Chapter8.1

Planning a Television Transmitter Facility

David Sanderford and Matthew A. Sanderford, P.E., CPBE

Marsand, Inc.

Introduction

The planning of a television transmitter facility, as discussed in this chapter, applies to any work performed at the transmitter site. This includes main and standby equipment, replacing of existing equipment, and new installations. Chapter 6.1 in the NAB Engineering Handbook, Tenth Edition is an excellent treatise authored by John M. Lyons, The Durst Organization. He has successfully addressed the necessary areas relating to the planning and installation of a television transmitter facility. With his permission, this chapter includes much of what he has written, as it accurately brings out the elements in a ...

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