DRM+ trials in Band III started in Germany on 1 February, 2010. DRM German Associate Members, State Centre for Media and Communication (Landeszentrale fuer Medien und Kommunikation) and the University of Kaiserslautern are using a DRM+ transmitter with a power of 100 watts in VHF Band III (174-230 MHz) to determine whether the DRM+ system together with DAB/DAB+ are suitable for Band III.
DRM+ is an enhancement to the Digital Radio Mondiale system. DRM+ has been approved by the European Standards Organisation – ETSI. The enhancement of the DRM standard for broadcast frequencies above 30 MHz (DRM+) uses the same audio coding, data services, multiplexing and signaling schemes as DRM30 but introduces an additional transmission mode optimized for those bands.
The results of the DRM+ experiment will be published in spring 2010.
Please click here to read the complete press release in German from the State Centre for Media and Communication.
(Source: DRM website)
on Feb 3rd, 2010 at 12:37
Blah blah…DRM is dead it will never take off, anoraks delight but nothing else