The Royal Open Championship, Birkdale The 2008 Royal Open Championship took place in Birkdale and Radica were there with our client Trans World International for the 5th year running. Attending was Richard Dudley-Smith, Radica’s Event Hire Manager who managed and installed an FM RSL. The broadcast included on-site commentary and information as the players battled it out for one of the biggest prizes on the tour. Radica's expertise in the provision of Restricted Service License (RSL) broadcasting makes us an ideal choice to provide RSL services for broadcasting at special events. Don’t forget we can also offer a live web stream for your broadcast. Please ask for details. For more information on transmission hire for events click Here Engineering and Consultancy Services As the UK market place for traditional FM broadcast matures we recognize that the way in which our customers work is also changing. With a move towards central editorial content and alternative transmission media such as internet streaming we can provide tailor made transmission infrastructure. Backed up by years of experience and the best known team in the business we are confident we can offer the most reliant and robust service from start to finish. Whether planning a new service or just some upgrades on an existing site, our comprehensive range of high quality products is combined with the knowledge, experience and expertise to install them correctly for you. Ask Tim Foulsham today about our innovative broadcasting solutions: Here IBC 2008 You will be able to see us again this year at IBC in Amsterdam 12th to 16th September. Radica will be on stand 8.D71. Our usual product lines will be on display and in addition this year we are very happy to have on the stand: ENCO, Digital Audio Delivery for radio and television that is Smarter, Faster, and Better. Providing reliable playout and backup solutions since 1991. Feature-rich and within your budget. STIRLITZ: Log with confidence and understand your market. Stirlitz Media Logger and Inspector log your and your competitors audio, analyse airplay, report rotations. Access logs through Internet from Windows, OS-X or Linux machines. As always we look forward to seeing our customers “on-stand”. If you would like a VIP IBC entrance ticket (including tram pass), then use our special IBC entry form: Here Don’t forget to get a free ticket you need to register before 18th August 2008. VT Training Day Alan Brown, Managing Director of Radica hosted a training session for operators and engineers using the Davicom MAC telemetry system on Monday 21st July at VT's new head office, the Blue Fin building. With a growing number of applications for the Davicom MAC the training session provided new and existing users to the product a better understanding of how the MAC ticks. From VT's side the event was organised by Paul Barton and was a huge success with a total of 15 VT staff attending the event. For further information on Davicom MAC click Here Nautel As transmission technology and techniques change, so do the products our manufacturers offer. Nautel is no exception and both their V series FM transmitters and NX series AM transmitters are designed to be “digital ready” and are capable of running on HD Radio or DRM. For the serious choice in quality transmitter transmission choose Nautel Here Latest Davicom News The latest release of the Davicom MAC firmware (5.20.1) will be released in time for IBC and includes such innovative features as embedded web server, audio streaming over IP for confidence checking, full SNMP V1 & V2 support and Dynamic DNS. Alan Brown is happy to answer your MAC questions and can arrange a demo for new customers wishing to see the kind of things that the MAC can do. The latest Davicom telemetry product, the MicroMac is now released and is available ex-stock. This great unit offers many features of its bigger brothers, though at reduced cost and more compact size. This makes the MicroMac suitable for studios, racks rooms and smaller transmission sites. For more information go to Here iPod Touch Winner Thank you to everyone who responded to our questionnaire. The feedback we received will allow us to become more pro-active in how we approach our customer base and will ensure new customers, as well as existing ones, get to hear all about us! The winner of the iPod draw was Robin Marks of Betfair (right). Pictured with Kenny Green (left) and Alan Brown. Streaming News Following a recent infrastructure upgrade, SharpStream, is now able to increase its offering to its clients. We can now offer full Flash services to customers wishing to make the most of low latency streaming and enrich their web content. We are also very pleased to announce that BAUER have re-signed with SharpStream. This re-affirms our position as a leading streaming provider in the UK and overseas market place. We are looking to add more customers! Please contact us for your audio, video and data streaming requirements. Click Here SFD-IP with streaming The new Profline SFD Stereo FM receiver/demodulator has been released. This has an improved RF section and a new feature, IP connectivity, through which it is possible to control and monitor the unit. In addition the SFD-IP now allows mp3 streaming of the received audio giving you a remote confidence feed from your transmission site. For more information on Profline broadcast FM and satellite products click Here If you would like a demo of any Profline unit please let us know. SWE-DISH With the addition of SWE-DISH to our product range we can now offer some really interesting ways to get content back from that “remote” location. With multiple interface options (DVB, iDirect) the SWE-DISH range of “suitcase”, drive-away, and fly-away satellite up-link systems are robust flexible solutions used by major broadcasters and governments around the world. See it here Tech Tips Problems with levels? To get the most out of internet streaming we recommend you start with the basics. One of the simplest things to get right, and also the most overlooked, are audio levels into your encoding PC. If the audio level is too high you get crackly distorted streaming and could even damage the soundcard in your PC. If the level is too low, you will not get the best quality out of your encoder and your listeners will be complaining that the station “is not loud enough!”. We recommend the Audessence PodBlaster. This clever unit provides dynamic range correction over 30dB and reacts instantaneously to level problems. It can correct sympathetically and can be programmed for different programme genres to give you the best level correction. Happy levels = happy listeners. See our SharpStream products page Here