[cma-l] AM for CR
Canalside's The Thread
office at thethread.org.uk
Wed Feb 17 12:04:55 GMT 2016
Another good point Radio Luxembourg 208 metres in 1975
when I was 16, under my bed sheets on a cold winters night listening to Bob
Stewart playing Ms Grace by the Tymes oh the memories
Wrighty
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[mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk] On Behalf Of Eryl
Price-Davies
Sent: 17 February 2016 11:30
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Subject: Re: [cma-l] AM for CR
I like AM. I listen in the car to 5Live and others (including the cricket
on LW), and I also listen at home - mainly at night since I can't stand the
World Service jingles (or content) during the night. Crystal clear sound
quality is overrated...I like the 'radioness' (radioicity?) of listening of
AM - the crackle, hum, distorition etc etc all give it warmth and,
especially when listening to overseas stations, a wonderful sense of
'otherness'.
I'd love to hear more AM in the UK...but also recognise that in the digital
age its fuzziness and humanity are unwelcome guests for many radio managers
who prefer cold hard delivery. ;)
Eryl
On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 9:48 AM, Tony Bailey <ravensound at pilgrimsound.co.uk>
wrote:
MF/AM (medium/long wave) is a legacy system with older listeners
predominantly, but we, the Aussies and Americans still find it useful. It
is possible to listen to it on a battery powered radio which will run for
days on a couple of AA's. In the US they even extended the medium wave
band, which could be done here now as many receivers cover up to 1700 kHz.
It's ability to cross boundaries has sometimes been useful although less
cost effective now. As always, given relatively free access to broadcasting
excess demand has driven the need to exploit any available waveband and this
will continue until cheap mobile internet radio takes over.
There are a couple of ways I would look at AM community applications: Low
power AM as a way to get a better deal on music licensing (fingers crossed!)
for an essentially web only radio; or higher power AM coupled with an online
(decent quality) receiver selling promotion to the served community. As
with FM the transmission site is critical. Keep away from domestic housing
and look for high ground conductivity, this is particularly important with
short aerials (less than 1/4 wave). To save costs, you could reduce power
overnight as audience numbers will often be low and incoming interference
high (the permitted power would not overcome it anyway). There are still
quite a few car radios with AM for the dedicated listeners.
Tony Bailey
On 17/02/16 02:45, James Cridland wrote:
AM is being switched off all over Europe, including here in the UK.
AM receivers are being removed from cars (BMW one of the first), will never
be in most microprocessor-powered electronics, like mobile phones.
The sound quality is relatively dire, the electricity costs are huge, the
interference is growing, the user experience lacking, the audience is
falling away. Many AM masts are nearing the end of their life cycle.
AM isn't an equivalent platform to FM, therefore; and you'd be crazy to want
to use it.
(It is still quite large in Australia, for coverage reasons, incidentally,
but I still worry about its future here too).
On Wed, 17 Feb 2016, 12:36 AM Ian Hickling <transplanfm at hotmail.com> wrote:
We have been trying for over 8 months now to together a reliable and
predictable AM transmission system together for a Client (sadly not a CMA
Member) who insists on taking an AM frequency rather than pushing Ofcom for
FM.
We're now looking at a 600W transmitter from Bulgaria.
Can I ask for some views please?
Does anyone have anything positive to say about Ofcom's policies of:
* Offering AM as an equivalental platform to FM?
* Offering only AM if an Applicant wants greater coverage than a 5km
radius
* Offering AM licences on a countrywide basis in the second half of
2016
Thanks for whatever you can contribute
Ian Hickling
Partner
<http://www.transplanuk.com/>
Office: 01635 578435 (7am-11pm UK time)
Carphone: 07530 980115 (only responds when driving)
6 Horn Street, Compton, NEWBURY, RG20 6QS
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