TV Technology - July 11, 2012 - (Page 1) rF technology—doug lung on soFtware-deFined radios TVTechnology July 11, 2012 SOLVING ThE SILICON CRISIS wITh quANTum COmPuTING ➤ 18 PAGE www.tvtEchnology.com Broadcast • Production • BroadBand • satellite • MoBile ➤ Indy 500 eaS-CaP rules Now in Place What awaits the holdouts as deadline passes? by Mark r. SMith ASHINGTON—The Federal Communication Commission’s deadline for broadcasters and cable systems to comply with the commission’s new Emergency Alert System (EAS) Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) open source code came and went on Saturday, June 30. But with the deadline, a new issue arose, concerning broadcast and cable operators that are not in compliance, even though they’ve technically had a number of years to prepare for the switch. The FCC mandate calls for the installation of CAP systems to run concurrently with the (still to be employed) EAS counterparts—with no date for when the CAP system, which generally costs from $2,000 to $7,000— must be implemented. What retribution from the FCC From the driver’s POV —page 13 ➤ Inside Audio Using audio meters to comply with CALM —page 25 W awaits entities not in compliance remains to be seen, but holdouts could face thousands of dollars in fines. “The ball is in the FCC’s court as to how it’s going to treat this situation,” said Richard Rudman, owner of Remote Possibilities in Santa Paula, Calif., and vice chair for the California State Emergency Communications Committee, “but there is no one in this world who can say that [the broadcasters and cable providers] haven’t had enough time to prepare.” FCC’S NEXT STEP Rudman’s words ring especially true, given that the FCC delayed the deadline twice over the years (including on June 30, 2011), and even sent out a press release in mid-June to say that there would be no further extension. Repercussions will depend on how the FCC enforces the mandate, he said. “If an FCC inspector comes into a station and finds that it’s not CAP compliant, then the FCC office will probably send a Notice of Apparent Liability to the station mentioning this fact,” Rudman said. “Then the station typically gets a certain period of time to reply.” Eventually, an inspector would return to the station, “but no one EAS-CAP, PAGE 12 ➤ Equipment Reviews Reviewing RED remembering telstar Television went global 50 years ago by JaMeS e. O’Neal WASHINGTON—In today’s world where pizza pan-sized satellite antennas delivering hundreds of television channels are as common as starlings on rooftops of homes, businesses, and even RVs, few recall a time when receiving video from space was just a dream. 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