The DRM+ trials in Hanover are just finishing and the next DRM+ trials will start in another German city, Kaiserslautern. On 1st March 2008, the University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern will broadcast, on the FM frequency 87.6 MHz, in DRM+ digital quality from its own experimental radio station to the city of Kaiserslautern. The Federal Network Agency and the DRM Associate Members University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern and the German State Media Authority of Rhineland-Palatinate (LMK) will carry out DRM+ field tests.
In co-operation with LMK, the University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern and the German Federal Network Agency will carry out field measurements in Kaiserslautern and the surrounding countryside. The measurements will determine which technical values could be the most suitable for the new DRM+ broadcasting stations so that no interference is caused to existing FM stations.
Other tests will determine whether an FM analogue radio broadcaster can broadcast the same programme in digital quality with an additional programme through DRM+.
The first results of these DRM+ field tests will be presented during a dedicated symposium on Thursday, 29 May, in Kaiserslautern. For further information (in German) on the trial, visit www.drm-radio-kl.eu.
(Source: Digital Radio Mondiale)
