America’s Oldest Commercial Shortwave Station Testing in DRM

05 Jun America’s Oldest Commercial Shortwave Station Testing in DRM

Posted at 10:16h in News

WINB, America's oldest commercial shortwave station, is conducting test in DRM via two transmitters.  The test transmissions are directed to both parts of Europe and North America. A new ASI transmitter, a CE-50000WS, will be testing at times from Monday-Friday 1100-1700 UTC on 15670 kHz.  The transmitter is...

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24 May Gospell DRM Receiver Exhibits at Convergence India Expo 2018

Posted at 14:20h in News

The latest DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) receiver GR-216 from Gospell was on display at Convergence India Expo, New Delhi during March 2018. Launched in 1992, the Convergence India series of expo is credited as South Asia’s largest ICT expo.  Convergence India is the only platform in...

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16 May DRM Receivers in Cars in India Grows Fast

Posted at 15:49h in News

The number of cars with line-fit DRM Digital Radio enabled radio sets on the Indian roads is quickly nearing a million (or 10 Lakh). All India Radio, the public broadcaster, has engaged in the past few years in the largest radio digitisation roll-out in the world.  With...

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16 May Avion DRM Digital Receiver Upgraded

Posted at 15:47h in News

Communications Systems Inc. in India, the manufacturer of the Avion DRM digital receiver AV-1401, have started their second production after undertaking several enhancements to the device. They have upgraded the model AV-DR-1401 with a new PCB design with enhanced sensitivity, and improved FM signal. The screen...

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16 May Digital Radio Showcase Held in South Africa

Posted at 15:46h in News

Recently representatives of the radio broadcasting sector and industry have been invited to Johannesburg to an event on digital radio. On May 3rd Sentech organised at its headquarters a full day program with participants from the Ministry to the delegates of the several stakeholders in the...

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16 May DRM Seminar with Radio Republik Indonesia

Posted at 15:45h in News

Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI)​, the public broadcaster in co-operation with the Indonesian Ministry of Telecommunication (MCIT) have invited the Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium to take part in a one day seminar on the benefits and implementation process of DRM in their vast and geographically diverse...

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16 May Central American and Caribbean Administrations Frequency Co-ordination Meet in Panama

Posted at 15:43h in News

The ITU VHF/UHF Regional Co-ordination meeting was well attended with representatives outside the area as well - the most distant from China. There was much interest in DRM for local coverage activity as well as the general technical merits and features of DRM.  The Titus II unit...

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08 May DRM Representatives Interviewed on Indonesian National Network on Introducing DRM

Posted at 15:51h in News

During the recent seminar held together with RRI in Jakarta, the DRM chairman (Ruxandra Obreja), Vice-Chairman (Alexander Zink) and Marketing Director (Radu Obreja) gave a 30 minute interview for one of the national RRI radio networks.  Listen here to​ this live interview broadcast on May 3rd....

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24 Apr DRM Introduction and Implementation Guide (DIG) Updated

Posted at 15:14h in News

The DRM DIG has been recently updated by the Technical Committee and includes the latest information on DRM for local coverage, the most recent tests, the latest ITU and ETSI documentation and is available on the DRM website. Shortly the title would change to: “The DRM Handbook”...

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24 Apr Voice of Vietnam DRM Test Transmissions 24-25 April

Posted at 12:20h in Uncategorized

Voice of Vietnam, the Vietnamese public broadcaster, tested DRM on medium wave on April 16th and 17th on MW 675 kHZ from transmitter 30 kilometres outside Hanoi. On one single (analogue) frequency three audio channels were broadcast (VOV1, VOV2 and VOV3), including some data. A new...

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