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I know Radio Devon's got a whole stash of FM and MW frequencies. It's because they are greedy people.
Not really - it's because there are so many hills in the way in Devon. Having been a presenter on Radio Devon it took a lot to remember all the frequencies - there were 8 in those days, think it's 9 or 10 now. The funny one was always the Okehampton relay! Devon was also the first station to operate a split ident system so they could ident the four FM and four MW transmitters separately and promote things like Children In Need events to the right areas. Do remember one woman asking at an event why we kept telling her she was listening in Plymouth and West Devon when she lived in Torbay - she was tuned to the wrong transmitter!
How do they get the signal back from the radio car (or equivalent) then? Receivers at each individual transmitter, or is it just easier to use an ISDN codec over a small sat-uplink these days?
William
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NickyS posted:
DAS posted:
I know Radio Devon's got a whole stash of FM and MW frequencies. It's because they are greedy people.
Not really - it's because there are so many hills in the way in Devon. Having been a presenter on Radio Devon it took a lot to remember all the frequencies - there were 8 in those days, think it's 9 or 10 now. The funny one was always the Okehampton relay! Devon was also the first station to operate a split ident system so they could ident the four FM and four MW transmitters separately and promote things like Children In Need events to the right areas. Do remember one woman asking at an event why we kept telling her she was listening in Plymouth and West Devon when she lived in Torbay - she was tuned to the wrong transmitter!
How do they get the signal back from the radio car (or equivalent) then? Receivers at each individual transmitter, or is it just easier to use an ISDN codec over a small sat-uplink these days?
William