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Hi there,
We've been using breakaway broadcast for quite some time now and I'm really happy with it so far. The audio quality is amazing and the software never crashed on me. However, there's one small problem I came across while checking our fm signal with a broadcast analyzer: The pilot level seems to be a bit too quiet. Even when I crank it up to 12%, the analyzer only shows around 4,7khz while most other stations on the dial seem to have around 6.8khz of pilot level. Is there any way to fix this? We're using breakaway with a e-mu 0404 audio interface.
Our RDS signal is generated using Airomate. The RDS level is perfectly fine. And turning up the pilot level in Airomate doesn't really seem to make a big difference either.PS: Sorry if this topic already exists somewhere. if so, i simply must have missed it.
Thanks for the quick reply! I just set Airomate to "RDS only" but unfortunately the pilot is still stuck at 4.7khz :-[
EDIT: Even when I completely disable the RDS input the pilot level won't climb higher than 4,7khz (4,3khz if I only set the pilot level to 11%, 4,7 on 12%)
Here's a screenshot of the analyzer's data reading:
And here's the reading of a competing station:
It looks like your overall modulation level is low, before worrying about your pilot level, you need to look at your overall level.
Your modulation looks to be around 40Khz, that's just over 50% of the desired level this should be much more, 70-75Khz so you need more overall level, increase the MPX gain into the TX or turn up the MPX level on the TX, if pilot level is at 8% (and RDS around 4%) when overall modulation is 75Khz this should give you the desired pilot levels.
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