Re: [IRCA] DRM in Germany

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

Here is a somewhat different take on the 177 situation:

The only available DRM radio is still the power-hungry and deaf Mayah set for
800 Euro.

Actually 177 was already for quite some time a frequency with a very
small audience. In fact it was supposed to go dark by the end of 1991,
but finally the transmissions continued with only a third of full power (250
instead of 750 kW). In 1994 these 250 kW were further reduced to 100 kW, and
one had to get the impression that the end is near. But a few years later
Deutschlandradio decided to keep 177 and agreed with Deutsche Telekom to again
use 500 kW and to install a new transmitter.

In eastern Germany, the area well reached by 177, Deutschlandradio
Kultur has a very good FM coverage, so there is no need for a longwave
service. They have only a few FM frequencies in other parts of Germany, but in
these areas 177 is only a poor signal and/or buried in the 183 splatter. For
these reasons hardly any domestic audience for the Zehlendorf longwave
transmitter existed anymore. One could imagine that there were still listeners
in Poland or at sea (there 177 is a good signal as well), but apparently they
are subject to ``sorry, tut mir leid`` (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Sept 22, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)


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