Standards
BROADCAST TECHNICAL SOCIETY STANDARDS SCOPE
The BTS Standards Committee oversees, develops, and maintains standards documents accredited by the American National Standards Institute in the field of broadcast technology. This field encompasses devices, equipment, techniques, and systems related to broadcast technology, distribution, transmission, and propagation aspects.
Published documents include standards, recommended practices, and engineering guidelines, all of which integrate to describe a particular process.
RECENT NEWS
The BTS Standards Committee held its April meeting at NAB in Las Vegas. The recent addition of Bill Miller as Chair of the Video and Audio Techniques Working Group has added valuable expertise to that area’s standards work.
The 1631 -2008 Recommended Practice For Measurement of 8-VSB Digital Television Transmission Mask Compliance has been researched and downloaded over 1000 times in its relatively short history.
The RF Techniques Working group is investigating a new project associated with Passive Intermodulation Measurement Techniques for broadcast facilities. Stay tuned for updates on this project.
Meanwhile, the project to update the 802-1995 Camera Resolution measurement Techniques is getting started also.
G2.2 RF
The G2.2 RF group is currently working on a draft DTV translator emission measurement standard for full-service and LPTV/translator service.
IEEE P1631/D3
Draft Recommended Practice for Measurement of 8-VSB Mask Compliance in the USA
At the March 2008 meeting of the IEEE REVCOM group, Recommended Practice P1631 was approved for adoption. A further update will be provided as to when finished documents will be provided by the IEEE and the location to obtain them. The next task for the RF Standards Working Group is to determine an acceptable measurement method for measurement of for compliance of conducted harmonics and spurious radiation from 8-VSB transmitters.
G2.2 RF Standards Chair
Greg Best
9223 N. Manning Ave.
Kansas City, MO 64157 USA
gbconsulting@kc.rr.com
G2.1 Audio and Video Techniques Standards Chair
William Miller
246 Beechmont Drive
New Rochelle, NY 10804
millerwc@optonline.net
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