Re: [IRCA] 990 Code Challenge

[Tim Hills <thills@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul,

I said "Morse-like"....

A short series of short and long tones that might sound like Morse to 
someone who didn't know code. SDPR used to use something like that to 
cue TOH IDs, EBS tests, etc. We were linked through microwave relays 
rather than satellite with the NPR feed in Vermillion then fed through 
the microwave relays. I don't recall the name of the system and since I 
worked on the TV side I didn't deal with it anyway. If I recall 
correctly it was sent in the SCA but since MW has no SCA channel it may 
be bleeding through a faulty controller.

On the State TV network we sent the control signals in the vertical 
interval of the video but I got out of broadcasting many Moons before HDTV.

Tim Hills
Sioux Falls, SD


On 9/20/2011 17:39, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
> No automation system in radio I know of uses morse code to tell an
> automation what to do. Rather, in the old days, 25/35hz tones were sent to
> fire off commercials. Now, spots are hard timed or triggered by the
> satelitte.. however.. Ive heard stations where the triggers to fire off
> something local were audible even though they weren't supposed to be.
>
> That being said, an inaudible satelitte cute that mistakenly becomes audible
> is usually a very deep sounding thud/thump, is one quick tone or sounds like
> touchtones form a phone.. not morse code.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Tim Hills<thills@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>
> > Was KRMO carrying syndicated programming at the time?
> >
> > Some of the "robot" controllers use a Morse-like code to tell the
> > controller things like "Place commercial here" and time synching. They're
> > supposed to mute the codes but maybe the controller was down or
> > malfunctioning.
> >
> > Tim Hills
> > Sioux Falls, SD
> >
> >
> > On 9/20/2011 8:54, amdxer@xxxxxxxx wrote:

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