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Radio World | radioworld.com BUYER’S GUIDE November 19, 2008 TECH UPDATES Prism dScope Upgrades Software Prism Sound has introduced new software for its dScope Series III audio analyzer. Registered dScope users can download the software free of charge. Version 1.2 represents an upgrade in functionality and incorporates new features including additional tools for acoustic measurements, PC audio and 192kHz sampling on digital audio interfaces. Prism dScope Series III is suited to testing signal paths in the broadcast and production environment; it includes AES17 scripts for implementing the AES recommended practice for characterizing digital audio equipment. It can also perform a rapid multitone-based “quick check” giving frequency response, distortion, noise and crosstalk analysis in as little as two seconds. In addition, the company says, dScope is suitable for situations where testing for proving reliability or finding intermittent faults is required. Using dScope, measurements such as THD+N can be monitored with precision in real time for evidence of any glitches and the results logged to file. A similar approach can also be taken with the dScope’s “confidence test,” where a known bit-sequence is transmitted and then checked by the analyzer for errors. This is so accurate that a single bit error in a 24-hour test period will be detected. Other version 1.2 features include 192kHz sample rate support on AES3 and S/PDIF digital audio interfaces; analog I/O can now sample at 48 kHz as well as 96 kHz and 192 kHz to increase LF resolution of the FFT analysis; very fast measurements (including frequency response) using swept-sine (Farina) method or bin-centred noise with impulse response and FFT; time domain averaging to reduce the effects of random noise on measurements; script debugger allows breakpoints, single stepping, examination/setting of variables; support for measurement microphone sensitivity and frequency response calibration; support for acoustic measurements of transducers and rooms and quasi-anechoic measurement using an adjustable time-window to eliminate acoustic reflections Prism Sound has also incorporated smaller enhancements and improvements. Among these are the ability to import and export sample buffers and WAV files; enhancements to the user interface; the ability to run a script on every sweep step; new Trace Transformations; clipping warning indicators on monitor outputs; a new dBSPL unit; the ability to run multiple scripts simultaneously and a new non-intrusive warning system to give users warning of potential set-up problems. For more information, contact Prism Sound at (973) 983-9577 or visit www.prismsound.com. Davicom MicroMAC Is a Low-Cost Control Option The new Davicom MicroMAC is designed to handle the remote-control and monitoring needs of users needing full capability but having only a small budget. The MicroMAC’s I/O set includes eight metering inputs, eight status inputs and eight built-in 60 W relays. Communications with the low-cost unit is achieved over dial-up or with the included (secure) IP network interface. The MicroMAC operates with the same graphical user interface as other Davicom MAC products. The MicroMAC is as intelligent, with condition-driven and event-driven programming capabilities. It boasts a choice of communication means, including voice/DTMF, PC, FAX, e-mail, pager, text messaging and Web browser. It also allows access via a BlackBerry or smart phone through the wireless Web interface. Local connection is achieved through the front-panel USB device port while the backpanel USB host port is used to connect external modems and memory devices and can be used for EAS logging record-keeping Like other Davicom MAC products, the MicroMACs are designed not to “alarm users to death.” Their deglitching delays and hysteresis ensure that only real alarms are sent to on-call personnel, the company says. The units are also designed to be robust to ESD and EMI, they are EMC tested at voltages up to 12 kV and fields up to 10 V/m. For more information, contact Davicom at (877) 282-3380 or visit www.davicom.com. Fanfare TRO Replaces Demod, Remod at Translator According to Fanfare its FP-TRO receiver/translator for HD Radio and analog eliminates the necessity for demodulation and remodulation at a translator. Instead, the “TRO” converts the modulated carrier internally from one frequency in the FM broadcast band to any other frequency within the band. TRO is capable of translating cleanly, to the next adjacent, without any visible (scope) or aural interference, according to the company. To complete the installation, a linearized PA system is required. As such, a TRO-equipped translator does not demodulate the signal and therefore does not impinge on any intellectual property for which licensing may be required, the company says. Fanfare also offers high-gain directional FM antennas for concentration on stations in a specific direction, and minimizing reception from stations in other directions; vertical omnidirectional antennas for reception of FM stations in all directions; a mobile version of the FM-2G-type antenna; and antenna accessories to optimize installation such as lead-in cable, connectors, rotators and switches. For more information, contact Fanfare at (866) 26-TUNER (268-8637) or visit www.fanfarefm.com. 14. Issue Date for Circulation Data Below 8-Oct-08 Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date 8494 8685 7542 7832 0 7542 0 7832 United States Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation (Requester Publications Only) 1. Publication Title Radio World 2. Publication Number 3086 3. Filing Date 9/30/08 13. Publication Title Radio World 15. Extent and Nature of Circulation 4. 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Radio World - November 19, 2008 IBOC+Satellite? Subscribers Not Impressed The New World of AM DA MoM Contents Newswatch Buterbaugh Legendary in Upper Midwest From the Editor Buterbaugh: His Colleagues Look Back Workbench: What’s Wrong With This Picture? KFI Back at Full Power With New Tower 3G or Not 3G? That Is the Question Exploring HD Radio Availability in Philadelphia HD Radio Scoreboard Digital News GEP For That Bird Without a Wire A Chat With Bay Country Radiolicious Brings Radio to iPhones People News Belar FMHD-1 Clears the Skies Reader’s Forum Radio Thrives in Digital Age A Vote for Change

Radio World - November 19, 2008

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