Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Atlanta Section

Section Officials

Chairperson
Mickey Kroll
770-638-1378
[email protected]

Secretary/Treasurer
David Priester
MCSi
770-455-7610 [email protected]

Membership Chairperson
T.J. Scott
Thomson Multimedia
770-338-4273
[email protected]

Program Chair
Ron Caird
Miranda
770-578-0096
[email protected]

Managers

Ry Alford ‘03
CTG Atlanta
404-352-3000
[email protected]

Larry McLendon ‘03
CNN Post Production
404-827-4358
[email protected]

Rick Ackermans ‘03
Turner Entertainment Networks
404-885-2037
[email protected]

David Siegler '04
Turner Studios
404-885-0314
[email protected]

Sterling Davis ’04
Cox Broadcasting
404-843-5230
[email protected]

Earl Higgins '04
AVID Broadcast
770-889-4591
[email protected]

Webmaster
Andy Funk
FOX5 News
404-898-0116
[email protected]

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Next Meeting:

Monday, February 10, 2026

Spiced Right BBQ at 6:30 PM
Program Starts at 7:30 PM

Hosted by:

Rhode & Schwartz

and

Turner Entertainment

Topic:

Multipath in 8VSB Transmission

Eddy Vanderkerken
Rhode and Schwarz

It only took aproximately .001 seconds after the ATSC announced the decision to propose 8VSB as the transmission method for DTV in the US for the debate over this to begin raging. One focus of this debate has been the effects of multipath on 8VSB receivers. Eddy Vanderkerken of Rhode and Schwarz will explain the different types of multipath propagation that exist. He will also discuss how these can be simulated and quantified in the 8VSB transmission world.

Please note that there have been some recent changes in parking and security at Turner. The 10th Street parking entrance has been closed. All visitors must enter off of Techwood Drive. There will be people to provide directions and escorts through security.

Location:

Multipurpose Room
Turner Entertainment
1020 Building
Atlanta, GA 30318

New Directions:

New directions have been supplied by one of our members from Turner Broadcasting. They are in the form of an Adobe Acrobat "pdf" file:

feb-dir.pdf.

PLEASE POST

Invite your Friends And Colleagues

Easier to use web address:

This web site can now be reached with the address atlsmpte.arfunk.com, without the "www" and with no slashes. (This is in addition to www.arfunk.com/atlsmpte — just another way to reach the same site.)

News of Related Organizations:

The Peach State Chapter of the Society of Broadcast Engineers is reorganizing and plans to become more active. They now have a web site at www.broadcast.net/~sbe5/ where you can find more information.

The Order of the Iron Test Pattern has reorganized, with new levels of membership available such that those with as little as 15-minutes experience now qualify. The Order's Creed: "Through snow and glitches, dropouts, ghosts and now cliff-effect, we survive — undaunted." Those interested in the order can learn more at its web site.

Program Suggestions:

Is there a topic that you would like us to cover or want to present? Do you have new equipment or a facility you would like to show off?

We are always looking for hosts and presenters for our meetings.

Please contact:

Mickey Kroll
Section Chairperson
770-638-1378
[email protected]

Ron Caird
Section Program Chair
770-578-0096
[email protected]

Section Internet Mailing List

We have a full-featured Internet mailing list for support of Section activities. List members receive meeting notices and other appropriate announcements. The list is easily administered via the web. You can subscribe, unsubscribe, and change your list options on the list Info Page, or view past list messages on the list Archive.

Comments?

Send your announcements, job openings, or other information of general interest to Program Chair Ron Caird:

[email protected]
Voice: 770-578-0096
FAX: 770-578-0677

Have comments or suggestions for the Section web site? Send them to Andy Funk, [email protected] or [email protected].

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Last Updated: 14 February 2025