<div dir="ltr"><div>Yes Alan. Indeed dedicated hardware like the Barix Exstreamer have that functionality built-in, plus playout from a USB stick for even more redundancy!<br><br></div>Glyn<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 June 2016 at 09:45, Alan Coote <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alan.coote@5digital.co.uk" target="_blank">alan.coote@5digital.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><div>Using IP, you can easily stick in a router at the TX with automatic network fail-over. It will pick up your internet stream via a secondary ADSL and /or plug a 4G modem .</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Alan </div></font></span><div><div class="h5"><div><br></div><span><div style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:12pt;text-align:left;color:black;BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:#b5c4df 1pt solid;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [cma-l] Radio Link Transmission systems<br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:Tahoma;color:#000000;font-size:10pt">not only that but sometimes the studio location can be in a really non suitable position for a transmitter site, and so you have to be situated somewhere else.<br><div><br><div style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px"><div style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px"><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:Tahoma"><div><div><div title="Page 3"><div><div><div><p style="font-size:13px;font-family:Tahoma"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:'ArialMT';color:rgb(128,128,128)"><font color="#000000" size="2"><img alt="NKPA Broadcast Ltd" src="http://nkpa.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/logo.png" style="min-height:48px;width:125px" height="75" width="182"></font></span></p><p style="font-size:13px;font-family:Tahoma"><strong style="font-size:small;font-family:ArialMT">Nat</strong><strong style="font-size:small;font-family:ArialMT">han Silveston<br></strong><strong style="font-size:small;font-family:ArialMT">Director<br></strong><strong style="font-size:small;font-family:ArialMT">NKPA Broadcast Ltd (9817955)<br></strong><strong style="color:rgb(128,128,128);font-family:ArialMT;font-size:8pt"><font color="#000000" size="2">M: 07900 494 398</font></strong></p><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;font-size:16px"><hr><div style="direction:ltr"><font face="Tahoma" color="#000000" size="2"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a> [<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>] on behalf of Neil Munday [<a href="mailto:neilm@susyradio.com" target="_blank">neilm@susyradio.com</a>]<br><b>Sent:</b> 01 June 2016 15:51<br><b>To:</b> The Community Media Association Discussion List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [cma-l] Radio Link Transmission systems<br></font><br></div><div></div><div>Nick
<div><br></div><div>Stop hyping on about 5 km it's a radio wave! Besides some stations have special constructions which affect pattern from a perfect circle! </div><div><br></div><div>Neil<span></span><br><br>
On Wednesday, 1 June 2016, Canalside's The Thread <<a href="mailto:office@thethread.org.uk" target="_blank">office@thethread.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u><div lang="EN-GB"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">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 !<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">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.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Remember, our aka name is <> Restricted FM LOL </span></font><font face="Wingdings" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:navy">J</span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">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<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">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.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Listening to the state of ours in certain parts of Macc, I think someone has chucked a Tree in front of it.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Nick H Dumpty<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma" lang="EN-US"><a href="http://UrlBlockedError.aspx" target="_blank">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a> [mailto:<a href="http://UrlBlockedError.aspx" target="_blank">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>]
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Associated Broadcast Consultants<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> 01 June 2016 13:33<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> The Community Media Association Discussion List<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> cma-l<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [cma-l] Radio Link Transmission systems</span></font><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">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. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">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 interference. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A few more details available on our website
<a href="http://a-bc.co.uk/studio-transmitter-links-stl/" target="_blank">'ere</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-- <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Glyn Roylance - Principal Consultant<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.a-bc.co.uk/" target="_blank">Associated Broadcast Consultants</a><u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p></div></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On 1 June 2016 at 12:06, Jonathan Pinfield <<a href="http://UrlBlockedError.aspx" target="_blank">jonathan.pinfield@bcbradio.co.uk</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hi all<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We’re looking for cheap and reliable solutions to get our “on-air” output from our studios in
<u></u>Bradford<u></u> 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.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please let us know cost effective & practical solutions that work for you.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thanks
<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Jonathan Pinfield<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Broadcast Manager – BCB 106.6fm<u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
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