Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned Dielectric has literally changed how FM broadcast antenna manufactures validate directional pattern studies for new FM broadcast antennas. In fact, the company’s ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microphones with directional characteristics do not have a uniform pickup pattern as do ...

Last year the FCC changed its rules to make it significantly easier for FM radio broadcasters to verify their directional patterns. The report and order gives FM and low-power FM applicants using ...

The authors are president and vice president, respectively, of Communications Technologies Inc., a consultancy in Marlton, N.J. Fig. 1: Measured vertical (purple) and horizontal (blue) field strength ...