Friday, April 08, 2005
Tune in To Tatras
credit: http://www.blogger.com Submitted by: Published: Thursday, 7 April 2005 This weekend sees the launch of RTI - the new International Radio service headed by Eric Wiltsher and backed by business man - Jan Telensky. The Pan - European station will have its heart in Poprad - Slovakia but will have satellite broadcasters supplying programmes from the UK with local output in affiliated stations in Central Europe. The service will be available from this Saturday (09/04) from 7.30PM Central European Time (UK 6.30) and will be available on various platforms - Online at - www.rti.fm Satellite via Sky Digital - The Eurobird Satellite - 28 East 11.623H 27500 2/3 Radio 1350AM - Baltics, Scandinavia, Germany tune your radio to 1350AM Radio Riga FM - T.B.A. Radio 94.2FM - in Slovakia RTI hope to launch a DRM shortwave service late in the year. On the technical side of things Eric explains how RTI will work - Historically, radio groups were forced to drag presenters to central studios. In turn network radio stations were forced to use out-dated systems to connect stations just a few kilometres apart. In 2005 RTI bring you radio of the future, TODAY! All the international programmes and commercials are sent to the RTI Master Control Centre using the latest computer technology. Presenters no longer need to travel to a central studio – they simply make the shows in their nearest/home studio and connect to the RTI Master Control Centre. Poprad, SLOVAKIA, receives its network feed from the RTI Master Control Centre using our latest computer technology. Via the Radio Tatry FM transmitter - the RTI Network broadcasts are available in southern Slovakia for reception in cars, at work and at home. At pre-arranged times of the day Radio Tatry will generate it’s own local programming, broadcast in Slovakian, which will be aired via the Radio Tatry FM transmitter. Riga, LATVIA, also receives its network feed from the RTI Master Control Centre again using the very latest computer technology. The Medium Wave (AM) service of RTI will cover Scandinavia, The Baltics and down towards central Europe – at night the signal carries even further across Europe. The 1350AM service from Riga will broadcast RTI Network programmes 24/7. The local AM service in Riga (945AM), covering central Latvia, broadcasts local Latvian programming combined with RTI network programming. Riga is also home to the RTI shortwave service which will be transformed into a digital service this Autumn. Once the shortwave service has been upgraded to digital, known as DRM, listeners across Europe will receive RTI network programmes in FM mono quality. At certain times of the say this service will also be receivable in the USA and as far east as Japan. The Shortwave/DRM service also receives its programming directly from the RTI Master Control Centre. London Switching centre – InformationTV Again the RTI Master Control Centre sends a computer based signal which in this case is received by InformationTV switching centre in London iTV then combines the signal for inclusion with the signals of the Eurobird satellite. This satellite covers ALL of Europe and beyond. It ca be received on both Sky Digibox receivers as well as European satellite receivers providing the dish is facing 28 degrees east. -iTV also combines the RTI Network signal for reception vie the Internet using the Windows Media Player system (WMP). WMP technology is supplied with around 95% of the worlds computers. Access to the RTI Internet service is via www.rti.fm Weblink: www.rti.fm |
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Radio ship planned to broadcast from Alexandria, Egypt
credit: http://medianetwork.blogspot.com According to the website of Kabbary Antenna Technology, makers of the Crossed Field Antenna (CFA), the world's first longwave radio ship - 500 kW SP CFA at 162 kHz & MW 558 kHz connected to a 100 kW transmitter - is planning to transmit songs & music programmes from Alexandria in Egypt. The website also claims that the CFA installation on the Isle of Man planned for 279 kHz will achieve a much wider target area of transmission than planned. The site says that groundwave transmission can reach the USA and East Asia countries for some periods of the day !! Crossed Field Antenna website (Thanks to Mike Brand for alerting us to this) # posted by Andy @ 10:37 UTC |
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