Dear readers, especially members of IEEE northeast, this is one of the few experiences or rather knowledge I gained during my internship and feel that it may interest you.
First of all, I am doing my IT at FRCN federal radio corporation of Nigeria, located at Radio House, Abuja. I mostly spend my time in Network control rome located at the 12th floor of radio house. Apart from maintenance work, the corporation employs engineers in the network control room to transmit and receive signals(audio) to and from the five national station which are: Lagos national station, Ibadan national station, Enugu national, Kaduna national station and kapital staion Abuja. The control will ensure that signals are received from and send to the various national stations especially when national program is aired from the national headquarter or OB transmission van(outside broadcasting) when on field transmission is carried out.
The daily routine of the engineer on duty includes announcing the lineup of contribution by the various national station which is decided by the people from the news room. This means that the editor in the news room will decide which station will make the first report contribution in the course of national broadcast. The engineer on duty will wait for the line up to be brought and he/she will then contact the various stations to inform them of their line up position for the day; this may change the next day. The contact is made via telephone conversation.
The engineer will then ensure that signal is received from these station and also ensure that these stations are receiving signal from the headquarter( at his/her end).
How does the engineer on duty does that? The network control room contains equipment that assist this engineer do his or her work. These equipments includes transmitters and receivers mainly. To ensure signal is received from any where there are three means at the disposal of the engineer. These are: (1)- V-sat (2)- TVR O and (3)- Audio streaming. In my next post I will try to explain how these three means are used and why are they used simultaneously even though one will suffice.
First of all, I am doing my IT at FRCN federal radio corporation of Nigeria, located at Radio House, Abuja. I mostly spend my time in Network control rome located at the 12th floor of radio house. Apart from maintenance work, the corporation employs engineers in the network control room to transmit and receive signals(audio) to and from the five national station which are: Lagos national station, Ibadan national station, Enugu national, Kaduna national station and kapital staion Abuja. The control will ensure that signals are received from and send to the various national stations especially when national program is aired from the national headquarter or OB transmission van(outside broadcasting) when on field transmission is carried out.
The daily routine of the engineer on duty includes announcing the lineup of contribution by the various national station which is decided by the people from the news room. This means that the editor in the news room will decide which station will make the first report contribution in the course of national broadcast. The engineer on duty will wait for the line up to be brought and he/she will then contact the various stations to inform them of their line up position for the day; this may change the next day. The contact is made via telephone conversation.
The engineer will then ensure that signal is received from these station and also ensure that these stations are receiving signal from the headquarter( at his/her end).
How does the engineer on duty does that? The network control room contains equipment that assist this engineer do his or her work. These equipments includes transmitters and receivers mainly. To ensure signal is received from any where there are three means at the disposal of the engineer. These are: (1)- V-sat (2)- TVR O and (3)- Audio streaming. In my next post I will try to explain how these three means are used and why are they used simultaneously even though one will suffice.
i really impress. Al-amin
ReplyDeletethanks Al-amin.
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