Moving a Point-to-Point Microwave Link
At one station I volunteer for, we use a 1.5GHz microwave link to connect between the studio and the transmitter site on top of a hill nearby. Now I should stress that microwave link...
Tagged: STL
Default Passwords Strike Again – This Time On Air
Breaking into broadcast transmissions isn’t anything new. We can go back to 1977 and the interruption of Southern Television, replacing the audio feed with some “interesting” content. Doing similar nowadays, where digital studio to...
Raspberry Pi STL in a Box
I promised more details in the future about the Raspberry Pi STL build. Well, against all odds, I’m going to deliver! The project exists purely to solve a problem with getting audio between two...
STLs and Raspberry Pis
It’s a weird one. When it first came out, people were struggling to figure out what to do with it. A surprising feature for something that sold out very quickly – the Raspberry Pi....
Tackling the Hills
It’s not often that a long established radio station causes headaches with Studio to Transmitter Links (STLs). Especially stations that have been on the go for 40 years and remained in roughly the same...