Path: utzoo!utgpu!ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca!CUVMA!SWL-L Date: Sun, 11 Feb 90 14:14:38 EST Reply-To: Ken Greer Sender: Short Wave Listener's List Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was From: Ken Greer Subject: Re: SW relay stations X-To: swl-l@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: UofToronto LAN redistribution Message-ID: <90Feb11.152151est.58364@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Newsgroups: bitnet.swl-l Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu In article <1990Feb8.133324.22804@newcastle.ac.uk> C.Dennison@newcastle.ac.uk (C. Dennison) writes: ++In article <1621@speedy.mcnc.org> kgreer@mcnc.org.UUCP (Ken Greer) writes: ++++ ++++ So, exactly how do the non-satellite feeds get there? ssb feeders on sw, or ++++somehow else? If it was a ssb sw feeder, how do they keep the received (at the ++++relay site) audio quality high enough to re-transmit? ++ (Good info deleted here) +++ ARPA: C.Dennison@newcastle.ac.uk | Chris Dennison + Well, if I had waited about 2 more days I would not have had to post my above question ... Yesterday (Sat. 2/10/90) I happened to be listening to the R. Nederland African service from Madagascar when they discussed this very thing. Seems that more and more, satellites are the way to go. They told of the intricate encoding that is done to get the audio across the up/down link to retain the audio quality. If anyone is interested, this was on 15560 KHz at 1826 gmt (don't know exact s/on time). (s/off at 1924)