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2015 season about to start with a change for track listening. No retransmission of the drivers communication in analogue.
Damm digital . Have to start learning kenwood dig. And have it down pat by Bathurst
The Radio guys at eastern creek test, hinted that there are plans for a broadcaster to stream the audio.

lxth7 wrote:2015 season about to start with a change for track listening. No retransmission of the drivers communication in analogue.
Damm digital . Have to start learning kenwood dig. And have it down pat by Bathurst
The Radio guys at eastern creek test, hinted that there are plans for a broadcaster to stream the audio.

I heard only one frequency broadcasting NXDN during the last race at Sydney (Dec 2014) and that was the safety car channel
Everybody else (ie v8 teams) were in analog mode
However it is possible that analog maybe preferred at Homebush due to the amount of concrete, and that NXDN was being used at other tracks

Frequencies here http://www.v8supercars.com.au/events/qu ... requencies

The Sporting Rules state the following regarding Team communications:-

"20.1.1.4 As part of compliance with Rule E2.4, each Team transmitting/receiving on
their permitted radio frequency, on either digital or analogue must only do so
in a clear and unobstructed manner to enable listening access only to their
transmissions.
20.1.1.4.1 Teams using digital transmission for Car to pit and pit to Car
communication must re-transmit all communications in an
analogue signal without delay; and with a power output within the
range of 4 – 5 Watts.
20.1.1.4.2 For the purposes of D20.1.1.4 above “clear and unobstructed
manner to enable listening access” includes, but is not limited to,
speaking only in the English language
20.1.1.5 Listening access to all pit to Car and Car to pit transmissions,
must be obtainable when using stand

They still had team comms on the TV broadcast today, so they must still be rebroadcasting/running the analogue.

Had a listen also on the TV broadcast and all comms sounded 100% digital .

as per the v8's operation manual 2015

20.1.1.6 V8 Supercars’ radio frequency contractor will publish a list of all Team
frequencies that are required to be monitored prior to each Meeting.

20.1.1.7 For VCS Teams, all pit to Car and Car to pit communication must be via the
digital frequency and RAN as supplied by the V8 Supercars radio frequency
contractor.

20.1.1.8 Teams are permitted to use digital or analogue radio frequencies for all
other than pit to Car and Car to pit communication

Neil mention they have new digital radios during the Sunday Race (only just watch it this afternoon)
sooo glad Matt White not commentating and just doing the hosting. Keen to see RPM this Sunday

From FOX SPORTS Website
"We’ve gone and dug back through the best of the team radio chatter to give you the inside view on how the event’s 70-lap Sunday race unfolded.

For the first time, you can listen to every team radio exchange from every car in the V8 Supercars field live during races in 2015 through our FOX SPORTS V8 Race Centre."

http://www.foxsports.com.au/motor-sport ... 7471364364

Australian V8 Touring Car Series
Race Management Channel (RMC) - 471.7000 71.9
(source: http://docs.cams.com.au/Manual/Sporting ... on%201.pdf )

From what I observed yesterday, all cars and race management are using NXDN. None of the cars were heard in analog at all. A lot of the media was analog still(links, commentary,directors)