[BC] Monitoring IBUZ Secondaries - NOT

[Gary Glaenzer]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Humphrey" <mark3xy at gmail.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 12:45 PM
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.
>

this reads like a comedy sketch

spend hundreds of thousands on something, then NOT spend the 1 K or so it
would take to make sure it's actuallly working

and the powers-that-be wonder WHY the consumers don't give a damn ?

why should they ?  obviously the stations don't...............