Book description
The NAB Engineering Handbook is the definitive resource for broadcast engineers. It provides in-depth information about each aspect of the broadcast chain from audio and video contribution through an entire broadcast facility all the way to the antenna.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Notes and Acknowledgments
- The Editors
- Contributors to the 11th Edition
- NAB Engineering Achievement Award Recipients
- Section 1: Fundamentals
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Section 2: Broadcast Administration, Standards, and Technologies
- 2.1 Broadcast-Related Organizations and Information
- 2.2 Broadcast-Related Regulatory Considerations: Environmental, Aeronautical, Safety, Online
- 2.3 Frequency Coordination for Broadcast Auxiliary Services
- 2.4 Frequency Allocation for Broadcasting and the Broadcast Auxiliary Services
- 2.5 Analog and Digital Terrestrial Radio Standards
- 2.6 HF Shortwave Radio: Allocation, Design Methods, and Regulation
- 2.7 Worldwide Standards for Analog and Digital Television
- 2.8 Digital Audio Standards and Practices
- 2.9 Digital Video Standards and Practices
- 2.10 Broadcasting Emergency Information
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Section 3: Technical Management and Safety
- 3.1 Broadcast Engineering Management
- 3.2 Broadcast Engineering Documentation Management
- 3.3 System Integration and Project Management
- 3.4 Managing Workplace and Environmental Hazards
- 3.5 Human Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy
- 3.6 Broadcast Facility Security, Safety, Disaster Planning, and Recovery
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Section 4: Audio Production and Studio Technology
- 4.1 Principles of Acoustics and Noise Control for Broadcast Applications
- 4.2 Planning a Radio Studio or Audio Production Facility
- 4.3 Microphones for Broadcast Applications
- 4.4 In-Studio Audio Recording for Radio and TV
- 4.5 Telephone Network Interfacing
- 4.6 Radio Remote Broadcasts
- 4.7 Radio Station Automation, Networks, and Audio Storage
- 4.8 Digital Audio Compression Technologies
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Section 5: Video Production and TV Studio Systems
- 5.1 Principles of Light, Vision, and Photometry
- 5.2 Planning a Video Production and TV Studio Facility: Systems, Principles, Design, Architecture
- 5.3 Lighting for Television
- 5.4 Television Playout and Content Delivery
- 5.5 Television Camera Systems
- 5.6 Camera Supports
- 5.7 Closed Caption Services
- 5.8 Workflow and Professional Media Networks
- 5.9 Digital Asset Management
- 5.10 ATSC 1.0 Encoding, Transport, and PSIP Systems
- 5.11 Video Compression
- 5.12 Video Recording, Servers, and Storage
- 5.13 Format and Standards Conversion
- 5.14 Digital Television Audio Loudness Management
- 5.15 Weather Radar Systems
- 5.16 Television Graphics
- 5.17 ENG, SNG, and Remote Video Production
- 5.18 Television Audio: Analog and Digital Systems
- 5.19 Intercom and IFB Systems
- 5.20 Ultra-High-Definition Television
- Section 6: Facility Interconnection
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Section 7: Radio Transmission
- 7.1 Planning Radio Transmitter Facilities
- 7.2 Transmission Audio Processing
- 7.3 Internet Radio Interfacing and Streaming
- 7.4 AM Radio Broadcasting
- 7.5 Medium Wave (AM) Transmitters
- 7.6 AM and FM IBOC Systems and Equipment
- 7.7 Worldwide Digital Radio Systems
- 7.8 Medium Wave AM Broadcast Antenna Systems
- 7.9 Antenna Coupling and Phasing Systems
- 7.10 AM Diplexing, Combining, and Filter System Design
- 7.11 Synchronous AM Broadcasting
- 7.12 AM Antenna System Maintenance
- 7.13 Antenna System Moment Method Modeling
- 7.14 FM Radio Broadcasting
- 7.15 VHF (FM) Radio Transmitters
- 7.16 Radio Data System
- 7.17 FM Broadcast Antennas
- 7.18 FM Combining and Filter System Design
- 7.19 FM and AM Translators and Boosters
- 7.20 HF Shortwave Radio
- 7.21 Hybrid Radio and the RadioDNS Open Standards
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Section 8: Television Transmission
- 8.1 Planning a Television Transmitter Facility
- 8.2 Analog Television Transmitters
- 8.3 Digital Television Transmitters
- 8.4 Next-Generation DTV Systems
- 8.5 Single-Frequency Networks for DTV Systems
- 8.6 Single-Frequency Networks (SFNs) for Television—Digital On-Channel Repeaters, Distributed Transmitters, and Distributed Translators
- 8.7 Television Antenna Systems
- 8.8 Television Filters, Combiners, and RF Components
- 8.9 Broadcast Television Co-Location Site Management
- Section 9: Broadcast Towers and Transmission Lines
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Section 10: Signal Measurement and Analysis
- 10.1 Audio Signal Analysis
- 10.2 AM Radio Performance Measurements
- 10.3 AM Radio Antenna System and Field Strength Measurements
- 10.4 FM Antenna Performance Measurements
- 10.5 FM Radio Field Strength Measurements
- 10.6 Digital Television Proof of Performance Measurements
- 10.7 TV Transmission Line and Antenna System Measurements
- 10.8 VHF and UHF Television Antenna Test Range Measurements
- 10.9 VHF and UHF Television Field Strength Measurements
- Section 11: Ancillary Broadcast Systems
- Index
Product information
- Title: National Association of Broadcasters Engineering Handbook, 11th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2017
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781317396291
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