LPTV Low power Television

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FACT SHEET November 2001
LOW POWER TELEVISION (LPTV)
The Low Power Television Service (LPTV) was established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1982 to provide opportunities for television service for locally-created and community-oriented programming in both rural locations and individual communities within larger urban areas.
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Life Guide Posts

 Health:

1. Drink plenty of water.

2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar..

3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.

4. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.

5. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, and prayer.

6. Play more games.

7. Read more books than you did in 2008.

8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.

9. Sleep for 7 hours.

10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while you walk, smile.

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FCC website navagation

Common Links to FCC for FM Radio and Television Broadcasting

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Lean and trim Windows computer

For computers such as, web streaming, video on demand, video server, audio workstation, alarm system, and other dedicated windows boxes used in Broadcast Engineering and elsewhere it pays to have the operating system trimmed down to an always on never interrupt condition.The specific computers have been built to do one function well, like web streaming and it does not need any interruptions by the OS or software.
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A main list of Freeware I use

Free software. Everything listed on this post is software I use to get the job done or out the window(s) it goes… and its all free! Ratings 1 simile Very Happy= poor, to 5 simile’s Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy= excellent. If you see a light bulb Idea that is a title I use often. A Exclamation means in use at Vistronic’s and evaluating. (Blue= My comments)
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Video Stream Computer

The purpose of this project is to Video Stream on the web for as cheap as possible.
First off you need a Windows XP or better PC dedicated to this purpose.
Striped and trimmed of all un-necessary software and hardware make it a lean mean fighting machine.
Items required:
Video capture card- VIEWCAST OSPREY-100 (or better model, 210, 230,..) $130.
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Computer based Alarm system

For several years now I have been contemplating an alarm system that at its core is a computer.
Most alarm systems have a dedicated hardware control box.. that frankly is limited.
By basing the central control unit on a PC it opens the window to a lot of possibilities.
Such as, LAN Internet control and notification, Phone line control and notification via Modem, web cameras, sound sensors, contact sensors through the com ports, UPS battery back up, voice or siren announcements. Read more…

FM Radio Tube Life

EXTENDING TRANSMITTER TUBE LIFE
A carefully followed program of filament voltage management can substantially increase the life expectancy of transmitter power grid tubes. Read more…

50 Things Every 18-Year-Old Should Know

50 Things Every 18-Year-Old Should Know (John Hawkins)
1) “If you are buying something that you will use often and for a long time, never go cheap. You’ll end up replacing it sooner or paying more in maintenance costs than if you had spent more on good quality in the beginning. Plus, you’ll enjoy the nicer product throughout its lifetime, rather than cringing every time you use something that is falling apart.” — bretts Read more…

Windows FTP Batch File

One button or scheduled event to launch FTP and upload files in windows. Read more…

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