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Connecting Our Future |
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Society of Broadcast Engineers - Career Advancement Newsletter December 2012 |
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We have logo items in the SBE store. Show your support by wearing an SBE shirt, using a logo notepad or even a cup! They also make great gifts.
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Microphone Speaker - $21 plus shipping |
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Certification exam dates and deadlines | Looking ahead in 2013 there are four opportunities to take a certification exam in your area with the local chapter.
Exams will also be given on Tuesday, April 9th in Las Vegas, Nev. during the NAB Convention.
If you would like to take an exam in 2013 but are not able to make it during these sessions, please contact Megan Clappe to ask about special proctoring.
Below is the 2013 certification exam schedule
Exam Dates Application Deadline
February 8-18, 2013 December, 31, 2012
April 9, 2013 (in Las Vegas, Nev.) March 22, 2013
June 7-17, 2013 April 12, 2013
August 9-19, 2013 June 3, 2013
November 1-11, 2013 September 13, 2013
If you have any questions regarding SBE certifications, please contact the Certification Director, Megan Clappe. |
| Webinar by SBE on IP Networking, part 3 - IP Address Management |
with Wayne Pecena, CPBE, 8-VSB, AMD, DRB, CBNE
January 31 -2-3:30 p.m. ET
SBE members - $49 ; non-members - $75
An understanding of IP address principals and practices is essential to properly design, manage, and support IP networks. This webinar will provide a practical tutorial in IPv4 addressing principals, addressing schemes, and subnet design using private and public addressing. The webinar will include practical exercises to reverse engineer an unknown IP address plan and steps to designing an IP addressing scheme focused upon a small broadcast facility.
 | | Presenting this webinar is Wayne Pecena, CPBE, 8-VSB, AMD, DRB, CBNE |
Presenting this webinar is Wayne Pecena, CPBE, 8-VSB, AMD, DRB, CBNE. Wayne is the Assistant Director of Educational Broadcast Services in the Office of Information Technology at Texas A&M University. In this position, he serves as the Director of Engineering of TTVN: The Enterprise Videoconference and Data Network serving the Texas A&M University System and Public Broadcast stations KAMU-TV and KAMU-FM serving the Brazos Valley area. He is a member of the SBE Education Committee, and regularly presents on networking technology. Click here for more information and to register. |
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SBE Specialist certifications
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A level of the SBE certification's that may interest you are the SBE Specialists. The SBE National Certification Committee created the Specialist certifications in order to establish a benchmark of individual strengths.
To qualify and apply for a specialist certification, you must currently hold a certification on the Broadcast Engineer, Senior Engineer or Professional Broadcast Engineer level. The specialist certification exams are three hours and consist of 50 multiple-choice questions. One essay-type question will be selected for each exam. The multiple choice portion is open book and the essay portion is closed book. Read this article about how the exams with essays are graded. There are currently three Specialist Certifications available:
8-VSB Specialist (8-VSB) The 8-VSB Specialist certification is designed to help evaluate an individual's ability to perform the necessary tasks to keep facilities operating properly. The exam will cover these areas of competency: transport stream, audio (AC-3), video (MPEG-2), PSIP, DTV standards documents and transmission systems.
AM Directional Specialist (AMD) The AMD Specialist certification is designed to help evaluate an individual's ability to perform the necessary tasks to keep facilities operating properly. AM radio stations can operate as non-directional with a signal tower or directional using more than one tower. While both require knowledge and skill to maintain in proper working order, the directional antenna system involves a higher degree of skill and understanding of RF theory. The exam will cover operation, maintenance and repair of a directional antenna system, FCC rules concerning directional operation, test equipment and safety procedures.
Digital Radio Broadcast Specialist (DRB) The DRB Specialist certification is designed to help evaluate an individual's ability to perform the necessary tasks to build and keep facilities operating properly. It will qualify an individual's knowledge of digital radio broadcasting including audio processing, studio-to-transmitter links and transmission of multi-channel digital program streams. The exam will include knowledge of importers, exporters, the various methods of combining analog and digital transmitters to antenna systems, delivery of digital audio signals and data to transmitter sites, transmitter emission mask measurements, AM and FM FCC rules, monitoring of digital signals and bandwidth requirements for AM antenna systems.
If you are interested in any of the other SBE certifications not mentioned here, please go to the SBE website, or contact Certification Director, Megan Clappe. |
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SBE University - online self study courses available on-demand |
written by Paul Claxton, CPBE, CBNE
Holiday Special for SBE members through December 31 - $79 (a $20 savings)
non-members - $139
The purpose of this course is to give the student an introduction to the fundamental concepts of computer networking. The course will cover computer topologies (both physical and logical), media types, the OSI model, and local area networking. It will cover some legacy material but is primarily about Ethernet, TCP/IP and other current computer networking protocols. Hardware such as switches and routers will be covered and software such as VLAN, VPN, and NAT as well. Some basic troubleshooting, security, and administrative procedures will also be reviewed. The course is meant as an introduction, covering many subjects at a high level in order to assist the broadcaster in passing the Certified Broadcast Networking Technologist exam. There are several quiz questions at the end of each chapter to help the student ensure he/she understands the material.
This online course has 15 chapters, and includes graphics, a glossary, quiz questions, and a final exam. Subjects include physical media, physical network topologies, logical network topologies, the open systems interconnection model and data encapsulation, network devices, Internet protocols, routing and more.
This course is beneficial to those who wish to embark on self-study preparation for the SBE Certified Broadcast Networking Technologist® CBNT certification exam in a structured approach or one who desires an understanding of the basics of computer networking.
Course Preview More Information and Registration |
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SBE Technical Presenters Group - technical experts available for your program |
The Society of Broadcast Engineers invites select industry professionals to be a part of the Society's Technical Presenters Group. For a reasonable fee and travel expenses, groups such as state broadcasters associations, broadcasting companies, SBE chapters and others have the opportunity to include one of these presenters in their engineering conference, or as a trainer for their engineering staff. Speakers from the SBE Technical Presenters Group are generally available to speak across the country.
"Chapter 53 arranged to have Wayne Pecena, CPBE, present a day-long session on IP Networking earlier this year. The SBE made it easy to bring an experienced, knowledgeable presenter to our area, and our members felt it was worth the time and money." - Jim Leifer, CPBE, member of SBE Chapter 53
Presentations can last from as little as one hour to a full-day. For more information on this program, or to arrange a presentation for your group, contact Kimberly Kissel, SBE Education Director. Current topics include: FCC Enforcement Actions - an Analysis of Broadcast Violations, with Dennis Baldridge
Understanding the FCC Self-Inspection Checklists, with Dennis Baldridge Chief Operator Responsibilities - What should I be doing?, with Dennis Baldridge Networking Technology for Broadcast Engineers, with Wayne Pecena - this topic customized to fit your group
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