Rima for President...

[Newsbreaker]

I just think you are going to get too much interference with all the metal in the buildings. Correct me if I'm wrong News, but excessive metal will interfere with an AM signal, right?

You could try FM 95.3 out of Independence...it kinda reaches here, in my car at least. You might be able to get it better than an AM signal, but I don't know.

Long story short, AM signals bounce, FM signal go through everything. So AM signals are MUCH more likely to bounce off a metal building the FM are.

At night, when stations most AM stations are directional it's worse. KXEL during the day will just get into a building like the McLeod, but stands little chance at night.

You'll get better reception in your car then on just about any other radio, but I can't see getting 95.3 on a hand held radio in a building in CF either.

The only solution would be a translator (read: a 2nd transmitter) at very low wattage in the dome or McLeod Center. They could actually do this fairly cheaply and at the right power, without FCC approval.

[Purple For Life]

Long story short, AM signals bounce, FM signal go through everything. So AM signals are MUCH more likely to bounce off a metal building the FM are.

At night, when stations most AM stations are directional it's worse. KXEL during the day will just get into a building like the McLeod, but stands little chance at night.

You'll get better reception in your car then on just about any other radio, but I can't see getting 95.3 on a hand held radio in a building in CF either.

The only solution would be a translator (read: a 2nd transmitter) at very low wattage in the dome or McLeod Center. They could actually do this fairly cheaply and at the right power, without FCC approval.

Thanks for clarifying...it's not that I don't know radio, but the really REALLY technical stuff just flies over my head. That, and I never formally learned it. Sad, really.

[UNIMIS2001]

I don't listen to U of I sports on the radio, I would rather someone rip my ears off.

[UNI92]

Rima is the best by a landslide!

When I listen to a game I want to know things that are reasonably important like:
Score
Down and distance....Two things you'll never get out of Dolphin.
Do you ever notice that John Walters has some sort ?of fetish with the wind? He talks about the wind conditions like it was the lead story..Ben Bruns???? What an ass clown

[TH1974]

I wish Dolphin would have taken that Bears job.

[JayJ79]

The only solution would be a translator (read: a 2nd transmitter) at very low wattage in the dome or McLeod Center. They could actually do this fairly cheaply and at the right power, without FCC approval.

I think that'd be a great idea. Though I'm not sure how many people would really be interested in listening in the Dome/McLeod. But if a petition or some such was circulated, I'd certainly sign it.

I wonder if such equipment is portible enough to move from the Dome to the McLeod, or if it would have to be purchased for both.

[01PantherFan]

I don't listen to Iowa or Iowa State radio but there is NO one better then Gary and Petey !! They make you feel like your at the game when your not, listening to Panther football or basketball just wouldn't be the same without Gary !! I to if the game is on TV will shut the volume off and turn up the call by Gary it makes the game even more exciting !!!

[Newsbreaker]

I think that'd be a great idea. Though I'm not sure how many people would really be interested in listening in the Dome/McLeod. But if a petition or some such was circulated, I'd certainly sign it.

I wonder if such equipment is portible enough to move from the Dome to the McLeod, or if it would have to be purchased for both.

It is portable enough to fit in a duffel bag. In fact, it could be transported with the radio team's equipment, used, used for the game, and carried home.

I don't know anything about the communications in the dome, however. There is a chance that it could interfere with any internal communications, and that would have to be investigated.

I don't know much about cost, but I don't think it's a lot.

[Matt Trump]

Kind of, but not really. The key to your post above is COLLEGE, not pro. Homer pro announcers drive me nuts...if the Bears or Cubs or whoever sucks, let the listeners know, and the reverse is true as well. In college, I think a bit of "homerism" is a little more accepted

Exactly. I like the homerism more on the collegiate end because it just adds a little more to the essense of amateur sports. Pro sports on the radio to me are a biger production requiring a little more info and a little less rah rah.

[SteinPizza]

No matter what we think about the Garys... I think one things we can all agree on is that the White Sox announcers are the worst anouncers EVER!!!

What in the "F" are you talking about...

The old White Sox radio crew was by far and away the best baseball, and for that matter any sport, announcing crew I've ever heard. Ed Farmer knows more about baseball than Pat Hughes ever dreamed of, and Pat Hughes is an ex-umpire. I'm a Cub fan too, but give credit where credit is due. If your beef is with the Hawk and DJ, then maybe I can see it. They're still easily as good as any announcing crew thrown up by Tribune Co., with the past exception of Steve Stone.

And for what it's worth, thankfully Dolph never got the Bears job. The fact that he was considered frankly suprises me. He's not bad, but he's not big time either.

[williebat]

Exactly. I like the homerism more on the collegiate end because it just adds a little more to the essense of amateur sports. Pro sports on the radio to me are a biger production requiring a little more info and a little less rah rah.

Ron Santo wears it on his sleeve and I love it!!

[williebat]

Many don't know this, but when Gary Bender left, the Bears did not make Jeff Joniak, who I REALLY like, their first choice. The Bears offered the job to one Gary Dolphin, and really wanted him to take the job. Gary turned it down, .

everybody knows that