Bathurst 1000 Streams 2012

[freqwaves]

Is the reason why teams have to transmit in analogue is so Channel 7 & the commentators can listen in & rebroadcast it to the viewers at home.
I'm presuming the TV station has a Analogue scanner programmed with all the frequencies.

John.

[matthewn1983]

good work so far, streams are sitting in top 50 on RR, audios nice and clear. Got the 2 main streams running alongside the satellite feed, (about 20 seconds difference)

[Chrisco]

Yip loving the streams very clear I am all stocked up with food and drinks all ready for the great race, Lowndes or frosty for the win

[matthewn1983]

Position 2 and 3 on the RR Top 50

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[JimK]

Is the reason why teams have to transmit in analogue is so Channel 7 & the commentators can listen in & rebroadcast it to the viewers at home.
I'm presuming the TV station has a Analogue scanner programmed with all the frequencies.

John.

From a colleague as of a couple of years ago, Global TV (who run the OB) have a radio rack with 40 (maybe more now) receivers that go into a audio desk. I do not have the specs of who/what brand they are running. The audio engineer just selects which audio the director wants us to hear.

[Bigfella237]

They'd be crazy not to use Software Defined Radio (SDR) nowadays, beats dragging around several rack cabinets full of scanners!

The analogue requirement seems a bit outdated though, the rules should require clear (un-encrypted) transmission but surely their equipment couldn't be so old as to be analogue only? I wonder if this is a provision for track-side fans?

And I wonder how they enforce this rule? It'd be interesting to start TXing enc P25 from the stands and see who gets blamed for 'secret transmissions'?

Andrew