Revival FM Transmission System

Revival FM operates a system where the transmitter location is remote from the studio complex.

Audio from the broadcast studio is first to an audio splitter located in the studio complex technical room. This unit provides two outputs, one for internet purposes and the other for the main FM transmission.

Audio for the internet streaming service is sent to a Behringer audio processer which optimises the audio output levels ensuring our signal has maximum "punch". This optimised audio is then transferred to a computer which encodes the audio into a single stream. This stream is then sent to a streaming server which relays the station's output as multiple streams available throughout the world.

Audio for the FM transmission passes into an audio codec which encodes the audio into a stream which can be transferred to the transmitter site via a dedicated telecom line with SHDSL routers at either end.

At the transmitter site the encoded audio is decoded by another codec unit and then passed to an Inovonics audio processor which optimises the audio in preparation for transmission..

The processed audio is then fed into a combined RDS/DTMF unit which encodes the REVIVAL name onto the audio for display by any radios which have RDS capability. The DTMF part of this unit enables the studio to flag up traffic announcements.

The audio is then sent to our new Broadcast Warehouse transmitter which send the 100.8MHz signal to our antenna system.

The antenna system is a SIRA FMC-06R cross polarised two element beam which is optimised to provides 50 watts effective radated power to the Revival FM target broadcast area.