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Radio Broadcast Technical Consulting and Sales
 
10032 Island Drive, Brainerd, MN  56401

 


Engineer's Log of Mark W. Persons
Your intrepid Radio Broadcast Engineer at work


July 16, 2010: Boyd Bremner retired from KKIN Radio.  Details
July 1, 2010: 1900 MHz Interference article written for Radio World Magazine.  Details
May 21, 2010: Midwest Radio in Green Bay, WI.  Details
April 10-15, 2010: NAB Convention.  Details
March 29, 2010: WXYG Radio under construction.  Details
January 25, 2010: CCA FM Transmitter trouble.  Details
January 22, 2010: Allen Bailey visits.  Details
January 22, 2010: Jon and Joan Larson visit.  Details
January 18, 2010: A Nautel AM transmitter to work on.  Details  Updated 2/18/2010
January 8, 2010: Snow in Minnesota.  Details   Updated 1/26/2010

December 22, 2009: Visit from Shane Toven.  Details
December 21, 2009: A Gates BC-1G Transmitter to retune.  Details  Updated 2/18/2010
December 17, 2009: Tour of Hughes Technologies.  Details
November 20, 2009: Pass/reject filter for WJON Radio.  Details
November 19, 2009: Michael Bovey stopped by.  Details
November 10, 2009: Emergency replacement of a power transformer.  Details
October 31, 2009: Stu and Jane Muck came to visit.  Details
October 2, 2009: Jim Zastrow visited.  Details
September 21, 2009: Garrett Wollman stopped by.  Details
August 31, 2009: Engine noise in GMC van radio.  Details
August 21, 2009: KNSP Radio gets a new transmitter.  Details
July 20, 2009: A Collins 820E-1A Transmitter work on.  Details
July 7, 2009: RF and cows.  Details
June 21, 2009: HD Radio Testing.  Details
June 13, 2009: Vietnam Veterans Honored.  Details
May 21, 2009: RF radiation and SBE meeting.  Details
May 7, 2009: Arbitron equipment installed.  Details  Updated 4/19/2010
April 1, 2009: 
April Fools Stories.  Details
January 29, 2009: KYCK in Crookston, MN,
gets a new main transmitter.  Details
January 20, 2009: Talked to SBE Chapter 17 about spectrum analyzers
.  Details

December 29, 2008: Transmitter retuned and installed at KMSU.  Details
December 19, 2008: KFAI in Minneapolis, MN, goes IBOC.  Details
December 9, 2008: WPPI is now WMIN Radio and on the air.  Details

December 5, 2008: New spectrum analyzer added to test equipment list.  Details
June 7, 2008: Visit with Clif Groth in Madison, WI.  Details
April 29, 2008: Coil Crushed in Detuning Network.  Details
February 8, 2008: Tour of Broadcast Electronics in Quincy, IL.  Details
February 5, 2008: HD Radio Class in Quincy, IL.  Details


September 14, 2007:  FMeXtra tested at WHMH Radio in Sauk Rapids, MN.  Details
September 5, 2007 Detuning another AM re-radiator.  Details
March 9, 2007: FM Antenna repaired at KSUM.  Details
December 14, 2007: 
New Station built at Blackduck, MN.  Details

January 15, 2007:  Relay Box for satellite receivers.  Details

September 7, 2006:  New Tech-Tips section on this Web site.  Details
August 8, 2006:  Newly revised and expanded Used Equipment section on this Web site.  Details
April 29, 2006:  Mark spoke before the Minnesota News Network.  Details

February 2006: Paula is interviewed for Her Voice Magazine  Details

June 23, 2005:  A limited quantity of new Zercom Broadcast Products has become available.  Details
January 6, 2005:  New 1 KW AM RF Switch.  Details
January 4, 2005:  Mark gave a speech to the Lakes Country Computer Club Details

November 29, 2004:  Now in stock, a large selection of new and used oil-filled capacitors, dummy loads, and RF switches.  Details
February 24, 2004:  New Deluxe EAS Multi-Station Relay Panel.  Details
  
November 17,
2003:
   Wind generator tower detuning project at KLOH Radio in Pipestone, MN.  Details
September 12, 2003:  Mohawk Military Reunion  Details 
  
January 10, 2003:   Water tower detuning project at KBUN Radio in Bemidji, MN.  Details

November 30, 2002: Rhythm of the Rails "Old Tyme Radio Hour."  Details
September 11, 2002: AM Expanded Band article in Radio World Magazine written by Mark Persons  Details
May 8, 2002: FM antenna article in Radio World Magazine written by Mark Persons  Details

January 8, 2002  Discover Scuba night in Brainerd.  Details

November 2001: Beta testing of Windows XP.  Details
October 2001: Radio World article by Mark Persons.  Details
June 13, 2001: A tornado takes down tower at Brainerd and knocks out power to the city for 25 1/2 hours.  Details
May, 2001, Mark Persons became a Certified Broadcast Networking Technologist with the Society of Broadcast Engineers.  He is qualified and certified to plan, build, modify, and maintain computer networking systems.
       
May 11, 2001: Mark meets MN Governor Jesse Ventura.  Details
March 12, 2001:
New Minnesota Contractor licensing.  Details
February 2001:   Radio Systems now available from M. W. Persons and Associates Details

August 2000: KQWB-AM Changes frequency.  Details

A bit of ancient Radio history


The stories go on and on.  Stop in again sometime.  I'll leave the soldering iron on for you. 
Mark W. Persons
  
Ham WØMH

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