[BC] Re: No more remotes

[dhultsman5@aol.com]

What amazes me is remotes that are using Comrex and Tielines POTS units with good quality connections and the marvels of digital transmission the audio sounds terrible.  I helped a friend check out one of these systems and we found that "Digital Overload" was most of the problem.  His  Remote techie and station Groupie  were not wantching any levels they just set up the remote, which also sounded distorted over the local PA system.   Basically,  overload the audio at the first microphone pre-amp with levels too high,  means that the audio quality cannot get any better on down the transmission path. 
Dave Hultsman
Continental Electronics .
Birmingham, AL
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-----Original Message-----
From: walkerbroadcasting at gmail.com
To: broadcast at radiolists.net
Sent: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Re: No more remotes


When I worked for CCR Williston, the play by play guy interview someone at 
the came. It was a tournament of some sort being held far from the 
station........ Well, he recorded the interview on a casette deck that had 
either a really crappy hand held mic or a built in condenser mic and then 
fed that down the (cell) phone line.. 
 
It was SO bad i could understand a single word of the interview. I vowed, 
personally (and quietly) to myself that I'd never allow that on the station 
if i was board opping. 
 
Paul 
 
 
On 4/4/07, Chuck Lakaytis <chuck at akpb.org> wrote: 
> 
> And remotes over wretched quality cell phone do not cut it! 
> 
> I heard one the other day and could not turn on the IPOD in my truck fast 
> enough! 
> 
> To quote my old boss Don Rinker, "It's easier to get listeners to switch 
> off 
> your station then it is to get them to switch it on". 
> 
> Chuck Lakaytis 
> Director of Engineering 
> Alaska Public Broadcasting, Inc. 
> 135 Cordova Street 
> Anchorage, AK 99501 
> 907 277 6300 
> 907 277 6359 FAX 
> 907 301 4339 Cell 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "James Davis" <jdavis at sunset.net> 
> To: "'Broadcasters' Mailing List'" <broadcast at radiolists.net> 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 1:11 PM 
> Subject: RE: [BC] Re: No more remotes 
> 
> 
> How about this... CLEAN UP YOUR MARTI!!! Some stations do Marti shots that 
> sound GREAT, while yet other continue not to care, as long as they are on 
> the streets. Being on the streets is of VITAL importance now more than 
> ever 
> IMHO as satellite and IPODs become more prevalent. We ways to 
> differentiate 
> ourselves from these services, and one of these ways is to meet face to 
> face 
> with the listeners. You can't get personal interaction with satellite or 
> IPOD. People still like to interact with others and as long as that is 
> true, 
> GOOD LOCAL radio will always have a place of prominence. 
> 
> James "JD" Davis 
> Chief Engineer 
> Results Radio, Chico CA 
> KCEZ-FM | KKCY-FM | KBQB-FM 
> KMJE-FM | KRQR-FM | KTHU-FM 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net 
> [mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Xmitters at aol.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 1:53 PM 
> To: broadcast at radiolists.net 
> Subject: [BC] Re: No more remotes 
> 
> 
> In a message dated 4/4/07 2:43:27 PM Central Daylight Time, 
> broadcast-request at radiolists.net writes: 
> 
> << I still keep hearing..."Get out into the community...get those banners 
> up! 
> Shake hands. I say Hogwash. Program your station correctly with good 
> content 
> and you'll win. End of discussion. If there's a cash flow problem then 
> have 
> 
> management fix it by upping the rates or getting the sales people off 
> their 
> b 
> utts. Now, do you really want me to tell you what I think? :) Steve 
> >> 
> Steve, there is validity to getting out there, rubbing elbows with the 
> public 
> and hanging banners. You would be hard pressed to convince me that these 
> thing 
> s don't help with the image of the station. Have the studio announcer 
> push 
> th 
> e fact that the remote crew is at site "A" and why you should go there. 
> Then 
> gi 
> ve the "remote" announcer a PA mic. Don't crap up your air signal with 
> some 
> noi 
> sy assed marti signal. Jeff Glass Northern Illinois University DEC 
> 6180 W 
> in NT 4.0 SP6A AOL 5.0 
> 
> walkerbroadcasting at gmail.com 
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