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Re: R4 Longwave sibilance again.
Thanks for the info. I am glad the distortion is not the fault of the transmitter or the aerial. But it is still frustrating as this fault keeps re occurring, surely it can't be that difficult to provide a reliable broadcast quality link between the BBC and Droitwich. For AM a suitable 10Khz broadcast audio link is all that is required and not much to ask for with today's technology.
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It did seem better on my trusty Philips Music Maid clock radio at around 11:00 last night and again at 7:30 this morning. When it is good, it is actually quite good
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If my ears aren't deceiving me it seems better this morning, on both a Sony ICF-2001D and a Ferguson Transistor 7.
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This issue should now be clear. Our engineers had work on the modulator equipment as part of scheduled maintenance.
However, we will continue to monitor the service over the next few days Martin
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It certainly sounds fine now. Thank you, Martin!
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The audio quality is a lot better on my sets.
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Yes thanks Martin its sounding fine on both my best sets the Hacker Hunter RP38A and ITT/KB Tiny Super. There is just some cracking and rustling in the background but that is lightning static which I think is beyond the control of Arqiva
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It's all part of the charm of good old AM radio! Thanks to Martin from me, too!
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Its just one of around 4,200 transmitters we maintain
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That explains it, thank you.
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Re: R4 Longwave sibilance again.
I also noticed that R4 LW was much better sounding again. Greatly appreciated.
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R4LW is once again sounding good here, on my old WWII-era PCR receiver.
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Glad every ones happy again,
My appologies if my previous post was a bit harsh! It was 'one of those days' and I didnt have time to put much into the post. In these days of managed services, though, it is the case that a small handful of specialists remotely manage entire networks. Taken as a whole - LF, MF, VHF, DAB and DTV, our dept handles around 4000 individual transmitters, and about half that in actual physical sites - all unmanned and remotely operated. We can only monitor a service specifically for a short time and only when we believe there is an issue, and again, only if that service is either within reception range, or we have a form of remote monitoring available.
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Thats a serious amount of TX's!!
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Anyway, Thanks Martin and your colleagues.
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Yes a big thanks to Martin. I'm not normally a R4 listener, but having read this thread I've just tuned in with my Murphy A122, and I have to say the quality is excellent. Who needs FM?
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Apologies if this idea duplicates any formal body with volunteer monitors that may already exist, but maybe a single new thread entitled 'Public Broadcast Quality and Engineering Reports' could be started, to which anyone interested (either personally or professionally) could subscribe. Not only would that cover any frequency, not just 198 LW, but over time it would build up an archive of issues reported and hopefully resolved. The likelihood is that very few reception problems would be reported, but at least everyone would be alerted at the time.
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