RDP Internacional, the Portuguese external service, launches an experimental DRM service on Saturday 31 January, in cooperation with Deutsche Welle. Broadcasts will be every Saturday and Sunday at 0930-1100 UTC on 9815 kHz, beamed to Central Europe. Further information (in Portuguese) is available on this page of the RTP website.
on Jan 31st, 2009 at 16:35
We know our RDPi belongs to the DRM consortium as well, but at least apparently none of their 300 kW txs (one AEG, the oldest unit, and three THALES) was fitted what is needed to send digital signals. Frankly, I hope no tax payers’ funds are wasted on such an upgrade.
Pro-Funk, the company managing the DW relay at Sines, is only too keen in putting less kW on the air for this eases the electricity bill - so given the actual, the real situation vis-à-vis reception of DRM signals, what does the RDPi (or any other broadcaster for that matter) benefit from sending in digital mode?