Since Jan 26, 2007, India has started testing Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) transmissions from its Khampur, Delhi, transmitter site. The Director (Eng) of All India Radio, Yogendra Pal, told the Hindustan Times that “In the Eleventh Plan the government has proposed to go in for digital . We have given the government the proposal to first start digital broadcast services for External Services and in our Regional Services,” he said. The government is importing a number of DRM receivers for testing their quality under Indian conditions.
Read the full Hindustan Times report
Media Network adds: Alokesh Gupta, reporting to DX Listening Digest, says the tests are currently at 0330-1230 UTC on 6100 kHz.
on Feb 8th, 2007 at 18:10
Dear Sir
AIR deserves to be congratulated on this experiment. All the best and wish success of the project. to make it attractive, AIR may suggest designs and standard schematics and frmware so that enthusiasts can do their bit in DX listening . Finally we have to make the Receiver chaep for Indian population for the DRM to become popular
REgards
Sarma
on Feb 21st, 2010 at 06:58
I request you to make available all type of DRM receivers, of diffrent companies, like Sony, Sangean, Sharp, etc. in India, for better quality of sound and receiption.