[BC] Any other staticides?

[DANA PUOPOLO]

AHHH Mutual...

Now it can be told...

Mutual used to have in band network break signalling  (De doop).

A friend of mine who worked the overnight TX shift recorded the tones that ran
just before the national news - then called a talk show and played them over
his voice while talking on their air.

I understand it caused quite a *stir*.

-D



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Received: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 04:22:30 PM PST
From: "Fee Lee" <feehlee at fcc.net>
To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: Re: [BC] Any other staticides?

When I was at Mutual Broadcasting, we had the same problem with static in 
Master Control.  We had antistatic mats where the Master Control operators 
sat, while this helped there was still a lot of static in the rest of master 
control.  We finally installed a large humidifier that hung on the wall and 
was connected to water and sewer lines.  It was basically a steam boiler 
that sent its output directly into an air stream.  The water in the DC area 
is very hard, but the humidifer would stop and flush itself down the drain 
every day or so.  Even so, every year I would have to take the thing apart 
and clean out the boiler to get all the minerals out of it.  The Master 
Control was so large that the humidifer ran all the time (it was a room that 
was roughly 30 by 40 feet).
                                      Fee Lee 

SHAFFER, RANDY L writes: 

> For some reason about three years ago we started noticing an increasing
number of tape "hits". We finally determined due to the dry air in the winter
months, there was a slight static discharge coming from the tape or the tape
head which looked like a "hit" or dropout on the tape. It seemed silly at the
time, but we installed a console room humidifier in MCR and the problem was
greatly reduced. It is the operators job at the start of the shift to make
sure the containers are filled. That seemed to solve the problem. If I start
seeing dropouts, it is nearly always due to someone letting the humidifer go
dry. Some people didn't think that a console unit would be large enough for
such a large room, but it seems to be enough to work.
> I plan to add a second unit on the other side of the control room this year
so that there is always one operating.
> We still have a problem with a certain director who wears a synthetic jacket
and then discharges himself on the switcher. He claims he never had that
problem at ESPN and wants us to install a mat discharge system for people to
walk on when entering the control booth. I can't figure out how that would
work if you are walking on it with sneakers or shoes. I'll have to do more
research. 
> 
> Randy Shaffer
> WLYH-TV/WHP-TV
> Harrisburg, PA 17110 
> 
> 
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