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Wednesday - 14 October 2009
Edison Ballroom

AM: Tutorials I
PM: Tutorials II

Wednesday - 14 October 2009
Tutorial Day
AM Session Chair: David Layer - NAB, USA

Modern FM and IBOC Signal Coverage Measurement Techniques at NPR Labs
John Kean, NPR Labs - National Public Radio, USA

High Power HD Radio Performance and Building Penetration Tests
Russ Mundschenk, iBiquity Digital Corporation, USA

PM Session Chair: Guy Bouchard - CBC Technology, Canada

Inside a New Implementation of Longley-Rice
Sid Shumate, Givens & Bell, and BIA Advisory Services –Dataworld, USA

Harmonic and Spurious Measurement Methodology according to the IEEE P1631 Emission Mask Compliance Recommended Practice
Greg Best, Greg Best Consulting, USA

Thursday morning - 15 October 2009
Coverage and Interference
Session Chair: Kerry Cozad - Dielectric Communications, USA

Revisiting the Field Strength Requirements for DTV in the Canadian Context
Pascal Marcoux,  CBC/Radio-Canada

Radiated Emission Interference from In-House Power Line Telecommunications Devices into the Residential Broadcast Environment
Charles Einolf, Consultant, USA

Experimental Results on Wind Turbines Impact to Terrestrial DTV Reception in UHF Band
Pablo Angueira , University of the Basque Country, Spain

IBOC Signal Quality Measurements
David L. Hershberger, Continental Electronics, USA

Building a Real World HD Radio Application
Paul Brenner, Broadcast Traffic Consortium, USA

Thursday afternoon - 15 October 2009
Broadcast Antenna Technology
Session Chair: Paul Shulins - Greater Media, USA

Experience with Moment Method Modeling for Verification of AM Directional Antenna System Performance
Tom Jones, Carl T. Jones Corporation, USA

Vertically Polarized Dipoles and Monopoles, Directivity, Effective Height and Antenna Factor
Valentin Trainotti, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Mathematics of Mechanical Beam Tilt
S. Merrill Weiss, Merrill Weiss Group LLC, USA

Manufacturers Panel Discussion - TV Antennas
Moderator, Bill Hayes, BTS President and Iowa Public Television, USA
Confirmed Panelists include:
Dane Jubera - Jampro: "TV Antenna Basics"
Kerry Cozad - Dielectric Communications: "Reception Issues with DTV"
Myron Fanton - Electronics Research, Inc: "Antennas for DTx and SFN "

Friday morning - 16 October 2009
Digital Implementation – I
Session Chair: Bob Surette - Shively Labs

Feedback Cancellation with a Pilot-Free Reference for the ATSC terrestrial DTV Repeaters
Ki-Hwan Suh, Pusan National University, Korea

A Design of a Feedback Canceller for Equalization Digital On-Channel Repeater of the ATSC system
Young-Jun Lee, Pusan National University, Korea

Frequency Synchronization among Translators for DTV Broadcasting Network
Heung Mook Kim, ETRI, Korea

Field Test Results of Equalization Distributed Translators
Heung Mook Kim, ETRI, Korea

Evaluating Equalized Digital On Channel Repeaters: A Simple and Effective Solution for Enhancing ATSC TV Station Coverage
Mark Aitken, Sinclair Broadcasting Group, USA

RF Performance of DTV Converter Boxes—An Overview of FCC Measurements
Stephen Martin, Federal Communications Commission Laboratory, USA

Mobile/Handheld Digital Television: Testing Update and Potential Use Cases
Jim Kutzner, Public Broadcasting Service, USA

Friday afternoon - 16 October 2009
Digital Implementation – II
Session Chair: Doug McCabe - Jampro, USA

Implementation Issues: A/V Synchronization
Adam Goldberg, AGP, LLC USA

An Expanded Presentation on AFD
Jean-Claude Krelic, Miranda Technologies, Inc., USA

16x9 Standard Definition Broadcasting in North America
Terry Harvey, Southern Illinois University, USA

Panel discussion on DTV Implementation Issues
Moderator, Graham Jones, NAB
Confirmed Panelists include:
Adam Goldberg, AGP, LLC, USA
Matthew Goldman, Tandberg Television
Jean-Claude Krelic, Miranda Technologies, Inc., USA
Terry Harvey, Southern Illinois University, USA
Jim Kutzner, Public Broadcasting Service, USA