The Breakfast Meeting (sponsored by Chapter 56) was called to order by Chapter 56 Chairman Ray Klotz, Ray asked everyone present to introduce him or herself.

 

Reports:
Minutes:

Meeting Minutes: from the February meeting were brought up for approval as posted on the Chapter 56 Website.  The Minutes were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote of the members present.
 

Treasurers Report:
 

Not Available

Education Report:  

Ray Klotz reported the next test is at NAB 2003 April 8^th the deadline to apply is March 1, 2003. The next local exam is June 6-16th the deadline for application is April 25, 2003.

Frequency Coordination, below 1 GHz:

Richard Hardy reported there was nothing new to report, no change from noted problem areas as reported last month.

 

Frequency Coordination, above 1 GHz: 

Not Available

Membership Report: 
Nothing new reported. 

Secretary’s Report: 
None. 

Web and Internet Report: 
Gerald Weaver and Ron Stearnes reported nothing new.

EAS Report: 

Roger Herring had nothing new to report.

 

Internship Committee:

Gerald Weaver and David Shaffer:  Reported that they are in the process of interviewing 5 to 6 candidates from Spartan. They will try to supply interns to any station wishing to have them.

Internet Report

No report.

Old Business:

Nothing Discussed.

New Business:

Nothing Discussed.

 

Ray Klotz thanked everyone for attending and gave special thanks for the exhibitors participation.

A motion to adjourn the meeting was seconded and approved by voice vote.

 

 

 

 

Humor
Below is our best attempt at humor. 
  Try to remember, you get what you pay for here!

                                    John Kenne Major

 It is with great sadness that I inform the SBE membership of the passing of Dr. John K. Major, former owner of KCMA-FM, on March 18, 2003. He will always be remembered for “Keeping Classical Music Alive” in the Tulsa area from 1981 until 1995. He was called Dr. Major by many of his employees but he told me early in our professional working relationship he would prefer to be called John. 

In his early career life John was a Professor of Physics at universities in Ohio, New York and Illinois. In the seventies he surprised his family and friends by changing vocations to become a broadcaster, this move would combine two of his great loves, classical music and electronics. He worked for a time at classical music stations in Chicago and other places while searching for a place to build a classical music station. 

John found his broadcast ownership home in Owasso when he discovered he could build a new Class C FM transmitter near Talala, he did most of the application work for the station himself. In 1981 KCMA 106.1 went on the air as the first commercial classical music station in Oklahoma. Almost from the start John was working on an application to triple the antenna height at the transmitter and when it was granted he faced the reality that commercial classical music advertising revenue would not support the investment required to build the tower and transmitter. 

In 1986 KCMA 106.1 was sold and a few months later 92.1 was acquired and the KCMA call letters were assigned to that station. The 92.1 station was a Class A (3KW, 300 feet) but full time classical music was back on the air in Tulsa. John then started work on an application to upgrade 92.1 to a Class C2 and after four very hard years and many, many thousands of dollars spent changing the frequency of another station he had a construction permit for the current transmitter site. 

Although he could not always afford it John loved new technology. Moving the 92.1 transmitter presented major challenges for both of us since there were the studios of another radio station at the base of what was to be our new tower. In the past there had been a radio transmitter at the site and the RF into the studio equipment was a constant problem. I recommended we use an ERI Half-Wave Spaced Antenna that nearly doubled the cost of the antenna, after several weeks of debate he finally agreed. He did ask me at least ten times if that was my final decision, he wanted to make sure of my commitment that the antenna was required. After the transmitter went on the air in 1990 the RF problems in the studio equipment were minimal and were resolved quickly, only one interference complaint was received in the one year period following the start of operation. John was very happy with his new antenna and very proud that he had this new technology on his radio station. By the way the transmitter, transmission line and rack equipment were moved to the new site in one day, we started at dawn on a Sunday and the station was on the air about 10:00PM that night. After the transmitter site was constructed John was presented the Lifetime Achievement in Broadcast Engineering Award by SBE Chapter 56, Inc. for his many contributions to broadcasting.  

In 1995 the station was sold and John retired from his second career, full time commercial classical music in Tulsa has been silent since. He was one of the last local station owners in the Tulsa area. In his retirement years John kept very busy with volunteer work and participation in his church, John and I kept in touch by our common membership in Trinity Episcopal Church. I was honored to have worked with John as his engineer for twelve years and to have known him for the past twenty years, knowing him has been an asset to my career, I will miss him!

Richard Hardy  

Frequency Coordination Above 1 gHz
Larry Miller

     Nothing to report.

Frequency Coordination Below 1 gHz
Rich Hardy

Nothing to report

Education Committee
Ray Klotz

Applications for February exam dates are closed.

Applications must be received at National by March 1st for the exam period April 8, 2003.

The SBE Certification Committee has established the exam dates listed below for 2003.  Check for the time that is best for you.

If there is interest, we will have study sessions.  Let me know.  For more information about SBE Certification, contact me, SBE 56 Certification Chair Ray Klotz or contact Linda Godby, Certification Director at SBE National Office at (317) 846-9000.

CERTIFICATION EXAM DATES FOR 2003

                        March 28th Program

            7:30 a.m.-8:00 a.m.   Registration & Continental Breakfast
               8:00 a.m.-8:55 a.m.      Wireless Mics & In-Ear Monitoring in
                                                     a  Shrinking UHF Spectrum
                                                     Rick Belt-- Sennheiser
               9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.    One on One with an FCC Field Inspector
               10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.   Rules, New Rules, Using the FCC CDBS
                                                      & more.   David Layer--VP,
                                                      Science & Technology, NAB
                                                      David Oxenford--Attorney, Shaw Pittman
               12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.     SONY Buffet Luncheon with the Vendors
                 1:15 p.m.-3:00 p.m.     Evolving DTV Standards
                                                      David Layer--VP, Science & Technology,
                                                      NAB
                                                      Jay Gonzalez--Senior DTV Technologist,
                                                      MCSi
                 3:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m.     Building Networks & Storage for Radio &
                                                      TV John Rorke, Sr.--Account Executive,
                                                      Rorke Data
                                                      Chris Stone--Automated Storage Product
                                                      Manager, Rorke Data
                 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.     Engineers/Exhibitors Reception