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1 December 2015 Page 1 of 6 SBE CHAPTER 52 CONNECTIONS NEWS LETTER There is NO SBE SMPTE December meeting, just an opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. It is also an opportunity to thank the Bulletin Sponsors, the OAB staff, our many meeting speakers and hosts, the OAB Annual Engineering Conference EXHIBITORS, all of whom made 2015 another outstanding year. From the Officers of Chapter 52

December 2015 Page 2 of 6 November Meeting Recap Our November 19th meeting was combined with the SMPTE Ohio Section, and held at the Sinclair Broadcasting-WSYX-TV lot, in Columbus.

national and local news stories made possible utilizing the newer camera system designs such as, the Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire in Southgate, Kentucky, on May 28th, 1977.

2 December 2015 Page 2 of 6 November Meeting Recap Our November 19th meeting was combined with the SMPTE Ohio Section, and held at the Sinclair Broadcasting-WSYX-TV lot, in Columbus. Approximately 35 members & guests were in attendance during the evening as the meeting opened with a discussion of the rich history of ENG cameras over the years, and some of the first big live national and local news stories made possible utilizing the newer camera system designs such as, the Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire in Southgate, Kentucky, on May 28th, Our section Chair, John Owen, who worked at Taft Broadcasting Company at that time, pointed out to the group that Cincinnati TV station WKRC-TV used one of the first ENG camera systems to cover that fire which was called, "EDGE Mobile News" which help put their TV station on the scene first with continuous, live coverage as all of the tragic events unfolded! Other significance stories over the years discussed included: 911, the March 2003 invasion of Bagdad Iraq, where a US Army Combat photographer used the first Sony full HD Camcorder, to record the opening battles. Al Kornak from JVC-Kenwood, then took the stage and began his presentation on some of his firm's new ENG streaming camera product line designs which included features such as, a direct/indirect field line of sight steaming signal system called, "The MESH Video Network" which bounces multiple bidirectional signal paths, each line of sight, directly to a local Cell Tower or if necessary, relayed via satellite, back to a TV station.

3 December 2015 Page 3 of 6 This innovative method is far superior to the conventional one or two hop field STL system, in use today. He also noted that by using an ipad located at a TV station, the video from the ENG camera in the field could actually be extracted and sent back to the TV station's production control room directly, for immediate on air promos or to their editing suite, to begin a preview cut of the story! He also mentioned that even though JVC-Kenwood has a hand held 4K ENG camera product line out, future models will feature a shoulder mounted design, resulting in better camera balancing for the operator, and assuring a steady picture, especially in mobile field applications. A lively Q&A session followed, his well received presentation! A very sincere "Thank You" to Mark Seekins and Ron Taylor at the WSYX-TV Engineering Department, for providing the outstanding studio/stage meeting facilities!

December 2015 Page 4 of 6 Chapter 52 Officers Chairman: John Owen, #3620 1393 Dutch Thomas Road Peebles, Oh 45660 johno@qcom1.com 703.930.

1747 The staff of the Ohio Association of Broadcasters, Chris Merritt, Kathy Cooper, Katie Lovell, and Carrie Newton offer Holiday Greetings and Best Wishes for a New Year.

4 December 2015 Page 4 of 6 Chapter 52 Officers Chairman: John Owen, # Dutch Thomas Road Peebles, Oh johno@qcom1.com Vice Chairman: John McKinley, # Whitley Drive Gahanna, Oh OhioRFman@gmail.com The staff of the Ohio Association of Broadcasters, Chris Merritt, Kathy Cooper, Katie Lovell, and Carrie Newton offer Holiday Greetings and Best Wishes for a New Year. OAB hosts the Annual Ohio Engineering Conference in the fall and represents radio and tv station interest in Ohio. Be sure to visit their web site at OAB.org. Contact them at for telephone assistance. Secretary, Treasurer and Newsletter Editor Ralph B. Hoffman # Vanatta Rd, Centerburg, Oh R.Hoffman@IEEE.Org Webmaster: Robert Holden 7204 Lakspur Lane, Lot 164 Powell, TN rjholden1971@gmail.com (CF) Newsletter Editor Emeritus Dave White # Larrimer Avenue Worthington, Oh DAWHI1@Columbus.rr.com Certification Chairman: Position Presently Vacant Chris Merritt Katie Lovell Kathy Cooper Carrie Newton Now on Facebook & Twitter! Check them out! Robert Holden, SBE Chapter 52 Webmaster, has opened a Facebook and a Twitter Account for Chapter 52 to

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Connections The Newsletter of Chapter 52, Columbus and Central Ohio, Society of Broadcast Engineers

Page 1 of 7 Pages Connections The Newsletter of Chapter 52, Columbus and Central Ohio, Society of Broadcast Engineers There will be a joint meeting of the Ohio Section of SMPTE and SBE Chapter 52 Thursday,