[BC] Re: Delay Systems and Far Away Broadcasts

[Peter Smerdon]

You said you heard modem negotiating tones.
That means they would be likely using a POTS codec like a Tieline 
http://www.tieline.com/Tieline_04/codecs/CommG3.html
or Comrex Martrix
http://www.comrex.com/products/matrix_codec.htm

These boxes do a surprisingly good job of sending "studio-like" audio 
from a remote site and the studio (and back for cueing purposes) with a 
connection speed of 24 to 33kbps over a standard phone line.

One side-effect of the heavy data reduction needed is that is imposes a 
delay of 1/4 sec to 1 sec in the audio.
Is the delay you heard of that order (as opposed to the typical 8 secs 
for a "profanity" delay)?

Regards,

Peter Smerdon


Blaine Thompson wrote:
> I failed pointing out the original two questions were unrelated.  My 
> mistake.
> 
> 1. The game is over (our team lost) - I presume they were using IDSN.
> 
> 2. Unrelated to the first question, I know several radio stations that 
> run delay systems but shut them off during live play-by-play 
> programming.  I was curious how the delay system worked to move from its 
> original delay down to zero seconds delay.  Then, I was also curious how 
> the delay resumed back up from zero seconds.
> David seems to have answered question #2 fairly well.
> 
> - Blaine
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Peter Smerdon.

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