[BC] Monitoring IBUZ Secondaries - NOT

[Rockwell Smith]

It would seem to me that if it is worth putting on at all, it should be 
something people would want to stay listening to if and when they find it. 
The attitude is that is a low priority is just faulty.  If it is isn't worth 
monitoring it to be sure it is there, then don't do it at all.  Just turn it 
off.  As far as monitoring is concerned, get a couple RDL modules (they make 
a nice silence sensing one) and hook it up to an alarm of some kind.  If you 
need to monitor a digital stream, one of their D/A converters fed into the 
silence sense would do it.  Cheap, easy, effective.  You can even hook it up 
to a status on the remote control if you want to.   Monitor the last point 
possible before it goes off to the TX.  It will find any loss of audio not 
caused by a transmitter failure.  And chances are, the transmitter is being 
monitored already.

Rockwell Smith
Radio Engineering Manager
Journal Broadcast Group - Idaho
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Humphrey" <mark3xy at gmail.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] Monitoring IBUZ Secondaries - NOT


> On 2/17/07, Rich Wood <richwood at pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>> If there's a receptionist why not give her a cheap receiver just to
>> make sure the HD-2 is making noise that makes sense. After all, it's
>> our future, I'm told.
>
> I like the idea -- after all, who would be better suited to monitor
> HD-2 reception than a "receptionist" --  but there are at least two
> reasons why this is impractical:
>
> 1)  Monitor receivers weren't included in the HD project budget; the
> equipment purchase can't be authorized until the next CapEx cycle
> comes around.
>
> 2)  A rooftop antenna would need to be connected to the receptionist's
> receiver, otherwise no HD-2 will be heard.   The "cluster engineer" is
> already working 80 hours/week and just doesn't have time to pull coax
> all the way from the back room to the front desk.
>
> Mark
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