Information on DRM field trials
Extensive tests and field trials have been conducted throughout the world using the DRM system. The results confirm that the DRM system (both the DRM in AM and DRM in VHF/FM variants) performs according to the specification and that it can be implemented to meet a wide range of requirements in all types of environment. The results are too extensive to adequately cover in this document; instead references are provided to reports, many of which were submitted to the prevailing ITU-R Working Party, to assist in the preparation system and planning standards. The list is not exhaustive, however further references are contained within the listed sources.
Year | Field Trials | Source | Frequency Band |
2019 | Results of the DRM Simulcast Field Trial in FM Bank in the Russian Federation | Results | FM |
2017 | Report of a DRM Mode E Trial in South Africa | Final Report | Band II |
2017 | Report on Implementation Trials of DRM in Cooperation Between Radio Republik Indonesia and the DRM Consortium | ITU-R Contribution WP6A/306 | Band II |
2014-2015 | Results of Joint Radio Pulpit/ Broadcom/Sentech DRM 30 Trial | ITU-R Contribution WP6A/299 | MW |
2013 | Field Trial in Rome on the Possible Use of the DRM+ System in VHF band II to Migrate the FM Sound Broadcasting Service to Digital Technology Vatican City State | ITU-R Contribution WP6A/220 | Band II |
2011 | Results of the DRM High Power Field Trial in the United Kingdom | ITU-R Contribution WP6A/532 BBC Research White Paper WHP 199 | Band II |
2011 | Results of the DRM field trial in Band I in Turin, Italy | ITU-R Contribution WP6A/512 | Band I |
2011 | DRM Single Frequency Network Field Test Results, Hanover | ITU-R Contribution WP6A/504 | Band II |
2010 | Results of the DRM FM band field trial in Sri Lanka | ITU-R Contribution WP6A/503 | Band II |
2010 | DRM + field trials in the VHF Band III in Kaiserslautern | ITU-R Contribution WP6A/537 Attachment 3 |
Band III |
2009 | Field trial with DRM in Paris | ITU-R Contribution WP6A/347 Annex 3 DRM Web Site: ITU-R Contribution WP6A/537 Attachment 4 |
Band I |
2009 | Project Mayflower: The DRM Trial, UK | Project-mayflower-summary | MF |
2008/2009 | DRM + field trials in the VHF Band II in Kaiserslautern | ITU-R Contribution WP6A/347 | Band II |
2008 | Local Radio using Digital Radio Mondiale(DRM) in the 26 MHz Band, Germany | Lauterbachet al.,”Local Radio using Digital Radio Mondiale(DRM) in the 26 MHz Band –A Résumé at the end of the Nuremberg/Dillbergfield trial” September 18 –19, 2008, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS Erlangen, Germany. | 26 MHz |
2007 | DRM trial Spain: Multichannel Simulcast, urban and indoor reception in MW Band | ITU-R Contribution WP6A/73 | MF |
2007 | Digital Radio Mondiale field trials in Brasilia for local radio coverage using the 26 MHz band | Peña et al., “Digital Radio Mondiale field trials in Brasilia for local radio coverage using the 26 MHz band“. IEEE Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting 2007. Las Vegas (USA) | 26 MHz |
2007 | DRM trials in India: simulcast MW, Tropical Band NVIS and 26 MHz local broadcasting* | ITU-R Contribution WP6A/10 | MF, HF, 26 MHz |
2006 | DRM test in the MF band in Italy* | ITU-R Contribution SG6/353 | MF |
2006 | DRM/AM simulcast tests at MW in Mexico | ITU-R Contribution WP6E/403 | MF |
2005 | DRM Local Coverage using the 26 MHz Broadcasting Band in Mexico City* |
ITU-R Contribution WP6E/274 | 26 MHz |
2004 | DRM test in the MF band in Madrid | ITU-R Contribution WP6E/175 | MF |