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CD101's 102.5 sounds very muffled

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bwilliam614

I have one of those car stereos where the treble diminishes if a station isn't coming in well, and that's how 102.5 sounds all the time now. It sounds like a station that isn't coming in well. Listen to any station, and then change it to 102.5, and you'll know what I mean. It's especially noticeable on hard rock songs where the guitar is at the forefront.
 
Been like that since the multicast began. My guess is the method they are using to get the audio stream to the transmitter is not the best.
 
I also notice that 102.5's audio has a slight lag behind 101.1, instead of a true simulcast like you would hear between, say 103.5 and 104.3. Any idea why? And could that and the muffled-sound issue be related in any way?
 
That would indicate some kind of digital path, at a low bit-rate, and also explains the muffled sound.
 
TomT said:
That would indicate some kind of digital path, at a low bit-rate, and also explains the muffled sound.
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I don't know but i woudln't be suprised if their not using a internet stream... of some sorts.
 
xmusicmatt said:
TomT said:
That would indicate some kind of digital path, at a low bit-rate, and also explains the muffled sound.
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I don't know but i woudln't be suprised if their not using a internet stream... of some sorts.
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That would be my guess. I remember some silence at times when they first started on 102.5. Could have been buffering.
 
So would this be a cost saving move? Do you need special equipment to run a simulcast? If so, then this makes sense due to the fact that the simulcast is only for 90 days.
 
dawg4life said:
So would this be a cost saving move? Do you need special equipment to run a simulcast? If so, then this makes sense due to the fact that the simulcast is only for 90 days.
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My guess is their doing the STL to 102.5 on the CHEAP until their off of 101.1 then they will move their current Point to point T1 or whatever they are using to send the signal to Grove City from Downtown to the 102.5 transmitter site instead.
 
You would think if they were trying to get people to change their presets to 102.5 that they would give 102.5 the better signal link and then simulcast back to 101.1 with the quieter audio.
You would think.
 
I'm surprised that Ohio Media Witch hasn't written something ridiculing CD 101 for being Columbus' 15,000 watt internet transmitter. ::)
 
GR said:
I'm surprised that Ohio Media Witch hasn't written something ridiculing CD 101 for being Columbus' 15,000 watt internet transmitter. ::)
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Gary, we don't do requests. Heh!

Actually, the item on your former LMA station was prompted by a visit of mine down there...I wouldn't have known otherwise. I haven't been back in Columbus since after the 102.5 flip, but I'll dutifully write about it if I find it to be the same situation.

Besides, you were using public Internet feeds of your lineup's shows...I loved the "you're listening to AirAmerica.com" liners! Heh.

Wish you were back on. I poked a bit of fun about it, but as I told you back then, at the Mighty Blog of Fun(tm), we're fans of the scrappy, shoestring, one-man operations. We're tracking Chris Lash over in the Mahoning Valley now...
 
xiradiodotcom said:
That would be my guess. I remember some silence at times when they first started on 102.5. Could have been buffering.
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I listen to 102.5 quite often and the audio cuts out pretty regularly. Two of the last three afternoons I have heard dead air on 102.5 and normal audio on 101.1. Sometimes this lasts a few seconds, other times it lasts the entire time I am in the car.
 
This is sort of another example of the "Millennial" mindset: Never do anything simply and in analog when you can do it in some sort of complicated digital fashion.

Why not just stick up an antenna at the 102.5 site and use a composite receiver to relay the signal? I've done that both for translators and for a full-powered station. You can buy the receiver for around a grand from Innovonics. I've got one around here someplace.

The 102.5 site, as I remember, is just west of Carroll--well inside the WWCD 60 dbu:

http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=FM178560.html
 
TomT said:
This is sort of another example of the "Millennial" mindset: Never do anything simply and in analog when you can do it in some sort of complicated digital fashion.

Why not just stick up an antenna at the 102.5 site and use a composite receiver to relay the signal? I've done that both for translators and for a full-powered station. You can buy the receiver for around a grand from Innovonics. I've got one around here someplace.

The 102.5 site, as I remember, is just west of Carroll--well inside the WWCD 60 dbu:

http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=FM178560.html
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There is NO reason for them NOT to do that until they loose the 101.1 simlucast.. The current STL has to be some form of internet driven STL for the drop outs to have been so frequent lately.

I was listening the other day and heard nothing but silence for a good 35 minutes. 101.1 had normal audio and the DJ seemed unaware of the issue @102.5
 
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