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1. Re: [PERFORM] OSS database needed for testing

   Merlin Moncure <merlin.moncure@rcsonline.com> — 2003-04-04T19:54:18Z

   > I'm quite familiar with RadioSoft.  Can't afford any of the software;
   > familiar
   > with the products... :-)
   > 
   > I've been putting together open source tools to do much of the same
   stuff.
   > With the release of the FCC's Fortran source, I've been able to do
   > virtually
   > everything I need to do.
   > 
   > But while the LMR dataset is larger, the MB dataset is just as varied.
   > I'm
   > interested in both, however.
   
   Peter's my father!   At RadioSoft I worked over that same fortran code
   you talked about.  We ported most of it to C.  Of course, I would prefer
   not to write any software that would compete with my father's company,
   free or no :)  
   I can tell you, though; the land mobile database is much more
   complicated.  Getting it to run decently on pc hardware is a significant
   engineering challenge.  OTOH, the broadcast database isn't too bad.  For
   example, the last time I checked there were about 40k tv stations in the
   cdbs, compared with about 4m frequencies in the land mobile private.
   Also the lm database has a much wider scope of function.  The
   requirements for broadcast have changed (like the nature of broadcast
   technology itself) very little in the last 50 years, except for the
   ill-fated DTV rollout and the failed AM stereo.  It's a conservative
   industry.
   
   Merlin
   
   
   

2. Re: [PERFORM] OSS database needed for testing

   Lamar Owen <lamar.owen@wgcr.org> — 2003-04-04T19:57:45Z

   On Friday 04 April 2003 14:54, Merlin Moncure wrote:
   > I can tell you, though; the land mobile database is much more
   > complicated.  Getting it to run decently on pc hardware is a significant
   > engineering challenge.
   
   Then it sounds like it's a better fit for Josh's requirements.
   
   > ill-fated DTV rollout and the failed AM stereo.  It's a conservative
   > industry.
   
   Tell me about it. Yet we get IBOC....and the 30,000 translator apps in the one 
   week window... Anyway, those topics more correctly belong to 
   radio-tech@broadcast.net; rather off-topic here.
   
   I do still want to get CDBS in a PostgreSQL setup, with automatic nightly 
   import, at some point in time.  Just probably not as quickly as Josh needs a 
   dataset to crank on.
   -- 
   Lamar Owen
   WGCR Internet Radio
   1 Peter 4:11
   
   
   

3. Re: [PERFORM] OSS database needed for testing

   Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> — 2003-04-04T20:17:26Z

   Lamar,
   
   > I do still want to get CDBS in a PostgreSQL setup, with automatic nightly 
   > import, at some point in time.  Just probably not as quickly as Josh needs a 
   > dataset to crank on.
   
   Oh, I don't know.   I expect setting this up to take several weeks.   And if 
   we do the CDBS database as part of the test pack, then you can get my help 
   without paying the $175/hour I normally charge <grin>.
   
   -- 
   -Josh Berkus
    Aglio Database Solutions
    San Francisco