FADECO DEMONSTRATES LOW COST TELEPHONE HYBRID

In its attempt to meet the challenges of cost vice versa limited revenues, FADECO RADIO has creatively devised ways to improvise on equipment, employ volunteers, work extra hours at will and encourage local community participation on content development.

One clever invention to improve the quality of transmission and communication via telephone, FADECO RADIO improvised a telephone hybrid system which has revolutionlaised the way communication via mobile telephony is conducted.

Using a cheap nokia phone (TShs 40,000/-), a head set (TShs 5,000) and audio cable, we have created a hybrid system that incorporates telephone direcrtly into the mixer. The mixer is connected to the studio headphone and computer. the computer has an audio software which allows recording of audio signal input into it.

The resultant signal output into the transmitter is of a higher quality compared to traditional ways, whereby in lieu of such an aid, a communicator places the mobile phone in its loud speaker mode against the studio microphone. The audio quality in this case is very poor and not clear.

ADVANTAGES OF MOBILE TELEPHONY IN INFORMATION DISSEMINATION

Mobile phones when well connected to the studio, allows the presenter and the audience to interact in a proactive manner. It gives the presenter to be connected to the audience via live exchanges of conversations.

This automatically encourages participation, interaction and interactivity. The general public or audience, interacts actively with the studio. Using the capabilities offered by this technology, it becomes possible to intergrate different ICTS including internet, email, mobile phone and face to face interactions between the studio and the listener.