[IMC-Tech] Re: [RFU] SERIOUS PROBLEM

[dan blah]

On 8/5/06, Mike Lehman <rebelmike at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Ray,
> I don't know what the problem was either, other than our transmitter was
> off the air. I was home and had the station on, although I was
> downstairs and couldn't hear as well as I could, I do know that the
> transmitter went off the air around 10pm. It sounds like however things
> were being set-up for your live broadcast, it took our transmitter off
> the air instead. Which brings up a couple of points.
>
> One, calling the other station in Springfield is a waste of time. They
> have nothing to do with whether our transmitter is on the air or not. If
> they are being heard in stead of WRFU, it is only because our
> transmitter is off the air. Certainly, anyone who is the DJ at that
> station will not know anything more about their transmitter than the
> average person at WRFU knows about our transmitter. So they wouldn't be
> able to help anyway. It is also highly unlikely that anything they do
> will interfere with us anyway.
>
> Second, when doing remote broadcasts, it is almost a necessity to have a
> person back at the studio who can analyze and handle problems with the
> feed at that end and, if need be, take over from there and broadcast if
> the feed doesn't work out. Instead of all that dead air last night, we
> could have at least had something on the air. I don't necessarily think
> we need to impose this as a requirement for live broadcasts, but the
> lack of anyone at the studio prevents even being able to properly
> analyze what the problem may be with a remote broadcast.
>
> Whether any of this is related to the problems we've been having with
> the server/transmitter room upstairs is a different matter. I'm cc-ing
> this to the IMC-Tech list in case that had something to do with the
> issues you had last night.

there wasnt any work being done in that space that i know of.

> Mike Lehman
>
> Raymond Morales wrote:
> > Last night, I found the computer connected to the studio OFF
> > the internet when I first started. I didn't think much of it.
> > However, I opened the Nicom Transmitter and the values were
> > all 0 when turned on. I do not know if this means that the
> > transmitter was actually off or what. However, throughout the
> > night WFMB 104.5fm could be heard on our frequency. I could
> > not be heard at all. With the help of Chris, I figured that
> > either we weren't transmitting or they made some change that
> > interfered with us. I called the station and the guy was
> > pissed that I was asking so many questions and being "pushy".
> > I kept asking him if he knew how much power his tower was
> > reflecting or if anyone was present that could address the
> > issue. Needless to say, he hung up on me.
> >
> > REGARDLESS DO NOT DISCONNECT THE INTERNET FROM THE STUDIO
> > COMPUTER!
> >
> > I am pissed that I spent all this time in setting up this
> > remote broadcast and not a single thing could be heard. Plenty
> > of folks came down and literally went to their cars after
> > being interviewed and CAME BACK to tell me I wasn't on the
> > air. It was the most disheartening thing for that to happen.
> > If possible, I would like to try again TONITE to see if I can
> > remdedy the problem.
> >
> > -Ray
> >
> > PS I turned the Nicom transmitter on Again after I was in the
> > studio cleaning up and it looked like it was fine once I
> > turned it on so I am not sure who caused what, but you can
> > hear us again.
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-- 
Daniel