[BC] "live" feeds

[Mike McCarthy]

I considered that Chip.  But with CSU/DSU's and such not being cheaper than 
simple analog for such a short hop, it would be wasted money and subject to 
surge problems.  Plus, you need two pairs anyway unless you have a HDSL2 
circuit.

Analog coupled with a xformer is as simple as one can get.

MM

At 07:24 PM 4/29/2008 -0400, Broadcast List USER wrote
>All good ideas, but it might be easier to just have them install a
>T-1.  Most campus IT/phone departments speak digital today much
>better than analog.  Also, the T-1 or fractional won't go away as
>easily.  Funny thing about dry pairs...
>
>IF you use a dry pair, put tone on it when it isn't in use.  Today
>you could put a digital play back device on the line.  I have used
>very inexpensive MP3 players for this application.  Just record a
>file of what the line is used for, and maybe even a few test tones so
>you know it is still good, say 50 Hz, 100 Hz, 200, 400, 1kHz, 2.5k Hz
>and 5 kHz.  That way you can hang a meter on the line from time to
>time and see how is is doing.
>
>--chip
>
>On Apr 29, 2008, at 5:43 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:
>
>>Message: 24
>>Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:04:26 -0700
>>From: "Mike McCarthy" <mre at ais.net>
>>Subject: RE: [BC] "live" feeds
>>To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>>Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20080429100408.045359a0 at oldradio.com>
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>>
>>Agreed.  For a campus, a dry loop pair is as good as you will get.
>>Why make it more complicated than needed. Simply drive it with a
>>small mixer...like a M67 or M367 and a mic.
>>
>>You might want to consider a 2nd pair for a clean back-feed/IFB for
>>cueing and such with a small Henry headphone amp.
>>
>>When critical news is breaking, coordination with the main studio
>>is critical.
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>Rick: > > You might talk to the IT or telephone people on campus
>>about a dry pair of > wires between your studio and the meteorology
>>lab. For a relatively short > run of a few thousand feet you really
>>can drive analog audio into a twisted > pair with good performance at
>>the receiving end. I suspect you will be able > to do this with a
>>pair of transformers without the need for equalization. > With this
>>method there is no
>
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