[cma-l] Radio Link Transmission systems

[Neil Munday]

Nick

Stop hyping on about 5 km it's a radio wave! Besides some stations have
special constructions which affect pattern from a perfect circle!

Neil

On Wednesday, 1 June 2016, Canalside's The Thread <office at thethread.org.uk>
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> What’s fascinating on this one is that the distance I believe between the
> Transmitter site and the actual base signal is about two and half miles …..
> crikey !   that’s nearly as big as the actual broadcast area !
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> May I remind everyone ….. 5km !     don’t exceed that or else Ofcom will
> reach for the panic button the Commercials will chuck all their Toys out of
> the Pram and you’ll be in danger of broadcasting to more than one man and
> his Dog and we can’t have that now can we ?? as it just wouldn’t be
> Cricket. Everyone else pleases themselves but we have to stick to the rules
> of the fair play award.
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> Remember, our aka name is   <>   Restricted FM                    LOL
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> A couple of yogurt cartons and a piece of string normally does the trick
> and keeps the signal strength to a whimper, and the cost is negligible as
> well       a fiver (£5) tops
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> With reference to what Glynn has suggested, if the signal does stray by a
> few yards then you can always lob a few twigs in the way of it, that also
> usually does the trick.
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> Listening to the state of ours in certain parts of Macc, I think someone
> has chucked a Tree in front of it.
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> Nick H Dumpty
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> I agree with Bill - if you have perfect line of sight (not even a twig in
> the way) then a digital 5.8GHz link is the way to go.   It gives you ample
> bandwidth to deliver perfect uncompressed PCM (ie CD quality) audio - no
> need for mp3, aac etc compression.
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> Rather than the free spectrum though, I'd go for licenced spectrum - for
> £50 a year fee it should be cleaner spectrum less susceptible to
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> A few more details available on our website 'ere
> <http://a-bc.co.uk/studio-transmitter-links-stl/>.
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> Glyn Roylance - Principal Consultant
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> On 1 June 2016 at 12:06, Jonathan Pinfield <
> jonathan.pinfield at bcbradio.co.uk
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> Hi all
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> We’re looking for cheap and reliable solutions to get our “on-air” output
> from our studios in Bradford city centre to our transmitter site a couple
> of miles away. We’ve got line of site from the top of our building to the
> transmitter site.
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> Please let us know cost effective & practical solutions that work for you.
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> Thanks
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> Jonathan Pinfield
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> Broadcast Manager – BCB 106.6fm
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