[BC] RDS

[Glen Kippel]

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Broadcast List USER
<Broadcast at fetrow.org>wrote:


> <SNIP!!>
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> Too bad we didn't embrace RDS.
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Yes indeed, and I have seen poor implementations of it.  Song info slowly
scrolling (paging, actually)?  I hope drivers don't take their eyes off the
road to see it.  Can it be sped up?

Our local "Smooth Jazz" stations pages through "Smooth", "Jazz", "KJJZ" and
"102-3".  What is that last one for?  The radio already shows 102.3, so it
is entirely redundant.

RDS is really great for translator networks, so it will automatically switch
from one to another whenever somebody drives into another translator's
coverage area.