[BC] Harris Corp. Seeks Cuts in Transmitter Business

[Chuck Lakaytis]

Dead?

Harris has bought several companies in the last few years, such as Leitch 
Video.  Now they have to figure out a way to make them all one broadcast 
company.  We deal with many more companies now then strictly transmitter 
companies.  Transmiiters are only one component in an increasingly complex 
technical medium.

We just completed a phase of combining video and audio resources from three 
uplinks to one.  The video and audio are just data as far as the links are 
concerned, IP data at that.  Scientific Atlanta, Cisco, and Satellite 
Engineering Group were all inolved.

I built my first transmitter in 1959, original call K0QXV and installed a 
Harris Z series HD transmitter last week.

And I think the guys in Melborne have pretty high expectations of their 
divisions.


Chuck Lakaytis
Director of Engineering
Alaska Public Broadcasting, Inc.
135 Cordova Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
907 277 6300
907 277 6359 FAX
907 301 4339 Cell
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Tarsio" <Bob at Broadcast-Devices.com>
To: "'Broadcasters' Mailing List'" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 8:26 PM
Subject: RE: [BC] Harris Corp. Seeks Cuts in Transmitter Business


> To All:
>
> I would like to add my sentiments as well. There is that old saying 
> "rumors
> of my death have been greatly exaggerated". Its tough times for all of us 
> in
> broadcasting. I have been on both sides of the fence. For many years I was 
> a
> station guy. Now my company supports the stations I used to work for.
> Broadcasters need to think progressively. Those of us who support the
> industry need to think of ways to provide the right tools for 
> broadcasters.
> Harris is a good customer of ours and I know that there are good people in
> that organization that will continue to guide the company in positive ways
> in these trying times. It's easy to say this company or that is "dead". Be
> careful for what you ask for to quote another old adage as you may just 
> get
> it. Also consider the employees and retirees of the company. They would
> rather not read things like the company they work for is going to die.
> Harris has had a rich history and has supported the radio and television
> industry nearly since the inception of broadcasting. They even helped a
> little company in suburban New York get started. Our first product was a
> program amplifier and preamplifier for Gates audio consoles. The people at
> Harris thought so much of what we were doing that they actually referred
> customers to us when they could no longer support those old consoles due 
> to
> the obsolescence of some the parts in the original plug ins. Even in the
> "death" of a product they continued to support their customers and helped 
> us
> build a business. For that I will be forever grateful. Long live Harris.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Bob Tarsio
> President
>
> Broadcast Devices, Inc.
> www.Broadcast-Devices.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
> [mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of WFIFeng at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 23:28
> To: broadcast at radiolists.net
> Subject: Re: [BC] Harris Corp. Seeks Cuts in Transmitter Business
>
> In a message dated 02/02/2007 3:55:05 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> sbailey at nespower.com writes:
>
>> Harris will die, you wait and see. I bet Parker Gates is looking down
>>  and shaking his head.
>
> Dear God, I hope not! There are an awful lot of stations out there running
> Harris boxes! Including me!
>
> Willie...
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