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AM Tower Webinar
Now Available ON DEMAND
Course Description
The variety of tower-mounted transmission equipment one may encounter these days continues to grow. Wireless telecommunications providers regularly upgrade their transmission systems, STL systems continue to evolve, and various systems with remote radio units (RRUs) are widespread. As local zoning and building restrictions grow more challenging, finding tower space for upgrading or adding equipment can be difficult. AM broadcast transmitter sites are found in most cities nationwide and can often provide the opportunity for co-location on their tower, giving new revenue streams for the AM stations. Care must be taken to properly engineer the addition of new equipment onto AM towers, particularly when the tower uses a base insulator. This webinar will give an overview of the hardware involved in co-locating equipment on AM towers, and the engineering precautions that must be taken to result in a successful co-location.
About Your Instructor - Bobby L. Cox, PhDEE
Bobby L. Cox, PhDEE, is a senior staff engineer with Kintronic Laboratories where he has been employed since 1994. He holds a BSEE 1989, MEE 1991, and PhDEE 1994 from Mississippi State University. His graduate studies specialized in: Classical electromagnetics; computational electromagnetics; signal processing; and communications. At Kintronic Laboratories he is responsible for the design engineering, project management, production details, and testing of hundreds of medium wave (AM) antenna systems, both domestic and international. His work includes: low-, medium- and high-power directional arrays; multiplexed stations; LF and VLF matching networks; custom high-power RF components; co-location of broadcast facilities; and military mobile broadcast antenna systems. He specializes in numerical modeling of unusual antenna configurations.
SBE Recertification Credit
The completion of a webinar from Webinars by SBE qualifies for 1 credit, identified under Category I of the Recertification Schedule for SBE Certifications.
Registration and Pricing
This webinar will be approximately 90 minutes long.
SBE Members: $62
MemberPlus Members FREE
Non-Members: $92
If you have questions regarding this course, contact Cathy Orosz via email or by phone at 317-846-9000.
More information about registering using the SBE MemberPlus benefit
All SBE webinars, including new webinars presented in 2020, are included at no additional cost for members who renew or join using the $175 SBE Member Plus membership option. Through this option you get access to all archived SBE webinars and any new live webinars SBE presents through March 31, 2021, all for no extra cost. Members can renew and newcomers may join online at the SBE website using the SBE MemberPlus option.
Access to the SBE webinars through the SBE MemberPlus program is limited to the MemberPlus-purchaser only. You are not permitted to distribute, sell, copy, share, project or otherwise make the webinars available to any other individual or group without express written permission by the SBE.
