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What equipment do you use to broadcast from schools, my GM is making me use a marti this year, it sucks. Its very noisy, and I can't get a clear shot. I'm thinking about quitting, I just don't want to mess with it.
 
We traditionally use a phone.

How far is it from the football field to the reception station (studio)? How high up are the antennas? We get crystal clear reception within about 7 miles at 40 feet (studio height) and 15 feet (portable height)
 
I think its kind of silly to quit a gig because you have to broadcast on a marti, many stations use a marti to broadcast sports events, and some use phone? But, never the less, make it work...thats the world of radio making it work...
 
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Over the past few years that we've broadcast high school games I've found that you can't count on high schools to have an active landline in the press box (or even a press box). Due to the terrain and the fact that we've had to travel all over the state (we're in Arkansas), I've found that what works for us (budgetary considerations, here) is a JK Audio Remote Mix Sport with two headsets and we tie the unit into a cellphone. Just make sure the cellphone has a good charge. With the Remote Mix Sport's ability to run about 10 hours on two 9-volts and using a cellphone, you can broadcast from just about anywhere you're within a cell. Our morning show host actually did part of his broadcast using that setup while hunting. Reception was so clear we could even hear the geese in the background. However, when using the cellphone with the JK Audio unit, we found that you need to keep the cellphone an arms length from the unit. Otherwise it'll cause some interference.
 
radiorules411 said:
What equipment do you use to broadcast from schools, my GM is making me use a marti this year, it sucks. Its very noisy, and I can't get a clear shot. I'm thinking about quitting, I just don't want to mess with it.
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if you are scared to learn how to use a marti then quit. otherwise learn how to make the marti sound great and then listen to tapes of each game you do and become the best high school play-by-play guy in the world. it's your choice - radio will always need great talent and people who care.
 
We have a really clear Marti shot from any of our area high schools and the signal's good. When we're on the road, we have a TieLine that works great. The only problem with the TieLine is that it's an expensive piece of equipment and many stations wouldn't spend the money to buy it.
 
Marti works fine, just get there early and tech out your setup to make sure you have a clean signal. It makes all the difference, but remember at night the atmoshpere is changing and it will effect your path later in the evening...you have have to adjust your yagi.
 
we've used our marti for every home game last year and never had a problem here in QC, so - I'm not sure where you are getting your information from, it's fairly easy to do for Football. Now, Basketball games is another story. We are outfitting our van with a marti and then running a wired mic into it. Then we just pullup and start broadcasting. simple.
 
What equipment do you use to broadcast from schools, my GM is making me use a marti this year, it sucks. Its very noisy, and I can't get a clear shot. I'm thinking about quitting, I just don't want to mess with it.


Dude, don't stink a gig just because of the Marti. Are you actually going out and determining a position (days in advance) where you can get the best reception? Your antenna also makes a lot of difference. Don't just get one from Radio Shack and think all of them are the same. They're not. Get your chief to set you up with a balanced antenna that has a magnetic base. Then get a square piece of steel about 7 inches around so it sticks to the base. That way you have a place to rest it, whether that's on the floor, or a table top. We recycled an old Peavy speaker tripod and put the antenna on top of that. It worked pretty well.

For away games, we used a JK audio dialup box that interfaced with a Motorola cell phone. If you REALLY need to go on the cheap, a friend of mine (who also has about 10 stations in his own portfolio) uses a cell phone with a hands-free mic that he secures to a standard tabletop mic stand. According to him, it works pretty well. Good luck!
 
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