Broadcast Australia and Radio-Television Malaysia (RTM) have recently bought new DRM-ready shortwave transmitters. Both broadcasters have chosen the Continental Model 418G-DRM transmitters for this upgrade.
Broadcast Australia has asked Continental Electronics to supply two new DRM-ready 100 kW transmitters for two of its shortwave stations. The purchase represents the first step in Broadcast Australia’s plan to enhance its digital shortwave (HF) broadcast capabilities throughout its network of transmitters. These transmitters will enable Broadcast Australia to transmit programming in analogue AM and digital (DRM) modes from both stations, Tenant Creek and Shepparton. Both of Broadcast Australia’s new transmitters are expected to be on the air and fully operational by late summer.
Radio-Television Malaysia is getting three 100 kW DRM-ready HF transmitters from Continental along with other associated equipment that are to be installed in the RTM Transmitting Station at Kajang, and will enable RTM transmissions in digital DRM format as well as conventional analogue AM. RTM’s new HF transmitters were shipped from the CEC factory the end of May and are expected to be on the air and fully operational before the end of the year.
(Source: DRM Consortium)
on Jun 12th, 2010 at 20:12
DAB+ roll out already completed in Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane within the past year with DAB+ reception extensions coming to Canberra and possibly Hobart in the not-too-distant future. The additional news of Digital Radio Mondiale transmitter purchases for the Australian outback to be launched in the late summer is really impressive, if not considered as a forward thinking broadcasting policy. Australia is going to prove to the world that DRM and DAB+ can peacefully co-exist for domestic and international digital radio services.
I am assuming the late summer launch of DRM in Australia is April of next year, rather than late summer, early September in the UK. Regards..Willie