[TenTec] Argo V Transmit Audio - Part II

[Greg Fischer]

I would have fired him for sure!  You don't train someone by setting them up to fail and possibly loose their job.

Greg
AB7R

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John L Merrill 
  To: tentec at contesting.com 
  Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 6:14 AM
  Subject: RE: [TenTec] Argo V Transmit Audio - Part II


  I don't think this story proved anything other than you got the guy in
  trouble. Apparently his settings were ok until someone changed them. If you
  were working for me and I had found out you had done that trick, you may
  have been fired, HI.

  73,

  John N1JM
  Director of Engineering and Operations
  WIVB-TV/WNLO-TV
  Buffalo NY

  -----Original Message-----
  From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
  [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Robert & Linda McGraw
  K4TAX
  Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 8:10 AM
  To: tentec at contesting.com
  Subject: [TenTec] Argo V Transmit Audio - Part II



  >
  > Here's a cute but true story regarding setting of knobs to a certain
  > position.  I was working as a senior broadcast engineer for a TV station
  in
  > Nashville.  Each evening after sign off, we went through a procedure of
  > video calibration.  This was to account for various level changes that
  were
  > required through out our operating day and to account for any drift or
  aging
  > of the tubes in the various pieces of equipment.  One evening, as the
  > supervisor in charge, I assigned the task to a young engineer.  He
  completed
  > it in some 10 or 15 minutes much to my surprise.  A few weeks latter the
  > same situation occurred except that I observed him simply setting knobs
  and
  > screwdriver adjustments to some pencil "pre marked" positions on the
  various
  > pieces of equipment.  I questioned him about this and he responded that "
  > they are always the same and I'm in a hurry to get home".  Well as things
  > would happen, a week or so latter, I carefully erased all the marks and
  put
  > on new marks.  Of course, nowhere near the correct positions.  In doing
  this
  > and knowing his work schedule, I set the trap for him.  I was not on duty
  > that evening and I knew that the Chief Engineer would be at the
  transmitter
  > at the next morning at sign on.  I understand that he dutifully set the
  > knobs on the "marks" and went home.  The next morning at sign on things
  went
  > rapidly "down hill" so to speak.  Video levels were high, video levels
  were
  > low, sync levels were askew and basically all over the place, level wise.
  > A call from a very irate Chief Engineer to the studio that morning set
  > things stirring and quickly things were corrected in a reasonable manner.
  > That afternoon the CE called the young engineer that had done video
  > calibration the evening before, into his office.  After discussing the
  > events and the disclosing the fact that the CE just happened to find out
  > about the "pre marks" a serious butt chewing took place.  A lesson learned
  > that one fellow will never forget.  Nary again did "pre set" marks appear.
  >
  > 73
  > Bob, K4TAX


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