With hundreds of transmitter site visits under his belt, Jeff has seen a few things and will attempt to share some of the challenges he encounters most often in this session. The content will cover tips from the areas of grounding and lightning protection, safety, IT security and whatever else comes to mind, so there should be a bit of something for everyone in this fast paced presentation. We’ll look at the problems and situations we all encounter and discuss ways to resolve them or work around them and to prevent them from being situations in the future and have some fun in the process!

Jeff Welton, has worked with Nautel for over 30 years. He is currently the Nautel Sales Manager for U.S. Central Region. Previously he spent 16.5 years as a Nautel Customer Service Technician, was involved in the 2015 MA3 field tests with NAB Labs and has performed hundreds of transmitter site visits and field calls. A regular speaker and contributor on broadcast engineering, Jeff has been recognized with the following awards: the 2020 NAB Radio Engineering Achievement Award; 2019 APRE Engineering Achievement Award; and 2018 SBE Educator of the Year Award. He’s also contributed to the most recent edition of the NAB Engineering Handbook and performs several presentations a year in the area of broadcast engineering.