{"id":1230,"date":"2010-08-16T07:21:57","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T11:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/?p=3928"},"modified":"2023-07-09T16:37:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T20:37:11","slug":"remotes-using-a-smart-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2010\/08\/remotes-using-a-smart-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Remotes using a Smart Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/hertzandriod.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/hertzandriod.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1280\" title=\"hertzandriod\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I was fooling around with my HTC \u00a0Android phone yesterday and discovered something that has a definite use for radio remotes. \u00a0An Application called <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/uk.androlib.com\/android.application.uk-ac-cam-cl-dtg-android-audionetworking-hertz-qzmC.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Hertz<\/a> will record .wav files, which can then be transferred via e-mail or ftp to the studio and played back on the air. \u00a0The program is pretty slick, it allows sample rates from 8 to 44.1 kHz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made a sample recording, the microphone in the HTC phone is okay, a better microphone would sound better. \u00a0After it was done, I emailed it to myself and listened on the laptop. \u00a0The email took about 4 minutes for 20 seconds of a 32 kHz .wav file. \u00a0One could cut that down by choosing a lower sample rate. \u00a0I have found that 32 kHz is the minimal acceptable sample rate for analog FM. \u00a0Anything lower than that sounds choppy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In another potential use, a news reporter could use this to record audio to save and transfer to a computer using a USB cable. &nbsp;The recording time limit depends on the size of the SIM card and the sample rate. &nbsp;Additionally, my HTC Android phone will detect and use WiFi networks, where available, for data services. &nbsp;Using a WiFi network will avoid those 3G data charges and also increase download\/upload speeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My Verizon plan has unlimited data transfer, so it really doesn&#8217;t matter what sample rate I use, your mileage may vary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Couple the Hertz app with the VNC app mentioned previously, and a person could do all sorts of things remotely with a radio station. &nbsp;The Hertz app is available for free download from the Android app store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was fooling around with my HTC \u00a0Android phone yesterday and discovered something that has a definite use for radio remotes. \u00a0An Application called Hertz will record .wav files, which can then be transferred via e-mail or ftp to the studio and played back on the air. \u00a0The program is pretty slick, it allows sample &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2010\/08\/remotes-using-a-smart-phone\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Remotes using a Smart Phone<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,4],"tags":[128,118],"class_list":["post-1230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-programming","category-tech-stuff","tag-android","tag-remotes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1230"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12203,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230\/revisions\/12203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}