT 06095

April, 2014 - No meeting scheduled due to NAB Show.

March, 19, 2014, 6:30 pm at Comark Communications, 104 Feeding Hills Road, Southwick, MA 01077. Joe Turbolski, Director of Sales Operations for Comark Communications LLC, will give a presentation on disaster recovery for DTV stations.

February 12, 2014, 7:00 pm- Cold War History Presentation and tour with John Ramsey and Casey Johansen @ AT&T Long Lines Switching Station and Underground Faciluty @ 751 Higgins Road, Cheshire, CT 06410

January, 2014 - No meeting scheduled.


January, 2013 - Criss Onan from RCS will discuss Multi Stream Audio Playout Systems at Quinnipiac University on January 31st at 7pm.

February, 2013 - No meeting was scheduled.

March, 2013 - Joe Ciaudelli from Sennheiser. Topic: FCC Spectrum Issues with Wireless Microphone Systems. Location: WCSU Campus. March 20th. at 7pm

April, 2013 - Gary Cooper from Digital Broadcast at the University of Hartford, April 24th. at 7:00pm

May, 2013 - Tieline Technolgy with Mary Ann Seidler at Quinnipiac University. May 29th at 7:00pm.

June, 2013 - SBE Picnic at West Peak in Meriden, 6pm June 19th

July, 2013 - No meeting scheduled.

August, 2013 - Tour of the Hartford Central Office, Aug. 29th, at 6:30pm.

September, 2013 - Asnuntuck Community College, Enfield, CT with WorldCast Systems, BSW and Telos Alliance. Sept. 26th at 6:30pm

October, 2013 - Fall Picnic at WCCC tower site in Avon.

November, 2013 - TBA

January, 2012 - No meeting was scheduled.

February 28th, 2012, 7pm at Rocky Top Student Center, Quinnipiac University. Presentation by Axion.

March, 2012 - No meeting was scheduled.

April, 2012 - Dave Emery and Arnold Chase of Comsite have invited us back up to the top of Rattlesnake Mountain in Farmington for a presentation by HRP Associates, Inc.

May, 2012 - WideOrbit Automation at CBS Radio in Farmington, CT.

June-July-August: No Meeting Scheduled

Sept. Chapter 14 meeting sneak peek: Fr. Gatzak and Mike Graziano invite us back "to the hill" for another SBE cook out at WJMJ and the Office of Radio and TV in Prospect, CT

November 14th at Quinnipiac University. John Bisset from Elenos Transmitters will host.

December 7, 2011 Holiday Party at Jim's Family Pizza

November 17, 2011 at West Hartford Fire Station 3 on New Britian Ave. Toured station and demo of the equipment and presentation on the hazmat gear.

October 11th., John Powell from Advanced Fiber Products talked about the basics of fiber technology, terminology, and its broadcast application, with a focus on real-world, field use. This presentation is designed to be a refresher and technology update for the station engineer who hasn't had to deal extensively with fiber up to this point.

September 21st. at WQUN (3085 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT) Frank Grundstein from Logitek discussed network audio consoles.

No meeting scheduled for August, 2011

Thursday, July 21 at the Comsite facility on Rattlesnake Mountain in Farmington, 6pm. Criss Onan from Broadcast Electronics will be doing a presentation on his products.

June 8, 7pm at HB Communications (60 Dodge Ave, North Haven, CT). Eric Zaino from Matrox demonstrated the new Matrox Convert DVI Plus HD-SDI scan converter that lets broadcasters easily and economically take the computer-based content that is quickly becoming a key part of the nightly news to air.

May, 2011 -Gary Liebisch from Nautel demonstrating new low power FM transmitters, followed by a tour of Tribune WTIC-TV and WCCT-TV Studios at the Hartford Courant building with David Honeywell.

April, 2011 Presentation of new measurement equipment from Rhode & Schwarz, Caset Johansen gave tour of AT&T SWAT office in Middletown, CT.

March, 2011 - Wheatstone IP Consoles and Audio Processors at CBS Radio, Farmington, CT

February, 2011 - Jim's Family Restaurant with John Ramsey's Photo Archive Presentation

January, 2011 - Quinnipiac University with Digital Broadcast.

January, 2010 - Frank Grundstein from Logitek Audio, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT

February, 2010 - Bob Tarsio, Broadcast Devices, Inc. will discuss product line at Univ. of Hartford. Tour of UHart Acoustics labs, WWUH Radio and the UHart TV studios for those people interested.

March, 2010 - Tour of the Waterbury Central Office for AT&T

April, 2010 - Bob Band from Harris Corporation discusses new STL options. Tour of Cox Radio, Milford followed.

May 2010 - No Meeting Scheduled

June 2010 - Jim Barnard, Lightning Protection Institute Certified Master Designer from Northeast Lightning Protection of Bloomfield will provide a review of proper lightning protection system design and application as conforms with UL and NFPA lightning protection requirements.

July, 2010 - Panasonic Broadcast demonstrated their new 3-D TV @ Quinnipiac University

August 9th, 6:00pm - Taste of NAB at HB Communications in North Haven, CT

August 17th, 6:00pm - Optiwind Headquarters in Torrington, CT

September 22, 7pm, presentation by test equipment manufacturer Anritsu.

October, Fall Picnic at West Peak, Meriden, CT

November, Meeting at Clear Channel Hartford, CT with a Belden Presentation

December, Holiday Party

January, 2009 - No Meeting Scheduled

February, 2009 - Meeting at ARRL in Newington, CT. Tour of facility and W1AW. Chris Larson of Stream Alerts talks about monitoring services for streaming audio.

March, 2009 - Meeting at Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT. Linear Acoustic, Inc. of Lancaster, PA provided a presentation on "audio loudness" as it relates to broadcast audio processing. They will explain how metadata works, the differences between wide band and multiband processing, etc.

April, 2009 - Meeting at Kinsley Power Systems, East Granby, CT. Everything you ever needed to know about power generators!

May, 2009 - Meeting at University of Hartford, West Hartford. Gary Liebisch of Nautel discusses new equipment presented at the NAB.

June, 2009 - Lunch meeting at the Hook and Ladder Resturant, Hartford, CT.

July, 2009 - Picnic and meeting at the Office of Radio and TV, Prospect, CT.

July, 2009 - CBA/SBE Engineers Day, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Cromwell, CT. Topics included site security, ENG safety, and EAS.

August, 2009 - "Taste of the NAB Roadshow," hosted by HB Communications and Larry Bloomfield, North Haven, CT

September, 2009 - Radio Frequency Systems, guided tour of plant and presentation, Meriden, CT

October, 2009 - David Hopson from Digital Broadcast on MediaFire, MediaVault and automation. WWLP-TV studios in Chicopee, MA. Tour the facility.

November, 2009 - Meeting at the Connecticut School of Broadcasting, Farmington, CT campus. Gary Liebisch from Nautel talked about "Developments in Higher Digital Power for HD Radio."