[grc] grc Digest, Vol 10, Issue 13

Sun Jul 19 14:04:22 PDT 2015

I have been going with the BW broadcast 300 watt transmitters.  Nautel 
is great, but it is about $1000 more for very similar functionality.

Nautel is like a BMW you can't go wrong except that it costs a lot.
the BWbroadcasts that i have installed have  all worked without a 
hitch.  it's a good company, not quite as big but they are not fly by 
night, they have been selling radio equipment since at least the late 90s.

bwbroadcast has built in processing,  remote management over ip.  they 
are simpler and more stripped down  than the Nautel advanced user 
interface, which was designed for use with transmitters that might be as 
big as 50,000 watts. but for your purposes , i think the bw broadcast is 
totally sufficient.

the coolest advantage of nautel is that if you plug it in to the web the 
tchnicians can check it out remotely and tell you what parts of th 
transmitter  are broken. very clever.

i don't think the nautel is worth the higher price tag. from everything 
i can see, the bw broadcast will last many years if  installed correctly.

petri

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>        Radio (KYES - New)
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>        Radio oops (KYES - New)
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> Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 17:15:49 -0500
> From: Susan Raybuck<wimberleyvalleyradio at gmail.com>
> To: Stubblefield List<stubblefield at lists.prometheusradio.org>,	GRC
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> Subject: [grc] LPFM transmitter options
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> Some of the LPFM equipment guides recommend using the Nautel VS300 with Orban inside. After reading the comments about the listed EAS decoder (Sage ENDEC), I see those recommendations need vetting.
>
> So what do you think?
>
> Also, the Nautel now comes with a ?push drive? that works with ENCO. ENCO sounds like only commercial stations can really afford it though.
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> I appreciate all the knowledgable advice you guys provide us newbies to help us maximize the bang for our buck and avoid poorer choices.
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> Thank you!
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> Susan
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> Susan Raybuck
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> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 10:46:17 +0200
> From: KYES - New<jeremyl at kyes.com>
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> Subject: [grc] Grumpy Futurist, Democracy and the Importance of
> 	Diverse Radio
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> I just was reading this.  Check the last paragraph where the writer says diverse ownership is important to democracy.   I have for some time thought 26 MHz DRM broadcasting might be a good first spectrum slice to pioneer.   I recently saw a paper on a study, in Brazil I think, where the conclusion was that a large city studied would have good service at an ERP of less than 5 KW.
>
> In the early days of FM we had to sell FM radios.  Local broadcasting is by definition unique, and might draw an audience to grasp and use a new service.  Is it time for some under powered LPFM stations to propose setting up a transmitter&  selling radios to receive the signal?
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> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 10:48:15 +0200
> From: KYES - New<jeremyl at kyes.com>
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> Subject: Re: [grc] Grumpy Futurist,	Democracy and the Importance of
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> http://www.engineeringradio.us/blog/2012/04/why-is-digital-radio-needed/
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> Yah... Forgot this
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> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 09:08:58 -0700
> From: Maria Gilardin<tuc at tucradio.org>
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> Subject: Re: [grc] Grumpy Futurist, Democracy and the Importance of
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> This is excellent - thank you. Has anything changed in the 3 years since
> it first came out?
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> Maria Gilardin/TUC Radio
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> On 7/19/2015 1:48 AM, KYES - New wrote:
>> http://www.engineeringradio.us/blog/2012/04/why-is-digital-radio-needed/
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>> Yah... Forgot this
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