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Re: 94.2

Post by RF-Head » Tue Jun 21, 2016 9:24 pm

No the boostconverter is giving 12v for the modulator and the audio output of the usb soundcard to the audio input of the modulator
so you need
usb sound card 192khz
DC-DC boost converter
Gunn modulator
Box to put it al in :)
And yes a PC will working better but if you have a PI and using the same USB soundcard it will work also good
My setup with a pi is working without any problems 24/7
when there is no audio or stream connection the pi restarts the playlist until it gets audioon the output

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Re: 94.2

Post by shuffy » Tue Jun 21, 2016 11:16 pm

That's why I was asking earlier. You're using a £60 pc, you've got your microwave gear probably costing around the same (if you're lucky), plus a £10 DAC board. Your PC's streaming audio and doing stereo multiplexing and RDS encoding. I'm guessing that in your setup, you're also doing processing and scheduling on it, and having your presenters stream into an icecast server also running on this box. If you need to do the latter at your midpoint, then I can see why you've gone for a PC.

On the subject of the Pi though, the model 3 has enough grunt to easily play a stream and do stereo and RDS encoding on it, and output the multiplex via a DAC (the popular PCM5122 ones cost around £12 these days). This would all set you back a shade over £40. Having it co-located with your main rig, assuming you've got wifi available, costs in, removing the microwave gear from the equation. The Pi will also enable you to do remote control and telemetry. Absolute bargain.

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Re: 94.2

Post by Undercover Neckz » Mon Jun 27, 2016 12:36 am

I think I can hear this station weak on 94.15 but there's really strong Reggae on 94.4.

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Re: 94.2

Post by teckniqs » Wed Jun 29, 2016 2:53 pm

Lots of Albanian station interference wiping it out today, up and down the band too.

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Re: 94.2

Post by Effemm » Fri Nov 11, 2016 1:08 pm

Sounds a lot lot better lately, nice n clear , signal wise i dragged the truck all the way to Bishops Stortford n signal barely dropped, nice :whistle

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Re: 94.2

Post by teckniqs » Fri Nov 11, 2016 2:35 pm

Signal a lot weaker here now and too weak to listen, obviously moved sites a month or so ago.

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Re: 94.2

Post by McDonalds » Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:09 pm

is getting OK Chelmsford but then 94.1 starts to come in.

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Re: 94.2

Post by WEBB-TECH » Sun Nov 13, 2016 7:16 pm

Fucking smashing in Basildon and still good towards the Dengie....

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Re: 94.2

Post by HAZARDFMradio » Thu Dec 15, 2016 10:00 pm

got tfl comeing in on 95.1 tonight

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Re: 94.2

Post by Live2SX » Fri Dec 30, 2016 9:51 pm

sounds like u been smokin some hazardous weed cuz

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Re: 94.2

Post by LOL The Rig Got Wet » Sun Jan 01, 2017 12:07 pm

Origin is 95.1

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Re: 94.2

Post by THE GOVERNOR » Mon Jan 02, 2017 9:16 am

HAZARDFMradio wrote:got tfl comeing in on 95.1 tonight
I'm also getting 94.2 on 95.1, the coverage is only within 3 miles of 94.2s tx :mcds

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Re: 94.2

Post by LOL The Rig Got Wet » Mon Jan 02, 2017 10:37 am

Haha haha origin won't be happy! :rip

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Re: 94.2

Post by HAZARDFMradio » Wed Jan 04, 2017 1:23 am

THE GOVERNOR wrote:
HAZARDFMradio wrote:got tfl comeing in on 95.1 tonight
I'm also getting 94.2 on 95.1, the coverage is only within 3 miles of 94.2s tx :mcds
cheers for clearing that up new i was not hearing things ;)

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Re: 94.2

Post by ir8 pir8 » Thu Jan 05, 2017 11:16 am

i was picking 94.2 up in herts crystal last week .

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Re: 94.2

Post by fmdx » Fri Jan 06, 2017 4:43 pm

94.2 has been getting weaker day by day for the past few weeks,
It's around 9db lower than it was in late november early december.
Possible antenna fault as from there location it should be alot stronger.

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Re: 94.2

Post by DJ Mikey » Fri Jan 06, 2017 7:52 pm

Been getting it crystal for ages no change in the signal here in Dartford.

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Re: 94.2

Post by Sparki » Fri Jan 06, 2017 11:32 pm

Was coming back from Union on new years day morning, scanned around some pirates got 94.2 on my mates car, got it just before Bexleyheath and signal got stronger around Dartford and much stronger when we hit Chatham.

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Re: 94.2

Post by THE GOVERNOR » Mon Jan 09, 2017 6:20 pm

Hmmmm.... That's strange, is it only me that's having trouble with TF Lives site ?
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Re: 94.2

Post by sde-1104 » Tue Jan 10, 2017 9:09 pm

THE GOVERNOR wrote:Hmmmm.... That's strange, is it only me that's having trouble with TF Lives site ?
Works for me on the pc but the re-direct is a little slow.

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