Pack 300 pounds of luggage, parts, and tools – Check.
Set FM transmitters to 30 watts TPO – Check.
Set STL data rate to 8 kbps – Check.
Take the day off if the weather is nice because no one else will be working – Check.
Bring the caribou and beluga recipe books – Check.
Such is the to-do list for Pierre Boucher, broadcast technician for some of the most northern radio stations in Canada. Working in far Northern Quebec and Nunavut, Pierre keeps these vital communications resources on-the-air for the Inuit people and others living in these northern extremes. Pierre joins Chris Tarr and Kirk Harnack on this intriguing episode of TWiRT.
Show notes:
- Taqramiut Nipingat Radio Network official website
- Wikipedia’s description of the Taqramiut Nipingat network of stations
- VF2446-FM – Low Power FM station in Salluit, QC, CA on Radio-Locator.com
- A Salluit 360º Street View from March, 2016
- Many of Pierre’s hand-selected tools are from Wera
Guest
Pierre Boucher – Technicien en radiodiffusion
Co-Hosts
Chris Tarr – Group Director of Engineering at Magnum.Media
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting
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