[BC] sports audio feed

[Tom Spencer]

R.V.Zeigler wrote:

>One thing we do, right or wrong, is take the quality of feed from the venue into consideration when we determine how we are going to broadcast the game. If it is one of "those places" that we know has poor cell, poor connectivity, and no POTS, we usually only stream that game and do not air it. Surprisingly, we get almost the same money!

You know, this scenario is quite possibly able to be addressed by a high-powered HF "Marti" on 26.95 MHz or so.  100 w into even a whip; should get a hundred miles or so out of it.  Of course, setting up a mast with a beam on it would be a bit of a pain, but would improve that somewhat.   The problem, of course, is finding the equipment to start with - especially if you're wanting that 10 kHz audio (40k0F3E modulation) that can be used on the first four channels in the HF RPU band.  A small tower with a beam on a rotor at the studio would also help, even with the TX using a whip.

Closer in, a 166.25 MHz Marti or a UHF unit would work, of course.  And Nebraska is flat enough to get decent ranges out of even UHF gear...

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Tom Spencer