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(Short-, Medium-, Long)wave Radio Meets Digital Stereo

Posted by timothy on from the use-tubes-they're-smoother dept.

cryptec writes "Today shortwave radio will have some new life pumped into it as the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle will be the first full time shortwave broadcaster of DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale). DRM is a full stereo fully digital broadcast system. The quality of the broadcasts are close to that of FM radio. For samples check out this link." Akai adds this link to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle with some more information, like the involvement of the BBC and Voice of America in this undertaking.

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  1. Re:but then ... by tadheckaman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    RANGE man, range! worldwide FM quality shortwave is gonna be cool.

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  2. Re:You will need special gear by SuperQ · · Score: 4, Insightful

    it will have to be a good signal, considering the kind of character drops I got when a friend (WB0POQ) was demonstrating PSK31, the bandwidth fits in normal SSB, and we get about line of text for every 10 seconds of tx.

    -KC0NBY