<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; 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><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Alan &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><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"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"><style type="text/css" id="owaParaStyle"></style><div fpstyle="1" ocsi="0"><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" class="page"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><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" width="182" height="75" style="height:48px; width:125px"></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 tabindex="-1"><div id="divRpF781006" style="direction: ltr;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a> [<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>] on behalf of Neil Munday [<a href="mailto:neilm@susyradio.com">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!&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Neil<span></span><br><br>
On Wednesday, 1 June 2016, Canalside's The Thread &lt;<a href="mailto:office@thethread.org.uk" target="_blank">office@thethread.org.uk</a>&gt; 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 size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; color:navy">What&#8217;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 &#8230;.. crikey !&nbsp;&nbsp; that&#8217;s nearly as big as the actual broadcast area !<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; color:navy"><u></u>&nbsp;<u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; color:navy">May I remind everyone &#8230;.. 5km !&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; don&#8217;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&#8217;ll be in danger of broadcasting to more than one man and his Dog and we can&#8217;t have that now can we ?? as it just wouldn&#8217;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 size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; color:navy"><u></u>&nbsp;<u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; color:navy">Remember, our aka name is&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;&gt; &nbsp;&nbsp;Restricted FM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;LOL&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></font><font size="2" color="navy" face="Wingdings"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Wingdings; color:navy">J</span></font><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; color:navy"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; color:navy"><u></u>&nbsp;<u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><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 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a fiver (£5) tops<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><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 size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><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 size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; color:navy"><u></u>&nbsp;<u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><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 size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; color:navy"><u></u>&nbsp;<u></u></span></font></p><div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma"><a href="UrlBlockedError.aspx" target="_blank">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a> [mailto:<a href="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 size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u>&nbsp;<u></u></span></font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><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. &nbsp; It gives you ample bandwidth to deliver
 perfect uncompressed PCM (ie CD quality) audio - no need for mp3, aac etc compression.&nbsp;<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u>&nbsp;<u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><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.&nbsp;<u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u>&nbsp;<u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><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 size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u>&nbsp;<u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">--&nbsp;<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Glyn Roylance - Principal Consultant<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><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 size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u>&nbsp;<u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u>&nbsp;<u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u>&nbsp;<u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u>&nbsp;<u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u>&nbsp;<u></u></span></font></p></div></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u>&nbsp;<u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u>&nbsp;<u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u>&nbsp;<u></u></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u>&nbsp;<u></u></span></font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u>&nbsp;<u></u></span></font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On 1 June 2016 at 12:06, Jonathan Pinfield &lt;<a href="UrlBlockedError.aspx" target="_blank">jonathan.pinfield@bcbradio.co.uk</a>&gt; wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hi all<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">&nbsp;<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We&#8217;re looking for cheap and reliable solutions to get our &#8220;on-air&#8221; output from our studios in
<u></u>Bradford<u></u> city centre to our transmitter site a couple of miles away. We&#8217;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 size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">&nbsp;<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please let us know cost effective &amp; practical solutions that work for you.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">&nbsp;<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thanks
<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">&nbsp;<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Jonathan Pinfield<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Broadcast Manager &#8211; BCB 106.6fm<u></u><u></u></span></font></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
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