[BC] Marti

[dhultsman5@aol.com]

We used the 2.5 Watt Marti 450 mHz. unit in a helicopter with a noise reduction mike for traffice reports and sounded better than our competetion's traffic reports from aircraft.  Our intro and outro to the traffic reports was simply a recording of the helicopter taking off and of it landing.
 
Of course at one station I worked,  The afternoon jock,  Allan Dennis, used to do his "hell-of-a-copter" traffic reports by playing a helicopter sound and picking up the waste basket and yelling the reports into the wastebasket with the mike on. The station never had a helicopter but for years people asked about the helicopter.
 
Dave Hultsman
Continental Electronics .
Birmingham, AL
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Sent: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] Doing remotes in 2007


There is a balance which can be found using both. 
 
We have in the past used narrow band Marti TX's in certain applications to give the remote the "real sound" of a remote. In others, we use the 50Khz channels for something better sounding. In the former, just turn up the fader a few dB. 
 
2-way can be made to sound good as well. But it takes work and an experienced tech who KNOWS that gear upside down and backwards to make it happen and not sound like crap. 
 
As others have mentioned, the use of DBX was a HUGE step up for the Marti system. At one station we used it, it added 10 miles to the usable distance of the remotes. We found with only 1-2 dB of Marti compression (just tickling the limiter), the audio sounded quite impressive at distances which would otherwise be marred by constant hiss or other artifacts. Close in, it sounded really good. Of course, hammering the limiter in the Marti was equally bad too. DBX failed horribly if the limiter was hit too hard. 
 
MM 
 
 
At 11:22 AM 4/5/2007 -0400, Dana Puopolo wrote 
>I'[ve seen this same thing happen with traffic reports. Four Boston stations 
>used to share a helicopter for traffic reports. Three of us used 2 way radios, 
>but one (3 letter call) had to sound better, so they put in a full blown UHF 
>Marti system. Problem was, they didn't sound like they were in a helicopter 
>any more-and it cost them credibility with listeners who thought they were 
>being deceived. They're back to the 2 way again. 
> 
>-D 
> 
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>From: Barry Mishkind <barry at oldradio.com> 
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>Subject: Re: [BC] Doing remotes in 2007 
> 
> 
> Goran, 
> It is interesting to me to see this sort of comment. 
> 
> Of course, there are many different types of "remote" 
> broadcasts, from drop-ins from the local car dealer to 
> a symphony hall concert. 
> 
> However, in many cases, there is a level of obsession that 
> goes beyond the level of balance. 
> 
> As has often been noted here, CONTENT is usually more 
> important to the listener than the absolute purity of sound. 
> 
> In fact, I've had more than one PD agree that if the 
> "marti shot" is too good, then how does the listener 
> know there really is a remote going on? 
> 
> Now, I do *not* advocate the bare cell phone remote. 
> They almost always sound horrid. In fact, I know 
> of some cancellations caused by lazy staff who would 
> rather not set up the remote gear, but use the cell 
> phone since "it was only two breaks" 
> 
> Just like a sports broadcast usually seeks to ADD 
> crowd noise instead of having the relative silence 
> of the booth back the play by play, many remotes 
> actually "benefit" from the audio being something 
> less than perfect. 
> 
> 
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