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Latest Blog Posts from Aaron & Michael
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New Satellite Dish for RIPR
After 25 years and steadily declining performance, it was time for a new satellite dish – one of the most critical parts of RIPR’s infrastructure! Continue reading
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L&R in the Great White North
A week in Sitka Alaska. Hard at work, hard at fun! Continue reading
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The Department of Redundancy Department
Engineering is a field where nobody notices if you do your job right, but they immediately notice it if you do it wrong! To ensure “five nines” (99.999%) of uptime, “redundancy” is the watchword of our industry – but how… Continue reading
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Adding Air Conditioning to W275DA
The proudest I’ve ever been of what is, technically, an ugly hack job. Adding some much-needed air conditioning to 102.9FM and doing it on the cheap. Continue reading
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Audio Logger for RIPR
Most radio stations run a 24/7 recording of what aired for reference purposes. Here’s our homebrew approach and why we went that way. Continue reading
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DIY Air Filtration for Studios in the Time of COVID
Here’s a cheap and easy way to make some DIY air filtration and help keep your studios a little safer in these COVID times. Continue reading
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Changes to WPVD 1290AM
It’s an unusual day when a radio station is happy it *reduced* power. Read on to find out why that’s true for 1290AM. Continue reading
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Organizing Your Networks
Ask any experienced engineer what the biggest challenge of their job is, and they’ll tell you it’s organization. Here’s a way to keep track of a lot of info for your facilities. Continue reading
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Bypassing SNMP v3 on the new ATX Satellite Receivers
Breathing new life into the old PRSS satellite receivers, using SNMP. Continue reading
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Telling the Time By Seeing the Time
Public radio lives and dies by the clock, but how does that work when all your air talent is working from home? Here’s some solid (and inexpensive) ways to bring accurate time to remote sites. Continue reading
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