Services Provided by Hahn Broadcast Engineering

Broadcast Studies

• Preliminary concept proposals for new or improved transmitting facilities.
• Feasibility studies, including alternative capital cost benefits, frequency search, site selection, protection analysis and comparative coverage maps.
• VHF and UHF coverage predictions, including realistic terrain effects.
• Measurement of signal strength and quality in the AM and FM bands.

Broadcast License Applications

• Technical briefs for AM, FM or TV stations with antenna design, contour predictions, population counts, etc.  Completion of forms, domestic coordination and municipal notification required for applications and Efile all documents with Industry Canada.
• Assist with CRTC applications by providing technical and demographic information and attending public hearings, if required, as client advisor and engineering spokesman.
• Expediting FCC notifications to Industry Canada for Canadian approval on behalf of U.S. clients.

Implementation of Broadcast Facilities

• Specify design details and assist construction management for new or improved transmitting facilities.
• Issue requests for quotation and assist bid selection for equipment procurement.
• Design, testing, adjustment and proof of performance for AM antenna systems.

Regulatory Compliance

• AM proofs of performance.
• Safety code 6 theoretical radiation studies.
• Reradiation studies on power lines or other large structures near AM transmitting sites.
• Design and commissioning of detuning systems to minimize reradiation.

Radio and Microwave Systems

• Studio-Transmitter (STL) and other point to point to point microwave or UHF radio links.
• Remote Pickup Systems (RPU).