RE: Comrex Remote System

[Cooper Fox <fox893@yahoo.com>]

Honestly, I think it sounded ten times better with a
normal analog phone line patched into the board.  The
problem that i noticed, other than the frequent
disconnects, was the "mushing" sound...  Like a cell
phone when you have a somewhat sketchy connection. 
The one we were using wouldn't connect at anything
less than 12 KBPS...  Which resort were you
broadcasting from?  Our people are at Ochos Rios.



--- Rob Walker <rwalker@gccbend.com> wrote:
> Yep. We did the same remote, from a resort in
> Jamaica, using a POTS codec
> from Comrex. (I think back then it was version 1 of
> the "Hotline")
> We also had marginal success with a solid link, as
> the codec had to
> "renegoitiate" several times. Not a good thing when
> you're feeding the
> syndicated "Steve and DC Show" to 20 affiliates!
> I've also used the newer version, the Vector...and
> it seems to connect
> better, with fewer drops, when you use a lower
> bitrate.
> Of course, the gold standard for a full bandwith
> morning show remote with
> IFB and split backhaul. Is a Telos Zephyr, but IIRC,
> there were no ISDN
> lines to be had in Jamaica.
> 
> 
> Rob Walker
> Director of Operations
> GCC Radio/Bend, Oregon
> KXIX KMGX KSJJ KICE-AM
> 541-382-6283
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
>
[mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On
> Behalf Of Cooper
> Fox
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 1:37 AM
> To: BRI@bostonradio.org
> Subject: Comrex Remote System
> 
> 
> That station I working at is doing a live remote
> from
> Jamaica all week long so we have been experimenting
> with different methods of getting a stable link form
> the Island back t the studio.  One of the systems
> our
> PD came up with is a Comrex system that works like a
> modem.  It actually modulates the audio into a
> digital
> format with one box and then passes it through the
> phone line to the other box where it is demodulated
> back to audio and ran through the board.  We have
> had
> very bad luck with it because of the bad connections
> that they have back to the mainland.  Has anyone
> else
> ever used a system like this?
> 
> 
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