Has anybody built or bought a DRM capable receiver? I printed out a schedule
of broadcastng times from the DRM website. It appears that there are test
transmissions going on from participating broadcasters a good part of the day.
One station transmits for an hour or two and then passes off to another.

Has anyone heard these broadcasts? How was the clarity? As I mentioned in
Future of shortwave, I think there is tremendous potential for digital
shortwave particularly concerning the transmission of text. The ability to
interface these receivers with a computer (PC, laptop, palm) coupled with the
relatively high coverage to cost ratio would enable a greater variety of
thought (political, social) from marginalized groups to the reach the public.

As far as the FCC banning domestic broadcasts, the law could be challenged in
court--I admit I don't know what the cost would be. But more importantly, I
think the ban needs to be challenged in the court of public of opinion. Given
the ridiculous situation today in which businesses can own multiple stations in
one locality and enormous corporations control all the programming for those
stations the FCC's rationale for the ban falls flat on its face. Ironically,
domestic shortwave would represent the kind of programming diversity that the
FCC claims it wants to promote.

-Bill