The RF Spectrum On-Line

The Latest in Broadcast Technology - SPRING, 1997

Copyright ©1997, RF Specialties Group.

Of all the products shown at this NAB convention, RF Specialties deemed Orban’s new OPTIMOD 9200 to be the most significant to AM stations. It’s the first digital AM processor to come down the pike, and by all indications, it will give AM stations a competitive boost in the media sound wars. Among the on-air benefits of the OPTIMOD 9200 are extended signal reach and the best possible audio quality on voice and program material. The unit includes high-pass and low-pass filtering,a gated AGC to prevent noise rush-up, receiver EQ to compensate for narrow-band receivers, a five-band limiter, transmitter EQ and more. Plus, this digital processor finally brings sanity to daypart programming as processing parameters can be preset to synchronize with dayparts or special events. This digital AM processor got two thumbs up from the entire RF Specialties Group.