RDS data timeout request

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DaveB
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RDS data timeout request

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Could we have a cut-off timer that clears the RDS data and completes the database entry if the RDS is no longer clocking up 'hits'? I would suggest a default value of 30 seconds as a compromise so that a rapidly changing signal doesn't trigger too many separate lines.
The request is because the RDS data stays displayed until it is replaced by a different station with RDS. So you can have a signal present producing RDS for a very short while, but displaying an update time of over an hour after the Start time. See the extract of an RDS log below for 93.2MHz over the period 08:54 to 13:16. In particular the signal from TROPICAL has 11 hits starting at 09:56, but the update UTC at 10:38 appears to be triggered by the change of RDS to SER+. A similar situation occurs at 11:04 when Tropical displaces Dial but its only at 12:50 it updeas when SER+ returns. (Note - this is an exract of a single frequency from a continuous 4 hr 40 minute recording).

Thanks

Entry Start Time Update UTC MHz PI Code PI Code # Callsign Station
10588 18/08/21 08:54 18/08/21 09:27 93.2 5244 42 SPORTIVA
10605 18/08/21 09:27 18/08/21 09:56 93.2 E237 100 DIAL
10613 18/08/21 09:56 18/08/21 10:38 93.2 1F1F 11 TROPICAL
10631 18/08/21 10:38 18/08/21 10:41 93.2 E236 20 SER+
10632 18/08/21 10:41 18/08/21 10:47 93.2 8231 23
10641 18/08/21 10:47 18/08/21 10:54 93.2 E236 45 SER+
10644 18/08/21 10:54 18/08/21 10:55 93.2 8231 1
10645 18/08/21 10:55 18/08/21 10:58 93.2 E236 3 SER+
10648 18/08/21 10:58 18/08/21 10:58 93.2 E237 9 DIAL
10649 18/08/21 10:58 18/08/21 10:58 93.2 8231 1
10650 18/08/21 10:58 18/08/21 11:04 93.2 E237 100 DIAL
10654 18/08/21 11:04 18/08/21 12:50 93.2 1F1F 13 TROPICAL
10676 18/08/21 12:50 18/08/21 13:10 93.2 E236 66 SER+
10682 18/08/21 13:10 18/08/21 13:16 93.2 8202 60 ANTENA 2

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