[BC] STL Options

[Mark W. Croom]

I would think you could do discrete analog if your line of site is really 
OK. However, with HD-Radio in just about everybody's future you've got to be 
thinking ahead a bit more than just defaulting to analog.

Were I doing this today I'd probably lean toward Moseley Starlinks, even 
though it's a long ways.

I've got a 26-mile system running on 6-ft Mark dishes using Starlinks right 
now, and while it works pretty well it's not perfect. I've only got about 
15db of fade margin, which isn't always enough. This is *not* a full-time 
STL link, but one we use for program transport between two stations on a 
limited basis. It's never been down when we've needed it--the downtimes 
usually happens in the wee hours of the morning from just before sunrise to 
just after, and it's intermittent rather than just wiping out completely. 
Not quite sure why on the timing issue, but it's pretty consistently in that 
time frame, perhaps once or twice every 3 months (way too often for a 
full-time STL).

Were I going to do this for a full-time STL, I'd definitely go for either 
diversity receive, the Moseley-approved 10-watt amp on the transmit end, or 
both.

Mark
MN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Spry" <bspry at adelphia.net>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:40 AM
Subject: [BC] STL Options


>I am looking for options to STL audio via microwave approximately 24 miles. 
>Is it possible to do this without hops?  Any advice would be appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> William J. Spry