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DCI/TRBO-6 (Comm 1) and DMR-MARC (Slot
1) are available on both
uStream
(our primary service now) and on
Radio Reference. Comm 1 has the priority except
for most DMR Nets held on Saturdays at 1700 GMT (archives
available). Net archives are available also for both
RR and
uStream (hit and miss effort).
FYI: For the Ker-Chunkers
out there...there is a delay from live
TRBO audio to actual uStream output of a few seconds
but Radio Reference is typically about 30 seconds but
has been as short as 15 seconds or as long as 9 minutes.
The audio levels are fully conditioned to
compensate for the many TRBO
radios with hot audio (piercing local audio at times) which overdrives the
streaming feeds. The audio are set to pass 300-3000
Hz at 0 dB, audio above and below is attenuated 12 dB and
then all audio above 0 dB is compressed 3:1. With 8 dB
of headroom locally, this limits +9 dB TRBO audio levels to just +3 dB,
well below the limit of the streaming servers. This
hopefully will provide excellent audio whether listening on
a high fidelity audio system or the crummy speakers in smart
phones. See our AGC
audio test page for more info.
If you wish to listen via your smart
phone, iPad, Tablet, etc, you can go to this
mobile feed with
your browser or get an
Adroid app like
Scanner Radio. ustream has an Android app but we
have not had sucess in it's use. More info will be posted as apps
are
tested or recommended. Comments welcome from users of
other smart phones, pads or tablets.
uStream
broadcasts DCI/TRBO-6 and DMR-MARC with priority to Comm 1
while scanning both networks. uStream is the better
service as it provides video of a TRBO radios' display which
is rather cool as you can watch the talkgroups, user ID's,
RF and Scan activity as well as hear very good audio.
The downside is that 30 second commercial as inserted
randomly. Take a look/listen:
uStream of DCI/TRBO-6 & DMR-MARC 1. It is
problematic for DCI to continue with uStream video due
to our limited uplink bandwidth. We would encourage others to take up this task
to stream DCI/TRBO-6 and/or DMR-MARC as it would
benefit the ham community generally. Inquire within if
interested on how we have attacked this streaming project.
No changes are anticipated to the
current DCI/TRBO-6 TRBO-Link
portal with the existing EchoLink implementation.
Normal TRBO-Link activity will continue.
LEGACY: As of 12-11-2011, DCI began feeding "Comm 1"
and DMR-MARC's
"Goup 1"
via scan on a single control radio. As soon as the second control radio
comes online, the audio will be split so that the left
channel will be "Comm 1" traffic and the right channel will
be "Group 1" traffic. Both will be available
simultaneously with equal or no priority.
This initial streaming implementation
requires a
single TRBO control radio that scans both Talkgroups; "Comm 1" and
"Group 1". "Comm 1" has the priority over
"Group 1" and
the feed is monaural. This is
temporary until a second control radio is available to
dedicate to this streaming project's right audio channel.
The initial audio rumble has been cleaned up and the base
response reduced. The audio level into the RR server
is set fairly low due to the wide dynamic range and many
TRBO radios that are overdriven by their operators. |