[BC] Things that drive CEs nutty

[Bill Brister]

I've never tried your scenario there but the transmitter running black would
still be at 100% modulation regardless of the power level.

Bill B.
Houston
 

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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Rob Atkinson
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 12:34 PM
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what if, after fading to black you cut the tx power back to 50%.   here, 
(unrelated however) the chicago passenger rail system Metra, idles its 
locomotives all night in the yards if the temp. is going to be down around 
-20 F.

rob atkinson

From: "Bill Brister" <bbrister at sbcglobal.net>
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Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:42:12 -0500

In the northern tier it is common to run the transmitter all night during
the winter months to keep it from freezing up especially in buildings that
have no heaters. The difference is they run color bars or a test pattern
during that time. Running black (100% modulation) all night does seem to be
a great unneeded stress on the transmitter.

Bill B.
Houston


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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Barry Mishkind
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 11:05 AM
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Subject: [BC] Things that drive CEs nutty

At 07:07 AM 8/18/2006, Mark Humphrey wrote
 >I recall that the founders of KDHX-TV in St. Louis (an offshoot of the
 >former KDNA-FM) wanted each evening's "sign-off" to feature a live
 >shot of the night crew walking to the studio door and turning out the
 >lights.  The station would broadcast "black" all night until sign-on,
 >when the door would be seen opening and the lights turned on again.
 >
 >This practice might be frowned upon today, as a contribution to
 >"global warming" with no "redeeming benefit" -- although an "artiste"
 >might disagree...

          I think the CE must have gone ballistic when
          he heard of this one.  That's like running
          "pedal to the metal" all night long.  Of course,
          if it were a stress test for the xmtr, they
          picked a good one.

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