----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 2:34
PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] DRM in Germany
Chris,
177 DLR (Deutschlandradio) is owned the
German Federal Govt., just like Deutsche Welle; Peter Senger, the head of
the DRM organization is the Chief Engineer of DW. I
think this is a "push to acceptance" issue. The German public
practically has abandoned AM radio (LW or MW). The Megaradio commercial
network project on MW failed for that reason. Chain stores
don't carry many multiband radios like they did years ago, they're mostly
of Asian origin and AM-FM only (no LW/SW). So DRM is an attempt to bring
people back to the AM bands.
DLR and DLF (Deutschlandfunk) are the only
Federal networks in Germany, all other public broadcasters are state run (like
Bavaria, Saar, or Brandenburg for example). DLR and DLF are carried as
networks on FM as well, so the public won't miss 177 (if they even
listen). Sweden turned off their LW station after they found out that
only a few hundred regular listeners to 189 existed. Austria abandoned
MW except for 1476, and that's mostly foreign service stuff. I read that
Denmark's DR is planning to axe 234 and 1062.
DRM radios are only now being rolled out, having
been shown at the big IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin.
Check out the radios at the following
link:
but it's in German. The pictures are
interesting... note the one receiver tuned to 177.
As someone who DXed 51 countries on LW/MW on my
last 3 week trip over there, I have mixed feelings about it. DRM
does not seem to be interested in a hybrid mode, so interference may be less
over there. My receptions of DRM stations' hash on MW didn't slop
as badly as HD Radio does here.
Rich Toebe
Vacaville CA
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005
6:49 AM
Subject: [IRCA] DRM in Germany
I just got to thinking about something. 177
Germany just went fully DRM, which means that there must be a lot of DRM
radios over there or they wouldn't have made the switch, right?
So it looks like their acceptance of this
technology is ahead of us. As I understand it, about our only hope here is
that the public drags their feet when it comes to purchasing these radios.
If everybody has a DRM radio over there, how long will it be before all
foreign AM becomes digital?
Please tell me I am missing something
here.
Chris Black
Cape Cod
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