[BC] Future of Radio Eng. /was/ Computer based audio

[Phil Alexander]

On 15 Feb 2006 at 21:38, WFIFeng at aol.com wrote:

 
> As Mr Spock would say, "Fascinating!" I guess running Cat5 data cable 
> everywhere with TCP/IP running through it, would be ONE way to beat the co-located 
> RFI issue! Fortunately, it's pretty well taken care of with lots and lots of 
> ground strap.

Belden has a neat "six-pack" fused ethernet cables.
IOW it is 6 separate cables with outer jackets fused
together. One run of this from rack/equipment room
to each studio or other user location would be all
you would need. With Axia, the studio plant of a
radio station can be organized much more like TV
where everything has been happens in the rack room.

There has been no real reason for routing audio
through a console since we stopped using Daven
pots on boards, yet radio continues using this
horse and buggy technology. 'Tis a puzzlement. <g>

However, in a few more years, the entire studio plant
will belong to computer jocks and software will rule.

IMHO the only real broadcast engineering will be RF
transmission engineering, and AM will still require
the individual, customized solutions. Once the tech 
of the typical single station IBOC plant is reduced 
to a standard set of solutions (and it nearly is now) 
the only challenges will be diplexed/multiplexed 
antenna plants, the rest will be plumbing.


Phil Alexander, CSRE, AMD
Broadcast Engineering Services and Technology 
(a Div. of Advanced Parts Corporation) 
Ph. (317) 335-2065   FAX (317) 335-9037





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