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RF with Ron and Brady – This topic is a little different than previous presentations, but is important considering the widespread use of very big and very small numbers in cable. Ours is a world of numbers, and in cable we tend to use a lot of really big and really small numbers. In reality, it’s hard to grasp just how big or small numbers can be. Examples include the speed of light (a very big number) and RF signal levels in millivolts or microvolts, or even nanowatts (very small numbers). Fortunately, there are several ways to simplify how we describe and use those numbers! Join us for our next livestream event, in which Brady Volpe and Ron Hranac will take a fun but informative look at some of the really big and small numbers used in cable, and try to put them in perspective.

— Ron’s Bio: Ron Hranac, a 50 year veteran of the cable industry, who has worked for cable operators and vendors during his career. He is a Fellow Member of the SCTE and co-founder and Assistant Board Member of the organization’s Rocky Mountain Chapter, Ron was inducted into the Society’s Hall of Fame in 2010, is a co-recipient of the Chairman’s Award, an SCTE Member of the Year, and is a member of the Cable TV Pioneers Class of 1997. He received the Society’s Excellence in Standards award at Cable-Tec Expo 2016. He was recipient of the European Society for Broadband Professionals’ 2016 Tom Hall Award for Outstanding Services to Broadband Engineering, and was named winner of the 2017 David Hall Award for Best Presentation. He has published hundreds of articles and papers, and has been a speaker at numerous international, national, regional, and local conferences and seminars.

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00:00 Introduction
01:28 Big and Small Numbers Intro
05:34 Grasping big and small numbers
10:30 International System of Units (SI)
11:45 Signal Level: small numbers
18:20 Speed of light: big number
20:50 Putting Co Into Perspective
30:29 Back to Earth: RF in coaxial cable
34:01 Optical fiber and small numbers
40:42 Scientific Notation
49:01 Wrapping Up

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