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6:20 pm
Tue August 28, 2012

TheEC: Skywave Propagation

Credit Wikipedia
Radio waves (black) reflecting off the ionosphere (red) during skywave propagation.

Providence, RI – Not long ago we talked about "tropospheric ducting" for FM and some TV signals. This time on the Engineer's Corner, we'll talk about its cousin for AM signals: skywave!

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Engineers Corner
4:41 pm
Tue August 14, 2012

TheEC: IP Audio Codecs

Credit www.comrex.com
A Comrex ACCESS portable audio connection device, using their \"BRIC\" proprietary codec over the internet.

Providence, RI – This time on the Engineer's Corner let's talk about CODECS. Short for "encoder / decoder," codecs are a fact of modern life; used in cellphones, digital cable TV, digital television, the internet, you name it! Anywhere there's data, there's probably a codec involved.

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Engineers Corner
4:17 pm
Wed August 1, 2012

TheEC: Atomic Clocks

Engineers Corner
4:26 pm
Tue July 24, 2012

TheEC: Tropospheric Ducting

Credit www.dxfm.com
An illustration of tropospheric ducting.
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